Campus Participation

The College of Charleston has invited the campus community to help us develop a strategic plan for our future. The process involves defining our purpose and core values; our envisioned future; and the strategies for achieving that vision.

Focus Group Subcommittee

As part of this process, we asked for responses to the following focus group question: From your perspective, what improvements in the College of Charleston are necessary for it to be recognized as a world-class institution?

The Focus Group Subcommittee had 34 focus group sessions containing over 280 participants. Groups interviewed include: Academic Advising staff, Academic Council, Parent Advisory Board, faculty, emeritus faculty, staff, students, alumni, Board of Trustees, South Carolina legislators and the Charleston community. Also, 128 people responded to the virtual survey.

For more information, contact the Office of Accountability, Accreditation, Planning and Assessment at 843.953.7526 or vaughnd@cofc.edu.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) Subcommittee

The SWOT Subcommittee asked the entire College unit by unit to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats that should be considered in charting our future course as an institution. Each department or division had a coordinator and that person facilitated the SWOT participation. Below are some items they considered:

Strengths – Attributes of your unit and/or the institution that contribute to the success of the College. Questions: What do we brag about? What are we good at?

Weaknesses – Attributes of your unit and/or institution that are harmful to the College. Questions: What do we try to hide? What are things we’re not so good at?

Opportunity – External conditions (outside the College – e.g., the community, the State, the environment) that are helpful to achieving the objective. Question: What situations might the College use to its advantage?

Threat – External conditions that are harmful to achieving the objective. Question: What factors might limit or harm us?

The number of people who participated was fantastic: 115 units contributed 4,535 responses with an overall response rate of 93 percent .

Feedback Form

You can still participate by completing and submitting the feedback form on this website.

Department Plan

You can also participate in your department or division plan. Each department or division will be asked to develop its own plan that will align with the umbrella plan.

Contacts

If you have ideas, comments or questions, contact one of the following:

Co-Chair Amy Thompson McCandless, Dean of the Graduate School, at mccandlessa@cofc.edu or 843.953.5614

Co-Chair Jim Deavor, Department Chair, Chemistry, at deavorj@cofc.edu or 843.953.8095

Sue Sommer-Kresse, Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Planning, at sommerkresses@cofc.edu or 843.953.5777