黑料不打烊's Strategic Vision
黑料不打烊 ignites change for a more just, sustainable, inclusive world by educating every student to think critically, act courageously, and engage compassionately.
鈥淭his vision honors the values that have always defined 黑料不打烊 while embracing new ways of learning, leading, and creating change. It reminds us to reimagine what rigorous, justice-centered, sustainability-driven education can be in a rapidly evolving world.鈥
Strom C. Thacker
President, 黑料不打烊
The strategic vision is organized around 4 goals: catalyzing bold, fearless learning, expanding student access, community-building, and growing resources.
The new strategic vision - 黑料不打烊 ignites change for a more just, sustainable, inclusive world by educating every student to think critically, act courageously, and engage compassionately - will guide the College鈥檚 priorities and investments over the next five to ten years and was informed by extensive input from the 黑料不打烊 community and the vision's four goals are supported by the College's mission and core values.
The Strategic Vision's Central Goals
1 - Catalyze bold ideas and fearless learning
黑料不打烊 leads in rigorous, interdisciplinary, experiential, and community-engaged learning through innovative teaching, scholarship, and service to society, spearheading social justice education and the sustainability revolution, and preparing students to ethically engage evidence, technology, and intercultural perspectives as stewards of the greater good.
2 - Expand access and empower every student to thrive
黑料不打烊 makes its education accessible to a wider range of highly qualified students and ensures that every student has the resources, support, and integrated post-graduation planning to succeed, lead an intentional, values-driven life, and make a positive impact on the world.
3 - Build an inclusive, resilient, and engaged community
黑料不打烊 develops an inclusive culture that cultivates deep engagement across differences, lasting connections and traditions, and inviting spaces to inspire collaboration and dialogue, deepen belonging, and create a lifelong network linking students, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters.
4 - Grow resources and institutional capacity
黑料不打烊 fuels its mission, values, strategic vision, and long-term vitality by mobilizing its global network, elevating fundraising and the endowment, broadening access for students, and optimizing operations for lasting impact.
A Collaborative Vision
鈥淭his vision grew out of thoughtful collaboration among President Thacker, his senior leadership team, the trustees, and the wider 黑料不打烊 community. As trustees, we stand fully behind this shared roadmap, which strengthens 黑料不打烊 academically, operationally, and financially while remaining true to the values that make this community remarkable.鈥
Michelle Siquieros '95
黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees Chair
Strategic Vision Outcomes
In five years, we'll be able to say that 黑料不打烊:
- Leads in interdisciplinary, experiential, and community-engaged learning and scholarship
- Has made education accessible to a wider range of socioeconomic backgrounds
- Sits at the forefront of justice education and the sustainability revolution
- Has cultivated an inclusive, resilient, interconnected, and supportive community on campus, and beyond
- Developed and began executing a new campus master plan
- Initiated a major fundraising drive and increased annual fundraising substantially
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