Thousands of students, faculty, and staff have contributed to Charting the Future over the past three years to improve student success and to strengthen our colleges and universities. Learn about the work that has taken place since the eight implementation teams wrapped up their work in June; how the teams’ ideas have resulted into a work plan for the system; and how you can become more involved.

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Minnesota State College Student Association
Minnesota Student Leadership Summit
October 16, 2015

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What is Charting the Future?
Charting the Future is a strategic effort to help Minnesota
realize a prosperous future through three commitments:
 Ensuring access to an extraordinary education for all
Minnesotans;
 Being the partner of choice to meet Minnesota’s
workforce and community needs; and
 Delivering to students, employers,
communities and taxpayers the highest
value, most affordable higher education
option

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Charting the Future timeline
January 2012
Strategic Framework
adopted by Board of
Trustees
November 2012
Three strategic work
groups launched:
Education, System,
and Workforce
November 2013
CTF report
approved by
Board of
Trustees
April 2014
8 implementation
teams launched
April 2014 – June 2015
Team meetings,
focus groups,
gallery walks
July 2015
Implementation
teams turned in
team reports
September 2015
Leadership
Council
Charting the
Future work
plan shared
Fall 2015
Campus-based work begins
Teams, work groups,
forums, Coordinating
Committee

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Charting the Future Work Plan
 It is a plan developed by Leadership Council to move forward the initiatives
recommended by the Charting the Future implementation teams
 It is not the sum total of all the projects underway at our colleges or at the
system office
While recognizing that there is other
important work happening too
The Work Plan moves forward
initiatives you care about
 Improve academic advising
 Development of transfer
pathways
 Expanding Open Educational
Resources (OERs)
 Completed college diversity
plans
 Developmental education
 Long-term sustainability
plan for our colleges
 Partnership with MN
Department of Education
 Metro Baccalaureate Plan
 And others

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Moving forward at each and every campus
An approach for how the work would move forward was
outlined last spring, presidents have been actively working to
set-up college structures and processes over the past four
weeks.
 Identifying a campus team inclusive of students, faculty,
and staff
 Lead active discussion and conversation with students,
faculty, and staff
 Integrate the CTF work with college strategic work plans

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So what can we do?
 Meet with your college president
 Make CTF a standing item at student senate meetings
 Get involved – campus groups and consider volunteering to serve
on a statewide work group
 Identify ways to help improve communications, especially with
students not actively involved

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1. Are there things at your college that you think are working well that
could be shared with others?
2. What challenges do you see currently or see in the future that may
hinder our ability to implement the initiatives outlined in the Charting
the Future Work Plan?
3. What are some strategies to improve communications students so
that they are informed and know how to get involved?
Discussion
Charting the Future blog:
http://chartingthefuturemnscu.com