CLARION – Clarion University has released a bold, ambitious workforce plan with a set of actions designed to ensure that the university will achieve the mission, vision and strategic goals of the university.
“This plan clearly aligns our university investments of time, energy and other resources to our strategic directions,” said Clarion University President Karen Whitney. “The actions presented in the plan will result in a Clarion University that by July 1, 2015 is positioned for the future and able to continue serving students, employers and community partners as a public university.”
Whitney emphasized that no action in the plan will impact current Clarion University students.
“At the forefront of this plan is student success in terms of our determination as a public university for our students to graduate and succeed in their careers beyond the classroom thanks to the marketable skills they learn at Clarion,” Whitney said.
Similar to many public institutions of higher learning, Clarion University has experienced a significant decline in funding, 18 percent since 2010. This decline is caused by the combination of reductions in state funding and reductions in enrollment over several years. At the same time the cost of employee wages have continued to increase creating a structural deficit which, if not addressed, is projected to grow to $12 million by July 1, 2015.
Read the entire report at www.clarion.edu/workforceplan.