The highest priorities for staff were improving instruction, retaining students, and preparing students for employment or graduate school (Table 3-2). Many CSULB staff have been or currently are also students at the University, and so they may have strong feelings about these issues. However, any employee who indicated their primary role at the University as being that of a student is not included in these tables. Those individuals were folded into the student survey (reported elsewhere).
The next four strategies were also important priorities to about 20%-25% of staff, including learning outcomes, mastery of knowledge/skills, facilitating graduation, and preparing students for lifelong learning.
| Staff | 1st/2nd | 3rd/4th/5th | Not Chosen | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improve Instruction | 36.5 | 24.1 | 39.4 | 100.0% |
| Student Retention | 36.3 | 24.6 | 39.2 | 100.0% |
| Employment/Grad Sch | 34.1 | 38.6 | 27.8 | 100.0% |
| Learning Outcomes | 24.9 | 24.6 | 50.5 | 100.0% |
| Mastery knowledge/skills | 23.3 | 30.2 | 46.6 | 100.0% |
| Facilitate Graduation | 21.4 | 20.9 | 57.9 | 100.0% |
| Lifelong learning | 20.6 | 28.6 | 50.8 | 100.0% |
| Campus Climate | 17.5 | 16.4 | 66.1 | 100.0% |
| Student Campus Life | 17.2 | 20.4 | 62.4 | 100.0% |
| Campus Diversity | 12.7 | 14.0 | 73.3 | 100.0% |
| Student Research | 11.1 | 19.3 | 69.6 | 100.0% |
| Local/Global Community | 9.8 | 24.9 | 65.3 | 100.0% |
The remainder of the strategies did receive support among a few staff, but over two-thirds did not select these as priorities.
