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Mission/Vision/Values Survey Results Summary

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Surveyed Stakeholders

  • “Internal” Stakeholders
    • Staff: 131 respondents (of 656 survey recipients, 20% response rate)
    • Faculty: 115 respondents (of 741 survey recipients, 16% response rate)
    • Students: 80 respondents (of 12368 survey recipients, 1% response rate)
    • Alumni: 259 respondents (of 36332 survey recipients, 1% response rate)
  • “External” Stakeholders
    • 89 respondents (of 210 survey recipients, 42% response rate)

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Mission Feedback

  • Response options
    • Extremely (4/A), Very (3/B), Moderately (2/C), Slightly (1/D), Not at all (0/F)

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  • Question 1: “Fit”
    • Internal: How well does the current UM-Flint Mission Statement define our purpose?
    • External: How well does the current UM-Flint Mission Statement define our role in the region?
  • Question 2: “Articulation”
    • All: How memorable is our Mission Statement?

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Mean

Median

Mode

“Fit”

2.7 (B-)

3 (B)

3 (B)

“Articulation”

1.8 (C)

2 (C)

2 (C)

The University of Michigan-Flint is a comprehensive urban university of diverse learners and scholars committed to advancing our local and global communities. In the University of Michigan tradition, we value excellence in teaching, learning and scholarship; student centeredness; and engaged citizenship. Through personal attention and dedicated faculty and staff, our students become leaders and best in their fields, professions and communities.

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Vision Feedback

  • Response options
    • Extremely (4/A), Very (3/B), Moderately (2/C), Slightly (1/D), Not at all (0/F)

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  • Question 1: “Fit”
    • Internal Question: How well does the current UM-Flint Vision Statement describe our aspirational future?
    • External Question: How well does the current UM-Flint Vision Statement describe an aspirational future that has regional significance?
  • Question 2: “Articulation”
    • Question for all: How memorable is our Vision Statement?

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Mean

Median

Mode

“Fit”

2.5 (B-/C+)

3 (B)

3 (B)

“Articulation”

2.0 (C)

2 (C)

2 (C)

Engaging minds, preparing leaders through academic excellence, student centeredness and engaged citizenship.

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Values Feedback

  • Words found most frequently in suggested values
    • community: ≥ 120 (community, community-focused, community-engaged all appeared frequently)
    • student: ≥ 100 (most frequently variations on student-centered)
    • excellence: ≥ 100
    • integrity: ≥ 75
    • engage/engagement/engaging: ≥ 55*
    • inclusive/inclusion/inclusivity: ≥ 50
    • lead/leader/leadership: 45
    • educate/education: 45
    • Innovate/innovative/innovation: 44

* Many instances overlap with community (as community-engaged) so not separately included in the word cloud

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Data-Driven Next Steps

  • Mission:
    • Free-response feedback will be copied into readable document
    • Steering committee members will review and propose improved mission statement (in same document)
  • Vision:
    • Free-response feedback will be copied into readable document
    • Steering committee members will review and propose improved vision statement (in same document)
  • Values:
    • Steering committee members will review frequently-cited values and review values guidance to propose value words that integrate the two (in same document)
  • Steering committee will jointly refine in preparation for further stakeholder feedback