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In order to prepare students to lead extraordinary lives, St Anne's College will:
1. Enrich its rigorous academic programs to better integrate the unique strengths and characteristics of a St Anne and Roman Catholic education by:
• Highlighting academic rigor, service and leadership.
• Providing opportunities for spiritual devel.
• Emphasizing awareness and sensitivity to diversity and the global dimension of issues and problems in all programmes.
• Implementing a learning outcomes-based Core Curriculum and assessment plan that will ensure that the above characteristics are an integral part of the educational experience.
• Linking each major and graduate program to a similar program of student learning assessment.
2. Enhance the quality of campus life for resident and commuter students by:
• Improving existing residence halls and facilities for such areas as dining, athletics, study space and learning environments.
• Investing in a more competitive intercollegiate academic program to enhance campus life.
3. Improve the academic quality of incoming students and academic programs by:
• Increasing student quality through more rigorous admission standards and expanded scholarship opportunities.
• Increasing retention and satisfaction through a program of academic advising and coordination of student services.
• Enhancing teaching and research through a comprehensive program of faculty development.
• Evaluating the quality of academic programs through a rigorous and ongoing system of program review.
4. Promote multidisciplinary collaborations by:
• Taking greater advantage of the strength of Pondicherry University we will encourage and support curricular, scholarly and public- service collaborations across the nation, and between and among its programs in the sciences and the humanities.
5. Expand its investment in research and scholarship in order to take full advantage of its academic strengths by:
• Reorganizing and enhancing research opportunities in education.
• Developing research programmes and modules in educational skills and abilities.
6.Promote a culture of service excellence at all levels by:
• Improving faculty and staff orientation.
• Offering continuous staff development opportunities.
• Developing a managerial training and support program.
• Measuring service improvement empirically and on a regular basis.
7.Enhance its development efforts and alumni engagement by:
• Achieving targeted campaigns for financial resources.
• Preparing for and launching a comprehensive development campaign by 2009.
• Enhancing alumni relations and services to increase outreach to alunmi and friends.
• Fostering alumni engagement in and support of the university's mission and goals.
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