1. Read
the following AACU’s press release.
AAC&U Releases New Five-Year Strategic Plan Focused on Equity,
Innovation, and Excellence
AAC&U today released
its strategic plan for 2023–27 during its annual meeting in San Francisco. The
plan presents the goals and aspirations that will guide the association’s work
over the next five years.
Equity, Innovation, and
Excellence foregrounds AAC&U’s values, purpose, and scope within the
current societal context and landscape of higher education, and the plan
outlines the strategic objectives that will frame the association’s commitment
to continuous innovation, improvement, and expansion.
AAC&U President Lynn
Pasquerella announced the release of the new strategic plan in her address to
attendees from higher education institutions across the country and around the
world who are gathered at the 2023 Annual Meeting, “Reclaiming Liberal Education.”
“As institutions recover
from the impact of COVID-19, renew commitments to equity and community
engagement, and reimagine the future of postsecondary education on their
campuses, delivering a high-quality liberal education equitably will be more
important than ever,” Pasquerella said. “The plan serves as a collective call
to action for those of us who believe that a liberal education provides the
foundational knowledge and skills that empower students to advance the common
good through responsible and engaged citizenship in local, national, and global
contexts.”
Equity, Innovation, and
Excellence was developed through a comprehensive strategic planning process
that began in July 2021 and was designed to promote collaboration among
stakeholders—AAC&U’s staff and board of directors as well as faculty,
staff, and administrators at member institutions. In the process, the AAC&U
Board of Directors approved a revised mission statement to serve as the
foundation for the 2023–27 strategic plan: AAC&U advances the democratic
purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in
liberal education.
The plan commits the
association to four strategic objectives to guide its work over the next five
years:
·
Sustain an association prepared to thrive and
champion liberal education globally.
·
Create a model for institutional transformation
on campuses.
·
Partner with educators and institutions to
transform the student learning experience.
·
Fully engage our members around the world.
2. Open
the actual AACU Strategic Plan 2023-2027 available from any of these links:
https://www.aacu.org/strategicplanLinks to an external site..
https://www.aacu.org/strategic-planLinks to an external site.
3. Under
the title “Strategic Commitments, 2023–27,” read and analyze the strategic
plan’s four long-term Strategic Objectives and their
corresponding Key Activities.
4. Using
your own words discuss your findings from comparing AACU’s strategic plan
content with the Strategic Plan template that you used to complete your
personal strategic plan. What would you change (modify, add, or remove) in the
AACU’s plan to improve it?
(Do you want to get 100
points in this discussion? Ensure you follow these guidelines: 1. Use correct
grammar and punctuation, 2. Write coherently addressing the instructions,