Virtual Faculty Consultation

Dynamic learning environment

The use of innovative teaching and learning infrastructure to facilitate hands-on and creative exploration of the material for mastery rather than primarily marks and points.

Honesty in everything, keep promises

flexibility

students, staff, and faculty have flexible schedules that permit online and face-to-face options

Dynamism/innovation

A sense of possibility/openness to new ideas (including new programs).

Global diversity of ideas, research, culture

A culture that privileges and supports the global and transnational diversity of knowledge, cultures and research the world will need for the 21st century, not just one that is primarily focused on North America and Europe. This is a focus that is much too narrow and blinkered and doesn’t give us a deep understanding of Asian, African, or Indigenous knowledges, histories, and ways of being.

Comprehensive yet still niche

Although we have a comprehensive educational approach, there are still highly desired programs and niche training that cannot happen anywhere else. So, we stick to our regional roots without having to give up on high quality education.

Our cross-border location/collaborations are certainly one of them, especially now that we have been recognized as a UN Centre of Excellence

CompSci - everyone is going to need these skills just to survive

Mid-sized just right

I think the university is sized well and this can be a strategic advantage compared to our peers. If you have ever worked at a university with 30k+ population, you know that: 1) You and your efforts can sometimes feel lost in a crowd 2) Higher decentralization *can* mean less alignment on strategic goals across campus 3) Campus community spirit can therefore seem more diffuse. There are relatively few Cdn. universities in our 10k-20k campus population and we can leverage this to be a positive differentiator in terms of student, faculty and staff experience here. I think we could add some more students which can help with resources, but the character of the university will change if we start growing too much, too fast. As well, we are not too small to be badly under-resourced.

Supportive interdisciplinary and community-university collaborations for education and research

A more sustainable and community engaged campus.

Let's be leaders on sustainability not only in our sector but in our community. This may mean taking bold stances (for example on active transportation to campus).

A cross-border interdisciplinary Black Diasporic Studies/Social Justice program that puts UWindsor on the map alongside Dalhousie and Brock

It depends on what we Aspire to!

What strategic plan? The one for the next 7 generations?

Balance between domestic and international enrollment

That both domestic and international students have vibrant enrollment and programming to help them achieve their educational goals.

Selective remote learning

I think for *some* programs, growing remote learning could address physical space constraints for teaching and learning space. There is likely a demographic who wouldn't mind staying in their home country and still getting a UWindsor degree. We'd want to be careful to increase virtual student supports and services because these remote learning experiences should have a reasonable equity (although it will be different) with on campus learning. How can we leverage this to our advantage?

Learning delivery flexibility, ability to reach more students via online enrollment internationally and at home.

Flexibility

Continue to grow specific programs that would benefit from on-line/hybrid learning to attract more students - especially non-traditional students who are working throughout the day and would be great assets to the student body.

Practices that make it extremely difficult to mitigate academic dishonesty

Expectation for all classes to retain on-line access

As much as I appreciate how on-line access will help with individuals who need those accommodations, this has to be balanced with the strength of the in-class discussions in a traditional in-person course to really critically think about topics and not just teach for rote memorization on exams.

The expectation that you can attend back-to-back meetings that all go over the scheduled time frame

Campus emptiness

A campus without people isn't a community any more. COVID forced us to work remotely for two years and many -- regardless of our roles -- burned out on videoconference fatigue. I would hate to see far fewer people on campus who are now working remotely post-pandemic. I think we would lose a lot.

Facilitate more collaborative opportunities based on EDID principles; it's a fact that diversity makes companies and institutions successful

Work to improve the transition to the university setting with a chronic condition (mental, physical, etc).

I would love to see more clubs, social support, universal accommodations, access to resources (pharmacy, etc.), education to staff/faculty/res life/campus police/peers on campus, enhanced medical and mental health resources for individuals who need that systemic support while getting their degree. We can be known as that school in the province that has these siloed areas integrated for students from the moment they walk on campus their first year (better yet, before they even step foot the summer before in an orientation package), so that parents feel safe sending their kids here. Young adults see a welcoming environment where they don't have to carry as much of the added burden of navigating each and every bureaucratic system within the university to get their needs met as a student, a person, and a member of the community. This continues to diversify our student body and bring more interest in enrollment in the area.

Formal code of education Ethics and conduct for faculty

A way to make sure faculty educate students ethically and whistleblowing is 100% protected for students