Goal 5. Partnerships
Build strategic partnerships and alliances with external entities.
Critical Success Factors (measures of the degree of success over the next 5 years):
- $10M annually from private sectors to support graduate student stipends and research.
- 5 formal agreements with government labs and federal agencies.
- Annually renew or establish 30 formal partnerships with universities with 10 of these being active international partnerships.
- Annually renew or establish 20 formal partnerships with private sector entities.
- Average 3 Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignments each year.
- Increase the dollar amount of research partnerships with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center by 100%.
- Increase the partnerships with Early Childhood - 12 schools and post-secondary institutions.
- 500 students in the Gateway Program with South Plains College.
- Increase HUB participation percentages to meet state benchmarks.
- Increase the number of HUB protégé mentor agreements.
Objectives:
Objective 5.1: Establish and strengthen partnerships within the University System.
Strategies:
- Enhance partnerships and cooperation among university areas such as the Teacher Education Council.
- Identify and facilitate activities and programs that cut across university divisions.
- Develop a database of faculty teaching and research interests within the system.
- Establish a Texas Tech University/Health Sciences Center committee that meets regularly to explore and review partnerships.
- Support joint programs between Texas Tech University and Health Sciences Center.
- Support faculty initiatives to develop teaching, research, and service partnerships.
- Market and publicize joint initiatives.
Assessments:
- Number of cooperative programs.
- Joint publications.
- Amount of funding.
Objective 5.2: Increase the number of partnerships with state, federal, and international agencies and laboratories.
Strategies:
- Identify potential state, federal, and international partners that could provide benefits to the university.
- Establish formal partnership agreements with agencies and laboratories.
- Actively pursue Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignments.
- Annually assess the quality of the partnerships.
- Market the results of the partnerships.
Assessments:
- Number of partnerships.
- Funding generated.
Objective 5.3: Increase the number of partnerships with private sector companies.
Strategies:
- Identify companies throughout the state that would be interested in associating with university instruction, research, and service programs.
- Establish formal partnerships that significantly advance the university's programs.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the partnerships.
- Market partnership programs.
Assessments:
- Number of partnerships related to instruction.
- Number of partnerships related to research.
Objective 5.4: Develop partnerships with other educational institutions.
Strategies:
- Identify partnerships with other educational institutions, both nationally and internationally, that provide opportunities for external funding.
- Expand the Gateway Program.
- Expand the partnerships with Early Childhood - 12 schools.
- Expand the partnerships with post-secondary institutions.
- Market the partnership programs.
Assessments:
- Number of inter-university partnerships.
- Number of K-12 partnerships.
- Number of post secondary institution partnerships.
- Number of students in the Gateway Program.
Objective 5.5: Increase Texas Tech University's HUB participation.
Strategies:
- Establish HUB protégé mentor agreements.
- Assess barriers to HUB vendor usage by procurement category.
- Develop and implement a plan to improve HUB utilization.
Assessments:
- Number of HUB protégé mentor agreements.
- Texas building and Procurement Commission's HUB participation report.