2008-2012
Vision
"Georgia Tech Savannah will play an integral role in defining the technological research University of the 21st century by leveraging local assets and opportunities as part of a network of campuses and programs that educates the leaders of a technologically driven world."
Mission
Georgia Tech Savannah will be a technology-enabled academic enterprise of diverse individuals that projects the Georgia Tech presence in the Southeast Georgia region while being recognized for innovation in engineering-centered education, research and economic development.
Goals
To develop educational programs that complement those in Atlanta and leverage the unique attributes of the Savannah region to produce globally-aware engineers who will become leaders in industry, government and academia.
To conduct basic and applied interdisciplinary research that produces knowledge and innovations that responsibly helps to transform our lives and preserve our environment.
To achieve recognition for technical excellence, innovative programs and strategic partnerships that stimulates regional economic development.
To develop an interdisciplinary academic environment as part of the Georgia Tech enterprise that attracts entrepreneurial faculty and students who seek to contribute to science, engineering, technology and economic development.
To implement degree programs with flexible curricula that expand access to engineering-centered education by attracting a geographically distributed, diverse student population and accommodating their individual career advancement needs.
To grow a modern campus that is an exemplar for the manner in which the physical environment nurtures learning and creativity and technology efficiently eliminates boundaries.
Objectives for each of the goals are presented below.
Goal 1:
To develop educational programs that complement those in Atlanta and leverage the unique attributes of the Savannah region to produce globally-aware engineers who will become leaders in industry, government and academia.
(Metrics: Have > 50% of undergraduate and graduate students participate in out of classroom experience by 2012; Increase participation in co-op program to >25% of undergraduate students by 2012; Increase participation in international experience to >25% of undergraduate students by 2012).
Objectives
- Ensure that students have awareness of how different cultural, environmental and socio-economic conditions affect priorities and decisions.
- Infuse opportunities for out of classroom experiences throughout the educational path of all students.
- Develop exchange programs with selected international institutions that provide meaningful study-abroad experiences for GTS students in stimulating environments.
- Engender students with the ability to ethically identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems in a distributed engineering environment.
Goal 2:
To conduct basic and applied interdisciplinary research that produces knowledge and innovations that responsibly helps to transform our lives and preserve our environment.
(Metric: Increase total annual research expenditures per faculty member to $250K by 2012; Achieve a graduate student to faculty ratio of 4:1 by 2012).
Objectives
- Expand research enterprise expenditures with support from federal and state agencies as well as private industry utilizing unique assets in the region.
- Exploit existing interdisciplinary culture and actively seek new collaborations with academic and industry partners that cross traditional boundaries.
- Develop unique research facilities and programs that provide strategic advantage to GTS faculty and students and contribute to the global objectives of GT.
Goal 3:
To achieve global recognition for technical excellence, innovative programs and strategic partnerships that stimulates regional economic development.
(Metric: Increase number of ATDC companies to 10 by 2012; Establish downtown Savannah presence for GTS industry outreach activities; Implement professional education courses that provide instruction for 500 students per year by 2012).
Objectives
- Establish partnerships with other regional organizations that yield unique opportunities to stimulate economic development.
- Develop professional education programs that enable industry partners to remain competitive in changing market environments.
- Target “windows of learning” with industry partners that allows them to continuously adapt their employees to changing needs without losing benefits of prior investment.
- Establish an aggressive marketing program to raise the visibility of GTS locally as well as around the State and serve as a catalyst for campus growth and development.
Goal 4:
To develop an interdisciplinary academic environment as part of the Georgia Tech enterprise that attracts entrepreneurial faculty and students who seek to contribute to science, engineering, technology and economic development.
(Metric: Increase number of remote and/or part-time students to 100 by 2012; Offer at least 2 joint/dual degree programs with partner institutions by 2012).
Objectives
- Develop a prototype for how the “campus of the future” can transcend the traditional “college/school model”.
- Stimulate entrepreneurship amongst faculty and students by providing access to knowledge required to commercialize processes and products.
- Provide flexible education programs using all appropriate delivery modes to accommodate different student lifestyles and learning skills.
- Make instruction available at times/locations that are consistent with today’s technological innovations.
Goal 5:
To implement degree programs with flexible curricula that expand access to engineering-centered education by attracting a geographically distributed, diverse student population and accommodating their individual career advancement needs.
(Metric: Increase total full-time student enrollment to over 500 by 2012 including 400 undergraduate and 100 graduate students; Increase female enrollment to 25% by 2012; Increase African American enrollment to 15%; Increase Hispanic enrollment to 5%; Achieve a total student to faculty ratio that increases to no more than 18 to 1).
Objectives
- Identify opportunities for new hybrid graduate degrees that better enhance the education of employees for the business challenges they will encounter.
- Integrate unique geographically motivated electives/tracks in traditional degree programs to distinguish them from those offered at GTA.
- Implement MEng graduate degree programs that complement the MS programs offered through GTA.
- Explore alternative course delivery structures that provide for enhanced learning outside the traditional “semester/course model”.
Goal 6:
To grow a modern campus that is an exemplar for the manner in which the physical environment nurtures learning and creativity and technology efficiently eliminates boundaries.
(Metric: Increase total academic space to 200,000 sq. ft. by 2012; Provide on-campus housing for 250 students by 2012 ).
Objectives
- Transform GTS campus from existing “commuter model” to a full service unit.
- Develop and incorporate new collaborative active learning environments that engage today’s student.
- Develop educational technologies that enhance learning and provide new avenues for instructor/student interactions.
- Utilize technology to increase efficiency of all aspects of academic and business operations of GTS and exceed USG accountability metrics.
