how can i participate?

The College of Charleston invites you to help us develop a strategic plan for our future. This process involves defining our purpose and core values; our envisioned future; and the strategies for achieving that vision.

As part of this process, we are interested in your responses to the question below. Please click on the following link to respond:

From your perspective, what improvements in the College of Charleston are necessary for it to be recognized as a world-class institution?

Focus Group Subcommittee

The Focus Group Subcommittee has had about 20 focus group sessions and about 20 more are planned in April. Groups interviewed include: faculty, emeritus faculty, staff, students, alumni, Board of Trustees, South Carolina legislators and the Charleston community. Everyone is invited to participate in a focus group through the link above.

For more information, contact the Office of Accountability, Accreditation, Planning and Assessment at 843.953.7526 or vaughnd@cofc.edu.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) Subcommittee

The SWOT Subcommittee is asking the entire College unit by unit to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats that should be considered in charting our future course as an institution. Each department or division has a coordinator and that person will facilitate the SWOT participation. Below are some items to consider:

Strengths – Attributes of your unit and/or the institution that contribute to the success of the College. Questions: What do we brag about? What are we good at?

Weaknesses – Attributes of your unit and/or institution that are harmful to the College. Questions: What do we try to hide? What are things we’re not so good at?

Opportunity – External conditions (outside the College – e.g., the community, the State, the environment) that are helpful to achieving the objective. Question: What situations might the College use to its advantage?

Threat – External conditions that are harmful to achieving the objective. Question: What factors might limit or harm us?

The SWOT Committee anticipates submitting its final report to the Strategic Planning Committee by May 15, 2008.

Feedback Form

Complete and submit the feedback form on this Website.

Department Plan

Participate in your department or division plan. Each department or division will be asked to develop its own plan that will align with the umbrella plan.

Contacts

If you have ideas, comments or questions, contact one of the following:

Co-Chair Amy Thompson McCandless, Dean of the Graduate School, at mccandlessa@cofc.edu or 843.953.5614

Co-Chair Jim Deavor, Department Chair, Chemistry, at deavorj@cofc.edu or 843.953.8095

Sue Sommer-Kresse, Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Planning, at sommerkresses@cofc.edu or 843.953.3130