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“ A campus that plans together, grows together”
housing projects will undoubtedly go a long way to transform the community.
CDU Strategic Plan calls for the establishment of a new medical education program, a topmost priority of Carlisle Administration. As observed by Dr. Michael,“ The gift of $ 50million from the State of California, the indefatigable leadership of the Board, President Carlisle and Dean Prothrow-Stith, the relentless efforts of Senior Vice President Minniefield in fundraising, the enthusiastic support of our stakeholders, and the readiness of the campus are indicative of a dream whose realization is at hand. I tell you, even God is ready for this one.” The reality that CDU is growing in stature and national profile accounts for the ambitious future laid out in the 2021-26 Plan. There is expectation that the new four-year medical school will add distinction. New undergraduate programs that enhance the value of securing a CDU degree or professional certification. The attention paid to the University for its accomplishments as an attractive institution of higher learning is in likewise forecast in the strategic plan.
CDU has become a focal point of financial investment by some of the most influential philanthropists and thought leaders in the country. The University has seen increased research funding based on CDU’ s groundbreaking medical and scientific work. State and local sources have made good on financial support predicated on promises made since the post- Watts rebellion era and amplified more recently over the past fifteen years by various governors and the California state legislature.
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Beginning with the 2015-20 strategic planning process, the opportunity to build an infrastructure by which those positive responses to the University’ s successes could be planned, developed, and funneled into the right initiative, had more operating strength. The greater the vision for developing an entity with planned growth in mind and an intentional attitude of positive community impact, the rationale for positioning CDU in its rightful niche could occur.
Each unit of the University has experienced growth. The overall university enrollment experienced an average 20-25 % increase in pre-pandemic years, thanks for the excellent work of Enrollment Management. Every semester, new programs have been added. Provost Michael noted that during this period, every program except for one received the maximum seven years’ accreditation. The program in question did receive accreditation at a five-year level. Expressing gratitude to the campus community, Dr. Michael acknowledges that“ a university is as good as the collective body of its faculty and the progress CDU continues to make is certainly due to the stability and commitment of the board and the university leadership as well as to the excellent faculty and staff who are definitely performing beyond the call of duty.”
Another way CDU is changing is in the re-introduction of Graduate Medical Education( GME), which was in hiatus for many years. CDU’ s GME includes family medicines, internal medicine, psychiatry and many more to follow.“ Indeed, growth with a purpose will fundamentally change an institution and better fulfill its mission,” he said.
Dr. Michael remarked that CDU Strategic Plan is being implemented actively. Two major ways the University tracks implementation progress are; President Carlisle presents progress on each theme to the trustees at every Board’ s meeting, and the Academic Affairs Annual Retreat led by the Provost focuses on annual comprehensive evaluation of implementation progress, followed by the plan for the coming academic year.
According to Provost Michael, planning process is just as important as the product— the plan itself.“ If the process is well done, it makes implementation easier.” He is happy with the progress thus far.“ The pandemic obviously slowed the growth rate. Hopefully we’ ll get past the challenges soon. Nevertheless, CDU is moving on and it is an awesome privilege for those of us chosen to be part of its transformation.” said Dr. Michael.
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