The Daily Bulletin

I am excited to share that Buffalo State University will participate in the SUNY Online Enrollment Planning Roundtable. Academic Affairs and Enrollment Management will co-sponsor this activity. Meghan Pereira, director of instructional design and distance learning, is the lead. This roundtable is a free consulting service provided by SUNY system.

The SUNY Online Enrollment Roundtable activity will give Buffalo State the tools to take a strategic view of the path forward for online programs. The participants of the roundtable will consider our academic mission, target populations, ways to serve online students, and strategic opportunities for enrollment growth and scalability. This roundtable is structured to be an interactive dialogue intended to help us with:

• identifying our online program aspirations to ensure alignment with overall enrollment planning aspirations;
• targeting populations that may be ideal for growth or new program development, based on high needs and high demand areas; and
• creating strategies to advance these efforts through a scalability plan to ensure that resources for support can scale with enrollment growth.

Participants:

Co-Sponsors: Amitra Wall and Enrollment Management Designee

Lead: Meghan Pereira

Kelly D'Aloisio, Laurie Buonanno, LeVar Burke, Carol DeNysschen, Bonita Durand, Kelly Frothingham, Scott Goodman, Kristin Fields, Ken Fujiuchi, Tom Killian, David Loreto, Nigel Marriner, Geoffrey Nason, Jim Thor, Wendy Paterson, 1-2 faculty from online oversight

SUNY Pilot – Framework for Enhancing Academic Programs  

SUNY selected Buffalo State to participate in a pilot program that is designed to encourage and support collaborative analysis of academic operations so that we can identify where resources to grow some of our programs should go. The pilot will inform the SUNY assessment policy and procedures related to programmatic review. The hope is to create a flexible, systematic review process that all campuses across SUNY can use so that we can better serve our students by aligning our academic offerings with evolving market trends, optimize resources, and ensure long-term sustainability.  

Dedicated SUNY staff will be assigned to the campus to assist with identifying, collecting, and assessing key performance indicators (KPIs) that will guide our assessment of the effectiveness of programs. Examples of metrics to be used may include the following:

• Enrollment trends and course demands
• Comparison with peer institutions
• Student outcomes and learning experience
• Labor market demand
• Institutional identity and community benefit
• Financial performance and resource allocation

SUNY will establish mechanisms for collecting feedback through regular meetings with the committee. 

Roster:

Kelly D’Aloisio, Bill Benfanti, Laurie Buonanno, Naila Catilo, Carol DeNysschen, Kristin Fields, Yves Gachette, Kelly Frothingham, Ken Fujiuchi, Denise Harris, Nigel Marriner, Sue McCartney, Geoff Nason, Meghan Pereira, Howard Reid, Jim Thor, Jennifer Toohey,  Wendy Paterson, Amitra Wall

SUNY representations: Jay Urwitz, David Cantaffa

Please visit the Academic Affairs website for more information.