Educate: Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Lifelong Learners
Objective 1: Meet standards for learning outcomes of academic programs
Indicator 1: Students achieve intended learning outcomes within their programs
Indicator 2: Students perform similarly to peers on programmatic national exams
Objective 2: Retain and graduate degree-seeking undergraduate students
Indicator 3: First-time undergraduate degree-seeking students persist and graduate
Objective 3: Prepare undergraduate students for further study, future employment,
and contemporary life
Indicator 4: Seniors score similarly to their peers at other institutions on the ETS Proficiency
Profile examination
Indicator 5: Graduates enroll in further higher education programs
Indicator 6: Seniors respond similarly to their peers at other institutions to select National
Survey of Student Engagement questions
Objective 4: Mentor or guide graduate students to master a subject area or advance
knowledge
Indicator 7: Graduates secure jobs or continue their education
Indicator 8: Students produce independently reviewed research and creative products (same as
indicator 14)
Research: Create and Disseminate New Knowledge, Insight, Technology, Artistic, and
Scholarly Works
Objective 5: Conduct and disseminate basic and applied research
Indicator 9: Faculty publish peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and books
Indicator 10: Faculty conduct externally funded research at a rate comparable to peer research
institutions
Indicator 11: Faculty publications are commonly cited
Objective 6: Exhibit and perform creative works
Indicator 12: Faculty perform and exhibit at the state, national, and international level
Objective 7: Engage graduate and baccalaureate students in research, scholarship,
and creative activity
Indicator 13: Baccalaureate students complete a research course or project
Indicator 14: Students produce independently reviewed research and creative products (same as
indicator 8)
Objective 8: Collect, preserve, and provide access to intellectual, cultural, and
natural history collections
Indicator 15: UA Museum of the North collections are used for research by visiting scholars and
students
Indicator 16: Rasmuson Library Alaska and Polar Regions collections are used by scholars, students,
and the public
Prepare: Alaska's Career, Technical, and Professional Workforce
Objective 9: Prepare students for the professional, career and technical workforce
Indicator 17: Professional, career and technical students graduate in Alaska Department of Labor
and Workforce Development high-demand job area programs
Indicator 18: Rural campus students graduate in Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
high-demand job area programs or from programs that prepare them for rural jobs
Indicator 19: Professional, career and technical students pass programmatic state or national
exams
Objective 10: Help prepare secondary students for postsecondary career pathways
Indicator 20: High school students complete tech prep courses and programs
Connect: Alaska Native, Rural, and Urban Communities by Sharing Knowledge and Ways
of Knowing
Objective 11: Academic programs relevant to Alaska Native and rural residents are
delivered broadly across Alaska
Indicator 21: Alaska Native and rural high school students earn certificates and degrees at rates
similar to other students
Indicator 22: Students complete Alaska Native and rural-related courses and programs
Objective 12: Alaska Native knowledge and ways of knowing are integrated into academic
programs
Indicator 23: Student projects, theses and dissertations incorporate indigenous knowledge
Indicator 24: Collaborative use of indigenous knowledge is demonstrated in independently reviewed
research and creative products
Objective 13: Document and share Alaska Native and rural cultural and historical information
Indicator 25: Alaska Native Language Archive collections are used by scholars, students, and the
public
Engage: Alaskans through Outreach for Continuing Education and Community and Economic
Development
Objective 14: Partner with Alaska communities on issues of mutual interest
Indicator 26: Partnerships demonstrate impacts that are mutually beneficial to the university
and the community, and result in faculty scholarship
Objective 15: Involve Alaskans in lifelong learning
Indicator 27: Alaskans complete non-credit courses and workshops
Indicator 28: Youth participate in the 4-H program and develop life skills
