There is growing appreciation of the myriad ways faculty play a role in student outcomes and success. Traditionally this role is largely understood and appreciated in the context of (1) faculty advising and mentoring of their students, and (2) in the context of now they deliver their courses, i.e., and the instructional pedagogies appropriate for the outcomes and mode of instructional delivery. More recently it is becoming evident that, (3) how faculty develop programs of study, learning outcomes, curriculum, and course sequencing (roadmaps), can have and equal, if not even greater, impact on student outcomes and student success.
NMSU is actively pursuing several initiatives to better support faculty in optimizing all of the roles they play in influencing student outcomes and student success:
