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A Strategic Plan for ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ's Future

A strategic plan is a comprehensive roadmap that outlines our long-term vision, goals, and priorities, guiding decision-making and resource allocation to enhance academic excellence, research, student success, and community impact. Plans include key initiatives, performance metrics, and strategies to adapt to evolving educational and societal needs.

¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒTHRIVE

Learn more about ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ's current strategic plan identifying opportunities to strengthen ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ to better support its teaching, research, and service missions. ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒTHRIVE will guide the university in reimagining ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ to serve the dynamic needs and interests of students now and in the future.

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Past Strategic Plans and Initiatives

¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒRISE Strategic Plan

Years: 2019-2024

¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒRISE, anchored our community in our core values and blazed a trail forward. It was bold and brave, drove transformational change to guide ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ through unprecedented volatility in higher education. More than 600 members of our diverse ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ community engaged in the plan’s development and implementation.

Academic Program Evaluation, Improvement, and Prioritization

Years: 2019-2024

Academic Program Evaluation, Improvement, and Prioritization (APEIP) project aimed to improve the quality of programs, direct resources to further enhance student success, and ensure that we leverage our resources efficiently and effectively.

Boldly Creative Initiative

Years: 2019-2024

Part of the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒRISE Strategic Plan, Boldly Creative was an initiative to invest $50 million in a new generation of academic excellence, to enhance our nationally recognized undergraduate teaching, learning and research with a sharpened focus on innovation and creativity.

The 2020 Strategic Plan

Years: 2014-2019

¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ has reached all of the goals of the 2020 strategic plan. Those goals included: more partnerships, advanced retention rates, enhanced diversity, more multiple majors, and more study abroad. Together, we have accomplished all of those goals, a remarkable two years ahead of schedule. ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ is a stronger university, more connected than ever, and well-positioned for the future. Congratulations to all ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒans for these successes.

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