Suggested Weaknesses

  • Activities.
  • On-campus connection between departments, silos, don't work together toward vision.
  • Commuter campus, getting and keeping students involved and staying on campus.
  • Residence halls not connected to university lotion.
  • Campus life.
  • Signage on campus - lack of directions, all red brick building.
  • Pride in WSU lacking.
  • Surrounding area of WSU - little to walk to, no Aggieville type area.
  • Parking for visitors on campus, meeting space for visitors.
  • Lack of professional schools - PhD programs, lack of loyalty to grad school.
  • Bureaucracy y for external funding.
  • Each college operates so differently, not to lose individuality, but can be a challenge working together.
  • Brand identify overall, identity crisis of some individual units, don't label themselves a WSU (CMD) market self.
  • Facilities - worn down.
  • Technology in classroom and in general - how they connect with students. Stay up with what professionals are using.
  • Lack of large event space.
  • Lack of football.
  • Distance and web based learning.
  • Assessment - not sharing the data we have.
  • Not very progressive, risk taking.
  • Centralized student services.
  • Campus recreation center.
  • Student run radio station.
  • Perception of safety on campus.
  • Lack of being able to communicate.
  • Could improve the relationships we have.
  • Student engaging with all types of students on campus.
  • More ability to tap into diversity as a learning opportunity.
  • Retention of faculty and staff.
  • Need to do a better job of embracing our identity.
  • Do better job of building campus life and an identity.
  • Breaking down communication silos university-wide.
  • Silos of communication.
  • Lack of space for faculty and staff to intermingle and exhcnage ideas.
  • Commitment more to their interest areas.
  • City has identify crisis.
  • Community college image.
  • What is our "compelling" story?
  • Trouble keeping minorities.
  • Considered behind KU and KSU.
  • WSU ranking nationally, except aerospace.
  • Systems inefficient and unfriendly.
  • Archaic procedures.
  • State regulation but little state support.
  • Poor student life.
  • Short on faculty/aged faculty.
  • Low grad rate.
  • Urban institution.
  • Perception of location and security.
  • Lack of football program.
  • Perception as "Hillside High".
  • Tangible appreciation for excellence.
  • Lack of offerings and evening programming.
  • Don't know what each other does, not engaged, poor internal communication.
  • Outside of Wichita buy-in.
  • Lack of marketing.
  • Don't capture kids before community college.
  • No joint university interaction, missed opportunity.
  • Communication.
  • Parking.
  • Perception.
  • Safety.
  • Dorm facilities and Heskett Center need a face lift.
  • Lack of new programs.
  • Limited PhD programs.

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