The SERP 2023-2028
Boise State’s SERP 2023-2028 Plan is a key component of goal 1 of the Blueprint for Success 2021-2026 (the university’s strategic plan): Improve educational access and student success.
The SERP Initiative is both a plan and a process and works to engage the university community in building a relationship-rich campus culture and creating effective student-centered systems/practice to support access and success so that every student can be successful.
Supporting Every Student’s Path to a Degree
The SERP addresses two questions: How can we create more access to a Boise State degree, especially for Idaho students we’ve traditionally underserved? And once students have joined our community, what can we do to support each student to have a rich, high quality experience that leads to a degree?
SERP Strategies
The SERP initiative is focused on supporting a set of strategies to improve our capacity to serve all students effectively. Generally, these strategies reflect the following themes.
Serving Idaho
While we seek to improve access, retention and graduation for all students, five populations that help us better serve Idaho are:
- First-generation college students
- Pell Grant eligible students
- Latinx students
- Rural students
- Transfer students
Building Relationship-Rich Environments
Every interaction with a student is an opportunity to help them feel that they belong at Boise State. We strive to provide a ‘relationship-rich’ education in which we welcome all students and connect them to faculty, staff and their peers at every stage of their journey.
Helping Students Navigate Pathways
We must center students and their needs by supporting wayfinding, communicating clearly and proactively removing barriers to their progress. Student experiences matter.
Have an idea to help support student success?
Many units on campus are working on student access and success. If you have an idea that you think would benefit from the central coordination and consideration of the SERP, please share it. The Enrollment and Retention Action Team will review all ideas for inclusion in the SERP process.