Administrators ranked as their highest priority the strategies that are generally associated with administration, such as establishing strategic priorities, creating a vision, and managing growth. Problem solving was the forth most important category, and managing the budget was fifth. Updating technology was also selected as an important priority by a majority of administrators.
Program review and assessment garnered only a few votes as the top priority (9.6% of administrators), but overall about 65% of administrators chose it as one of their five priorities (35.1% did not). The other three strategies were not given priority by more than half of the administrators responding (Table 1-1).
| Administrators | 1st / 2nd | 3rd / 4th / 5th | Not Chosen | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic priorities | 53.2 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 100.0% |
| Creating a vision | 51.0 | 17.1 | 31.9 | 100.0% |
| Managing growth | 30.8 | 34.1 | 35.1 | 100.0% |
| Solving problems | 25.6 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 100.0% |
| Managing budget | 22.3 | 33.0 | 44.7 | 100.0% |
| Updating Technology | 11.7 | 43.6 | 44.7 | 100.0% |
| Representation | 10.7 | 22.3 | 67.0 | 100.0% |
| Program review | 9.6 | 55.3 | 35.1 | 100.0% |
| Reorganizing admin | 9.6 | 20.2 | 70.2 | 100.0% |
| Reorganizing Senate | 1.1 | 7.4 | 91.5 | 100.0% |
