Enhance the region’s social, educational, and economic development through meaningful community and corporate collaborations
OBJECTIVE 6.1
Grow a strategic and innovative portfolio of executive and continuing education programs.
ACTIONS:
- Articulate a mission statement and establish infrastructure for executive education, continuing education and economic development training opportunities.
- Create funding models for shared revenue based on the type of activity.
- Establish a structure to support continuing and executive education programming.
- Develop portfolio of continuing and executive education offerings, which build upon The Citadel’s strength and that align with mission, which includes but is not limited to Criminal Justice, Business, Leadership, and Tactical Performance and Resilience.
- Develop a marketing plan for continuing and executive education.
- Develop continuing and executive education for law enforcement.
OBJECTIVE 6.2
Expand outreach efforts to educators.
ACTIONS:
- Expand our outreach efforts to broader geographic locations to strengthen our impact across the Lowcountry and South Carolina.
- Develop the workforce necessary to fill the current teacher, counselor, and educational leader voids and high-needs areas in South Carolina.
- Increase access to career and professional development opportunities through the Zucker Family School of Education (ZFSOE).
- Engage school leaders in scholarship (e.g., research, grants, and publications) and other academic collaborations that impact K-12 communities (e.g., Teacher Cadet, Summer Reading Camp).
- Develop, maintain, and enhance community and organizational partnerships that elevate education proficiency levels in the Lowcountry.
OBJECTIVE 6.3
Develop The Citadel Lowcountry Climate Studies Center
ACTIONS:
- Establish an endowment for The Citadel Lowcountry Climate Studies Center.
- Hire a Director for The Citadel Lowcountry Climate Studies Center.
- Develop curriculum around Climate Studies.
- Develop and submit a center proposal for SC CHE.
OBJECTIVE 6.4
Expand business model to include local veteran and minority held companies
ACTIONS:
- Expand to include local veteran and minority owned contractors in less than $10K jobs.
- Expand to include local veteran and minority owned contractors in $10K – $100K jobs.
- Develop program to educate veteran and minority contractors on how to work with The Citadel and how to become certified.
- Host a minimum of one veteran and minority supplier event per year in conjunction with other contractor agencies (Federal and State Government).