Title

M State Annual Plan

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2025-2026 Annual Plan

Creating a success story for every student.

Align our teams and our work to remove barriers for students who have not traditionally had access to the benefits and outcomes of higher education.

Goals, Outcomes and Activities

Paying for College

Goals

Implement a proactive strategy to reduce the number of students with outstanding accounts that can end up at collection agencies.

Outcomes

Increased enrollment, retention and academic credit completion.

Activities
  • Inform students at the time of enrollment that they are taking on financial liability.
  • Provide financial resource information throughout students’ durations at M State.
  • Assist students in developing payment plans.

Online Engagement and Quality

Goals

Clearly define quality online course experience and expectations for student-faculty engagement and interactions.

Outcomes
  • Increased engagement by all stakeholders.
  • Increased enrollment and retention in online courses.
  • Regular and substantive interaction compliance.
Activities
  • Implement a model to improve students’ overall experience and engagement in online courses.

Early Alert and Case Management CRM Reporting

Goals

Integrate the Early Alert System and Case Management process; ensure every student has a dedicated support team to help them achieve their academic goals.

Outcomes
  • Close equity gaps and increased retention and academic credit completion, especially for part-time and liberal arts or pre-healthcare program students.
Activities
  • Re-envision the College’s Early Alert System (EAS) to enhance student management in Slate.
  • Develop reports in Slate to determine:
  • Fidelity of case management implementation;
  • Direct and indirect evidence of the effectiveness of the model and the stated purposes in the FY25 Advising Case Management Project Charter;
  • Assisting staff with management of caseload and monitoring student progress.

Key College Initiatives

Student-Focused Initiatives to Increase Recruitment and Retention

  • Create a three-year academic plan to align offerings with student and workforce needs.
  • Update the Enrollment Management Plan to increase student success, decrease equity gaps and increase enrollment.
  • Increase learning in healthcare programs by using simulation-based learning to better prepare students for the workforce.
  • Launch a student ambassador program to enhance student leadership and promote college connections.
  • Provide targeted student support in English writing courses to improve first term success rates.
  • Increase career and technical options in K-12 programming to improve the matriculation rate of dual credit students.
  • Revise the selective admissions criteria for healthcare programs to expand access.
  • Explore expanded student housing to increase access to M State programs.
  • Increase revenue from non-credit offerings by 10% to equip more learners to thrive in a competitive workforce landscape.
  • Raise $1 million in donations through the M State Foundations to support student success and college initiatives.

Enhanced Operational Efficiencies and Financial Sustainability

  • Implement Coursedog to improve scheduling efficiencies.
  • Develop an in-house assessment module to decrease long-term software costs.
  • Explore transformative practices for people-centered HR teams by developing strategies to move beyond transactional work.
  • Offer artificial intelligence training for faculty and staff to enhance efficiency while protecting data privacy.
  • Create an institutional data warehouse with reports to effectively support employees.
  • Secure AI hardware and implement at least one chatbot to streamline common website questions.
  • Create a Detroit Lakes facilities plan for more efficient space utilization.
  • Complete the Fergus Falls campus HVAC project to lower utility costs.