Specifications include, but are not limited to: Strategy: • Strategic Planning – Defines a vision for Allied Health excellence and serves as a blueprint for the future, determines which existing departments are to be included. Offers a holistic plan to establish future goals and strategies that drive academic and student services and needs.; • Workforce Analysis – Investigates occupational demand and the impact of changing population demographics; • Program Gap Analysis – Aligns degree completion and program offerings with market expectations for future occupations. Benchmark competitive university’s program offerings.; • New Learning Strategies – Defines space needs for new trends in teaching pedagogy and learning environments; Analytics: • Space Efficiency and Utilization Studies – Analyzes how instructional and office space is being used and determines appropriate guidelines for spaces where traditional planning metrics do not apply.; • Space Needs Analysis – Determines how much of each type of space is needed through application of space metrics; • Space Reallocation and Migration Studies – Identifies the Allied Health academics that can be more functional through consolidation or relocation of programs and services. Determines ideal locations for specific Allied Health programs.; • Classroom and Lab Analysis – Determines if the quantity of classrooms by size and type meets current and projected Allied Health pedagogy. Evaluates research lab productivity and identifies space and policy needs/opportunities.; • Benchmarking – Identifies how UND Allied Health academic programs compares against peers and aspirants based on defined criteria.
