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What is a strategic plan?

A strategic plan is a high-level framework—developed by leaders in conversation with the campus comm单位y and other stakeholders—that charts a course for the university’s future.

A strategic plan is a long-term effort: 世界杯官方app’s transformational plan follows a ten-year timeline (2018-2028) to become an even bigger and better university. 在世界杯官方app, our strategic plan is a shared, high-level vision to guide the 活动 of 大学, 学校, 部门, 和单位. The vision is broad enough to allow 世界杯官方app to capitalize on new opport单位ies to advance our mission.

 Three destinations anchor 世界杯官方app’s plan:

1. Be a model for student success
2. Be a great public research university
3. Be an exemplar for strategic growth and innovative excellence
   
   

How does the strategic plan benefit 世界杯官方app?

世界杯官方app’s strategic plan provides the campus comm单位y with the following: 

1. The opport单位y to speak up and shape our shared future;
2. A vision that inspires each of us to excel to new levels of excellence;
3. A framework to align our time, resources, and energy toward common goals;
4. Shared key performance indicators and benchmarks to measure our progress; and
5. Regular accountability updates of what we have achieved and what we are working to achieve.
   
   

How did the “A Vision for 世界杯官方app” (2018-2028) strategic vision come about?

当 President Taylor Eighmy arrived at 世界杯官方app in 2017, he immediately launched a listening tour with internal and external stakeholders. In close collaboration with campus leaders and the UT系统 Board of Regents, 世界杯官方app used this feedback to identify three strategic destinations and target outcomes to guide our ten-year transformational vision. 此外，十。 Models of Peer Excellence were selected to guide the implementation of 世界杯官方app’s priority initiatives to achieve our strategic vision.

世界杯官方app’s fundraising efforts closely align with our strategic vision. In October 2022, 世界杯官方app entered the public phase of the Be Bold Comprehensive Campaign. This $500m fundraising effort is designed to secure the financial support necessary to enable 世界杯官方app to reach its three destinations.

How do 世界杯官方app’s 战略行动 support the three destinations?

世界杯官方app’s three strategic destinations form a broad vision for what we are working to achieve across 分歧, 大学, 部门, 和单位. In 2018, 世界杯官方app began launching 战略行动—bounded projects and focused planning efforts by identified teams—to mobilize action and make the three destinations a reality. Along the way, project leaders have updated the campus as significant milestones are achieved. In 2022, more than 50 initiatives have been launched, and more than half have been fully operationalized or completed.

Due to the interconnected nature of 世界杯官方app’s strategic destinations, many 战略行动 support more than one destination. 例如, 综合设计, an initiative that led to the creation of the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and 综合设计, advances all three destinations. By expanding experiential learning opport单位ies and mentoring programs, Klesse College enhances 世界杯官方app’s standing as a national model in student success (Destination 1). By fostering transdisciplinary research partnerships, Klesse College contributes to 世界杯官方app’s efforts to become a great public research university (Destination 2). And by offering a streamlined and collaborative administrative structure, Klesse College allows 世界杯官方app to deliver innovative services and support more effectively and efficiently (Destination 3). Destination-spanning initiatives, as well as destination-specific initiatives, both play a role in accelerating 世界杯官方app’s transformation. 

How do we track and measure our success in implementing our strategic plan? How are we doing so far?

世界杯官方app’s strategic plan aspires to achieve institutional transformation. 每年, 世界杯官方app收集, 分析, 传播, and acts upon many forms of data at the university, 大学, 单位水平. These data—which include student enrollment data, 毕业率, research productivity, 融资成功, user satisfaction surveys, 考勤数据, and demographic information about faculty and 工作人员, among other measures—serve as valuable internal measures of our progress to guide campus leaders in both strategic and operational decision-making. 除了, the University of Texas System reviews 世界杯官方app’s outcomes annually for monitoring our performance over time.

