Goal 1: Enhance the Academic Experience of All Students

Goal 1:
Enhance the Academic Experience of All Students

The University will support innovation and success in teaching excellence, while maintaining and creating high-quality academic resources and services. High-impact academic experiences will be increased, and student expenses will be reduced by accelerating campus efforts toward low-cost, no-cost and open educational resources. The University also will expand the number of its doctoral programs and attain the Carnegie Classification Doctoral/Professional University designation.

Strategy 1.1

Deepen current and develop new opportunities to support innovation and success in teaching excellence.

WT Establishes Barbara Petty Professorship in Tribute to Longtime Administrator

WT’s Loftin to Be Inducted in Enactus Hall of Fame

Four WT Nursing, Health Science Faculty Members Named to Professorships

Outstanding WT Faculty, Staff Recognized at End-of-Year Ceremony

Strategy 1.2

Maintain and create high-quality academic resources and services.

U.S. News: WT Bachelor’s, MBA Programs for Veterans Tops in State

WT Named to Princeton Review List of Best Business Schools for 2023

WT’s Paul & Virginia Engler College of Business Earns International Accolade

Strategy 1.3

Increase high impact academic experiences such as experiential learning, internships, student research, study abroad, and leadership programs.

WT Agronomy Club Named Best in Nation; First Division II School to Earn Honor

Rancher Turned Western Artist Featured in Nall Lecture, WT Distinguished Lecture Series

WT Launches National Fellowship for Rural Educational Leaders

WT Student Places Top 12 in Nation at Forensics Competition

Strategy 1.4

Reduce student expenses by accelerating campus efforts toward low cost, no cost, and open educational resources.

The West Texan: Planting a Seed

Major Scholarship Gift to Pay Full Tuition for Pampa, White Deer Graduates at WT

Wendler: WT Plans to Beat Any Admission Offer for Students

Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in Honor of Late WT Student Joe Hoot

Strategy 1.5

Attain the Carnegie Classification Doctoral/Professional University designation (conferring 20 or more doctoral degrees annually) by expanding the number of doctoral programs.

The goals and strategies detailed in the University’s five-year strategic plan, The Pioneering Spirit: Pursuit of WT 125, aim to achieve the mission as laid out in the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.

Goal 1: Enhance the Academic Experience of All Students