MCLA Strategic Planning Interview Questions
Please tell me about yourself and your connection to MCLA.
What are MCLA’s greatest strengths as an institution of higher learning? What are its most significant vulnerabilities?
How effectively is MCLA currently meeting its goal of excellence in learning and teaching? What could further growth look like?
What is MCLA’s most critical value to the local and regional community? What is its value to the commonwealth? How well does MCLA convey this value, and how could it be improved?
MCLA is committed to creating a campus culture that values, represents, and honors diversity. How well is the institution currently meeting this goal?
Please describe your experience of the MCLA campus community. What do you like about it? What concerns you or could be improved?
How would you describe the typical MCLA student? How well does MCLA support students in the following areas:
Academics?
Mental Health and Wellness?
Inclusiveness and Belonging?
Meeting Basic Needs?
Career Development?
Support beyond college?
Are there any urgent, unmet needs within the MCLA community (This includes students, faculty, staff, and alums)? What could the college do to meet those needs? What policies are needed?
MCLA believes a high-quality liberal arts education should be available to all who aspire to it. How is the institution addressing this goal, and how could it be expanded? What resources are needed?
How well does MCLA recruit and engage the following audiences to its college community? Are there strategies that MCLA should consider to enhance this work?
Part-time and non-resident students
Graduate students
Faculty
Staff
Local and regional community partners
Statewide and national partners and other institutions
Is there anything else you’d like to share about MCLA?