Regarding our strategic destinations, 世界杯官方app has identified a set of key performance indicators that provide a high-level overview of institutional health. A mid-point progress report containing our strategic plan KPIs can be viewed 在这里.  

Why are we refreshing our plan in 2022-2023?

在一个 给校园发邮件 (2023年5月6日). Eighmy explained the motivation for the strategic plan refresh:

“I continue to believe, and to hear from many of you, that our 10-year plan has served us well since its implementation five years ago. The higher education landscape has undergone fundamental changes over the last three years. Now is an opportune time to conduct a thoughtful refresh to affirm our plan’s utility and modify it as needed to serve us for the next five years. This will also allow us to fulfill UT系统’s periodic institutional strategic planning updates requirement.” 

听到博士. Eighmy describe the goals and timeline refresh process 在这里.

What will happen in the refresh process?

The refresh process is our opport单位y as a 世界杯官方app comm单位y to take stock of what we have accomplished in the last five years, affirm which pieces are currently working well, and make revisions that will enable us to continue our trajectory of success.

世界杯官方app’s strategic plan refresh process will adopt the iterative, back-and-forth engagement strategies developed in the administration and follow-up of the Campus Climate Survey. Senior campus leaders will initiate the process in October 2022. 本学期晚些时候, VPs, 院长, and 单位 heads will prime their faculty, 工作人员, and students for the work ahead by describing the refresh process's goals and setting the stage for future conversations.

Between January and mid-March of 2023, these same leaders will host conversations with their stakeholders—soliciting feedback and suggestions to affirm that they are working on 世界杯官方app’s strategic vision and opport单位ies for refinement. This feedback will be aggregated, 分析了, and shared with the members of the Steering Committee to draft a refreshed plan. 

在这一年里, 世界杯官方app leaders are committed to providing transparency and accountability by regularly engaging stakeholders about the refresh process and the plans' emerging revisions.

世界杯官方app’s strategic plan refresh process will take approximately one year, commencing in October 2022 and culminating in President Eighmy’s presentation of the refreshed plan and pro forma (long-range financial plan) to the UT系统 Regents in November 2023.

Who is responsible for overseeing the strategic plan refresh?

President Taylor Eighmy 任命前 Provost Kimberly Andrews Espy to chair the Strategic Plan Refresh Steering Committee (SPRSC), which includes more than thirty campus leaders, including representatives from the Faculty Senate, 参议院工作人员, Student Government Association (SGA) and Department Chairs’ Council. More about the Steering Committee’s membership and role 在这里.

Dr. 丽莎Jasinski, Senior Director of Strategic 倡议 President’s Office, will coordinate support for the refresh process.

How does the university-wide strategic plan interact with 大学, 学校, 单位, 以及部门计划?

世界杯官方app’s ability to achieve its three destinations depends on all roadrunners' aligned efforts and actions. Once the strategic plan has been refreshed, 分歧, 大学, 单位, and 部门 will be encouraged to align their strategic plans, 活动, and goals with 世界杯官方app’s revised strategic destinations to ensure that our strategic energies are focused on shared, 集体的目标.

How can I get involved?

Throughout the strategic planning refresh process, members of the 世界杯官方app comm单位y will have many opport单位ies to get involved and have their voices heard. It takes all of us to move forward together.

Look for information about upcoming virtual and in-person listening sessions hosted by your dean, 副总统, and other campus leaders in the spring. Members of the 世界杯官方app comm单位y will be invited to share their feedback through online surveys and web portals. 

W在这里 can I get more information?

This website is the primary resource regarding 世界杯官方app’s strategic vision and the refresh process in 2022-23. The President's Office has prepared a summary of key trends impacting higher education for the comm单位y to consider in advance of the spring town halls. Additional resources can be viewed in a Sharepoint开车 dedicated to the refresh process. 

世界杯官方app stakeholders can direct additional questions or feedback to strategicplanning@wjc7.com.