Strategic Initiatives

Our new strategic plan seeks to advance the work...

• Achieving Top 50 Status
  • Improving Student Retention, Graduation, Social Mobility, Alumni Support
• Enhancing UH’s Strategic Priorities
  • Enhancing Student Career Preparation, Community, Competitive Funding
• Fostering Student Engagement
  • Increasing Sense of Belonging, Student Engagement, Academic Success

To achieve this, we will be prioritizing the following strategic initiatives:

• Increase retention of FTIC students
  • Promote increased student credit hours and GPA
  • Increase retention rate of Pell Eligible FTIC
• Increased alumni engagement/giving to DSA
• Increased grants/donations to DSA
  • Lowering costs for economically disadvantaged students
• Increased student engagement
  • Increased engagement at UH Sugar Land and UH Katy
• Engagement with Third Ward

How We Measure Success

To know if we are achieving our strategic initiatives...

Achieving Top 50 Status:

• FTIC retention rates
• FTIC Pell eligible retention rates
• Number of UH bachelor graduates who donate
• Value of services provided to students with need

Enhancing UH's Strategic Priorities:

• Career experience hours by student employees
• Student hours volunteering in the Third Ward
• Faculty/staff hours serving in DSA programs
• Student-athletes utilizing DSA services
• Grants and donations received

Fostering Student Engagement:

• Sense of Belonging rating
• Unique students served
• Percentage of addressable population served
• Ratings of student employee competencies
• GPA of students in DSA programs
• Completed credit hours of engaged students