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Our Strategic Plan
In August 2024, the College of Arts and Sciences began the process of developing a strategic plan through meaningful stakeholder engagement. We sought to set clear priorities and ambitious — yet achievable — goals, culminating in a plan that articulates a compelling 5-10 year vision for the college.
A leadership planning committee consisting of CAS faculty and staff, along with a team from Credo Higher Ed Consultants, facilitated this process. The entire college was invited to participate, including two key opportunities for stakeholder input:
- November 2024: Small group discussions addressed several pointed questions to identify specific ways the college can fortify its strengths and illuminate its purpose. With this input, the leadership planning committee and Credo consultants drafted several proposed initiatives.
- March 2025: The CAS community was invited to provide feedback on all draft initiatives. This input informed the committee's work as they finalized the initiatives that comprise the CAS Strategic Plan.
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Goals of the Strategic Plan
Community
Support an empowered, thriving community where purpose and potential are realized to their fullest
Meaning and Purpose
Help our students prepare for their vocation and cultivate lives of meaning, distinction, and purpose
Support
Ensure that every individual is recognized and respected to enable all to thrive
Plan Initiatives
Each initiative is intended to help fulfill at least one of the goals of the CAS Strategic Plan. These initiatives include:
The college will elevate interdisciplinary and intercultural programs and promote transformative experiential education focused on addressing pressing global challenges.
Learn more about Promoting Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Excellence
The college will enhance and support faculty teaching, research, and creative practice in the arts.
Learn more about Elevating the Arts
The college will cultivate activities that enable students to deeply reflect on, better articulate, and put into practice their transformative liberal arts experiences.
Learn more about Enhancing Transformative Education
The college will promote faculty research, scholarship, and creative practice in CAS, including both individual work and work done in collaboration with students and and/or other faculty.
Learn more about Promoting Disciplinary Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Practice
In collaboration with HR and broader University efforts, the college will address faculty and staff compensation equity through fundraising and other work, and will enhance career advancement opportunities for staff.
Learn more about Faculty and Staff Compensation and Advancement
The college will address misalignments between institutional needs and allocation of work, focusing on areas such as workload, reward, community, and fairness.
Learn more about Faculty and Staff Workload and Job Satisfaction
The college will continue to cultivate a community that fosters inclusion and belonging by enhancing inclusive practices and retention efforts in teaching, research, service, hiring, and college/community interactions.
Learn more about Fostering an Inclusive Community
The college will focus fundraising efforts on targeted scholarships for students.
Learn more about Fundraising for Scholarships
The College will focus fundraising efforts on targeted scholarships for CAS students to travel abroad and participate in off-campus opportunities led by CAS faculty.
Learn more about Supporting Study Abroad Opportunities
The college will cultivate student career development processes and programs across CAS to support students' discovery of meaningful careers and vocations.
Learn more about Student Career Development and Vocational Discovery
Working in collaboration with University Advancement and Marketing, Insights, and Communications and with engagement of alumni and other stakeholders, the college will effectively communicate the value of CAS, the impact of a liberal arts education, and the successes of CAS programs, faculty, and students.
Learn more about Elevating Our Profile