Welcome
The Strategic Planning and Student Success Division is responsible for coordinating and updating the Board of Regents’ (BoR) Master Plan, including the development of policy, resources, and initiatives to support Master Plan goals. The division also shares responsibility for many statewide and federal reporting requirements, responding to legislative requests and resolutions, and fulfilling data requests from a wide range of stakeholders. The section oversees the registration and licensure of non-academic proprietary schools in Louisiana, as well as statewide workforce and education planning coordinated through the LaSTEM Advisory Council and Cybersecurity Education Management Council.
Contacts
Dr. Susannah CraigDeputy Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Student Success Dr. Lisa Smith Vosper
Associate Commissioner for Workforce Education & Training Mellynn Baker
Assistant Commissioner for Student Success Dr. Allison Smith
Assistant Commissioner for Student Health and Wellness Melissa Anders Program Administrator Courtney Britton
Proprietary Schools Program Administrator Chaundra Cheatham
Director of Procurement Services & Proprietary School Program Specialist Christina Cheek Teacher and Leadership & STEM/Cybersecurity Initiatives Program Coordinator Hannah Courtney Program Coordinator for Licensure Dr. Michelle DeMeulenaere Program Manager for Early Childhood & Literacy Initiatives Brianna Golden Program Manager Mighan Johnson Assistant Program Manager Dr. Lupe Lamadrid Senior Policy Analyst Cara Landry Executive Assistant/Program Coordinator
Board of Regents Planning, Research & Performance Committee
The primary purpose of the PRP Committee is to address items related to the BoR Master Plan. This includes matters relative to the role, scope, and mission of institutions, as well as developing and refining BoR’s Master Plan. The Committee is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the performance of systems and institutions related to student success, attainment goals, and addressing state workforce needs. The Committee may also recommend policies specific to Master Plan goals and objectives and authorize research that supports the development of such policies and initiatives.
PRP Committee Membership:
Terrie P. Sterling, ChairJudy A. Williams-Brown, Vice Chair
Stephanie Finley
Robert Levy
Charles McDonald
Sonia Pérez
Wilbert Pryor
Felix Weill
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Master Plan for Higher Education
- Article VIII of Louisiana’s Constitution authorizes the Board of Regents (BoR) to develop a master plan for higher education in Louisiana. The Master Plan is available HERE.
- Institution Role, Scope, and Mission
Previous Master Plans (1972-2011)
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Student Success Council
Click HERE for more information on the Student Success Council.
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LaSTEM Advisory Council
ACT 392
ACT 392 of the 2017 Legislative Session creates the LaSTEM Advisory Council to oversee the creation and delivery of STEM programs in Louisiana. Click HERE for the LaSTEM website.
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Cybersecurity Education Management Council
R.S. 17:3138.9 Established the Louisiana Cybersecurity Talent Initiative Fund, created within the state treasury as a special fund for the purpose of funding degree and certificate programs in cybersecurity fields. This also created the Cybersecurity Education Management Council.
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Proprietary Schools
Click HERE for more information on Proprietary Schools.
- Agency Strategic Plan
- Policies
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Data
Data Governance & Advisory Council
- Reporting Calendar
- Statewide Student Profile System (AY, 2020)
- Enrollment, Statewide Student Profile System – Statewide Student Profile
- Statewide Completers System (AY 2019-2020)(Current)
- Completion, Statewide Completers System – Degrees and Certificates and Awarded
- Financial Aid Data System (FADS)
- Retention/Transfer/Exit Reports
- Inventory of Degree and Certificate Programs
- Student Credit Hour Production Data
- Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
- Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR)
- HigherEdInfo.org – National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (Created by NCHEMS)
- NCES The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
- SREB Data Exchange
- TOPS Reports
- Special Reports