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Organizational Culture & Accountability

Goal

Create and sustain an institutional infrastructure that effectively supports progress in achieving organizational excellence via the university strategic plan

University KPIs

Administration, Building & Grounds

  • Project Milestones and Compliance
  • Housing & Dining Age and AC Composition
  • Energy Utilization

Institutional Advancement

  • Philanthropy
  • Alumni Engagement

Objective 1

Develop a robust set of metrics (KPIs) for the university

Strategies 2025

  1. Cultivate a culture of accountability aligned with W&M's mission, vision and values
  2. Complete cyclical comprehensive staff salary studies and benchmark progress
  3. Activate the Climate Action Roadmap and Campus Master Plan to achieve W&M's sustainability goals
  4. Modernize campus dining, dorms, classrooms, and other learning and workspaces so that students, faculty and staff flourish
  5. Incentivize collaboration across units for whole-institution priorities
  6. Continue to identify the areas within our facilities that are not ADA compliant and redress barriers

Milestones 2023-2025

  1. KPI Dashboard for university goals completed
  2. Provost Data Initiative fully implemented for all faculty activities by Spring 2025
  3. Via Campus Comprehensive Plan:
    • ADA compliance and signage in new facilities as they come online
    • Climate Action energy goals advanced via geothermal installation
  4. Phase I Housing & Dining will be completed by 2026
  5. Cross-campus collaborations in Vision 2026 pillars are fully underway for all pillars

Objective 2

Create a culture of evaluation and continuous improvement for administrators and senior leaders

Milestones 2023-2025

  1. Cabinet succession-planning workshop, spring 2025
  2. Cabinet professional development (Antisemitism, First Generation and Title IX)
  3. Cabinet leadership rotations piloted spring 2025
  4. Professional development days for all employees
  5. Comprehensive policy revisions to date: Faculty Handbook; Student conduct violations; Fitness for Duty

Objective 3

Sustain and increase university-wide efforts designed to amplify and potentially secure gifts, grants and opportunities to advance goals

Strategies 2025

  1. Align fundraising with data on student and employee success (e.g., tutoring investments and uptake)
  2. Focus on Alumni networking and retraining opportunities in the greater DC area

Milestones 2025

  1. New Alumni Retraining Funds via Alumni Association
  2. Raymond A. Mason School of Business scholarship for mid-career transition of former federal employees