University of Illinois Extension Strategic Agenda 2003
EXCERPT

Foster entrepreneurship throughout the organization.

Issue Statement – To increase its ability to deliver programming and to increase its human capacity, University of Illinois Extension will, as a matter of routine practice, obtain additional non-recurring resources from the public and private sectors. 

  • Funding will be increased throughout the organization through grants, contracts, gifts, donations, and fees.

(p. 4)

Develop additional mechanisms to tap academic expertise.

Issue Statement – The decreasing presence of campus specialists in the four core areas, as well as the growing diversity of programming needs, requires creative ways to tap academic expertise.

  •  To increase the efficacy of available human capacity in supporting Extension programming, the relationship with campus specialists and researchers in ACES, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the College of Applied Life Studies will be strengthened and prioritized.
  • Extension will provide leadership to establish new, long-term relationships with campus colleges and departments and other entities with interests related to Extension’s mission.
  • Opportunity for campus faculty to be involved in Extension on a temporary basis through special appointments, including summer appointments, and special research or programmatic arrangements will be established.
  • Extension will encourage collaborative relationships with faculty at other University of Illinois campuses, universities, and community colleges.
  • Extension will intensify its efforts to strengthen its working relationships with Extension system partners in other states.

Direct programming towards identified critical issues.

Issue Statement – Extension needs to determine programming priorities that reflect identified areas of expertise, meet critical needs of our audiences, and are compatible with the Extension mission.  Extension will focus its programming delivery in those areas where it can meet significant educational needs; the program planning process will take place within the parameters of Extension’s ability to deliver quality programming.

  • The selection of critical issues will be based on available expertise, the potential for collaboration with other agencies, and the potential for cost recovery.
  • Local, statewide, and regional mechanisms will be developed to identify priority programming from among the critical issues identified.
  • Program areas for which Extension does not have access to the expertise to deliver high quality content will be discontinued unless additional resources can be identified.
  • Programming that does not demonstrate significant impact will be terminated. 
    The delivery of educational programming through partnerships will be actively pursued.
  • Enhancement of resources in identified critical issue areas where Extension is short on human capacity to deliver programming will be pursued.

(p. 5-6)

Disclaimer: This is just an excerpt of the original document. It does not claim to be complete or contain the only relevant parts of the original document. It is solely meant to highlight several important aspects of the original document. For a complete version of the original document please go to:    http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/intranet/ifiles/docsmanuals/Strategic%20Agenda.doc