The Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee identified the following investment priorities for 2000-01 and 2001-02 projects. Please note that applicants may submit combined activities that contribute to two or three investment categories.

1. Advanced Instructional Technology and Equipment proposals should assure that Cal Poly students have access to the instructional equipment and information technology they need to be prepared for life and work in the twenty-first century. Such proposals might consider:
   


• State-of-the-art, non-computer equipment for laboratories and classrooms;
• Studio laboratory classrooms;
• Advanced computer technology (hardware and software) to support instruction directly;
• Expanded student access to advanced computer laboratories;
• On-line access to databases, instructional services, and other electronic information;
• Multi-media and distance learning technology;
• Software;
• Other.


2. Instructional Programs proposals should focus on enabling students to succeed academically and advance toward their degree goals. The University will consider proposals for 2000-01 and 2001-02 that could lead to implementation in future years, recognizing that some efforts to increase student progress to degree completion or improve educational quality may require a planning period or a pilot program before full-scale implementation. Both one year and two-year proposals might address:


• Improved and expanded course scheduling to meet student needs;
• Course and/or curriculum redesign to improve educational and instructional quality and to facilitate progress to degree;
• Incorporation of information technology into teaching-learning;
• Efforts to improve teaching effectiveness, not focused on information technology;
• Expanded academic assistance programs, including efforts to increase student success in difficult, prerequisite classes;
• Expanded teaching, grading, and technical assistance to students and instructors to enhance access and educational quality of lab, field, and other "learn by doing" activities.
• Expanded teaching and grading assistance to instructors to enhance access and educational quality;
• Other.


3. Advising and Career Services proposals should focus on enabling students to succeed academically and advance toward their degree goals. Both one year and two-year proposals might address:
   
   
   • Electronic access by students and advisers to student records, including the ability to assess student progress (degree audit);
   • Improved academic advising;
   • Improved personal advising;
   • Career advising and placement;
   • Other.

Please note: The following kinds of activities are NOT ELIGIBLE for Cal Poly Plan funding:

• new academic programs, courses, majors, or minors which expand existing offerings rather than enhancing the quality, student learning and progress or productivity within existing programs;
• facility construction, remodeling or furnishings;
• general purpose computer labs and workstations;
• general operating expenses;
• professional development and other forms of non-instructional support for faculty and staff.

Projects that contain any of these activities should identify alternate (matching) funding sources for these aspects of their projects.