• Ball State launched an academic master plan about a month ago.
• The website has received 50 posts.
• That is about one-sixth of the responses the campus master plan has received.
In nearly a month, Ball State’s academic master plan website has seen 50 posts, about one-sixth of the responses the campus master plan received. The university released a website Oct. 17 to gather student input, about a month after the campus master plan website debuted. The campus master plan has had 297 ideas posted on its website.
The academic master plan is a part of the three plans, said Bernie Hannon, associate vice president of business affairs and assistant treasurer. He said the university is creating the plans to make future goals and to help Ball State respond to questions from the Higher Learning Commission regarding Ball State’s 10-year accreditation.
The plans are a strategic, an academic and a campus master plan. The campus master plan has recently completed the input stage, and now, a consulting firm is evaluating it.
The academic master plan website, academicplan.bsu.edu , looks at topics relevant to creating a long-range plan to guide the university for the next 20-30 years. According to the website, the plan will plot the future of Ball State’s academic offerings.
The website is advertised through table tents in dining halls and the Ball State home page has a link to it. Some students said they are unfamiliar with the program and that they think the website could be better advertised.
“I do not go on the main page as often as I go on Blackboard,” Kylie Mennel, a freshman radiography major, said.
She also said the website could reach more students by email and advertisement on Blackboard.
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