GOAL 2: ENHANCE WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS

Enhance workforce connections by ensuring our students are career ready.

The institution will prioritize experiential learning to foster learning through action.

1. 1. Coordinate and develop immersive and experiential learning opportunities through the institutional experiential learning committee.
      
      
   2. Partner with employers, stakeholders, career services, and alumni to connect students to the workforce through increased availability of engaged learning opportunities.
      
      
   3. Develop and maintain a dynamic website dedicated to Experiential Learning.
      
      
   4. Secure funding to develop the Experiential Learning Institute.
      

Programs will identify, develop and sustain relationships with external partners relevant to their discipline or program offerings.

1. 1. Expand micro-credential and badge offerings that provide our workforce the opportunity to upskill while earning stackable credentials.
      
      
   2. Utilize advisory boards to facilitate relationships with workforce partners.
      
      
   3. Engage external stakeholders in promoting educational opportunities and the value of higher education.
      

Produce workforce-ready graduates.

1. 1. Align academic and co-curricular programming with current workforce demands.
      
      
   2. Strengthen online education offerings and use digital tools to improve student success and augment the traditional learning experience.
      
      
   3. Develop, promote and advertise well-defined career pathways for students.
      
      
   4. Increase recognition of the prior learning, skills, and knowledge that students possess by awarding appropriate college credit.
      

Create an institutional infrastructure to support workforce development, connections, and increased enrollment.

1. 1. Map workforce development roles and processes (workforce gap analysis) to facilitate efficiencies.
      
      
   2. Connect continuing education, professional development, and for credit workforce initiatives to drive enrollment.
      
      
   3. Communicate the workforce development plan to all NSU employees.