Moving Forward: The Baccalaureate Taskforce process led to collaboration among a variety of university areas, extensive data collection and review, endorsement and promotion of strengths, and identification of and responses to gaps and challenges. The process also resulted in planning, outcomes, and ongoing assessment. Predictably, work groups have evolved and focus has shifted to implementation. These projects correspond with the ASL Workplan and ASL Strategic Plan and have already informed preliminary discussion of university mission and core themes. We anticipate that this work will be instrumental to future planning and reporting efforts, including the development of the University’s new strategic plan and the preparation of the NWCCU Mission and Core Themes report due March 2020. While work is ongoing, the process has confirmed a commitment to access; student achievement; improved retention and persistence; innovative program design and delivery; faculty excellence; and informed, high-quality teaching and learning. Part of the uniqueness of the CWU experience is that even as the student population grows and teaching and learning needs become more complex, the university community remains committed to student achievement and the sustainability of the comprehensive academic enterprise. We believe that the Baccalaureate Taskforce experience inspired us to establish an institutional baseline of activity and achievement, engage in planning, and initiate the work that will inform and continue to evolve with the next round of institutional planning. It also reconfirmed that it is our focus on student achievement that grounds our work at CWU, and that it is this focus, continuously refined, which makes us unique among our peers and is key to our long-term relevance and sustainability.
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