Model Institutions for Excellence-Phase III

在示范机构卓越（MIE）计划的第三阶段，泽维尔大学将奋进完成基础设施的发展和机构模型的关键组成部分的制度化过程，为本科科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学生准备研究生和专业学校的追求。在MIE计划的整个过程中，该大学采用的衡量标准已作为指导，在发展计划的战略，并确保实现的总体目标，成为一个示范机构，为卓越的研究生院安置。 这些指标包括并保持a）通过毕业（六年内）实现75%的STEM学生留存率，以及B）实现并保持50%的Xavier STEM毕业生的STEM学生研究生入学率。在MIE的最后阶段（第3阶段），大学将追求的关键目标将包括以下项目。 将NSF对STEM研究员的财政援助过渡到其他非NSF大学援助资源。将泽维尔大学本科生研究中心（XUCUR）改造成一个制度化的，大学支持的，集中的结构，该结构将管理所有学生（STEM和其他），为研究生/专业学校做准备。开发电气工程学位课程，作为对先前建立的计算机工程学位的补充。 完成多媒体教室和会议中心的开发，以支持大学在教学过程中使用技术的持续扩展。完成大学结构的形成，将优化研究教师的数量和可用性，以担任STEM本科研究人员的导师。在实现这些目标后，大学希望成功完成其模式的所有主要要素，以实现校友在研究生院的卓越安置。

In Phase 3 of the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) program, Xavier University will endeavor to complete the process of infrastructure development and institutionalization of key components of an institutional Model for preparing undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students for graduate and professional school pursuits.Throughout the course of the MIE program, the University has employed metrics that have served as a guide in the development of program strategies and ensuring attainment of the overall goal of becoming a Model Institution for Excellence in graduate school placement. Those metrics have included and remain a) achieving a STEM student retention rate of 75% through graduation (within a six-year period), and b) achieving and sustaining a STEM student graduate school enrollment rate of 50% of Xavier STEM graduates.During this final stage (Phase 3) of MIE the key objectives that will be pursued by the University will include the following items. Transitioning of NSF financial assistance for STEM Fellows to other non-NSF University assistance resources. Transforming the Xavier University Center for Undergraduate Research (XUCUR), which was initiated with NSF support (with a focus on STEM students), into an institutionalized, University-supported, centralized structure that will administer to all students (STEM and otherwise) in their preparation for graduate/professional school. Development of a degree program in Electrical Engineering as a complement to the previously-established Computer Engineering degree. Completing the development of multi-media classrooms and conferencing centers in support of the continued University expansion in the use of technology in the instructional process. Finalizing the formation of a University structure that will optimize the number and availability of research faculty to serve as mentors for STEM undergraduate researchers.Upon accomplishment of these objectives, the University expects to realize successful completion of all major elements of its Model for achieving excellence in the graduate school placement of its alumni.