CWRU Strategic Planning Process2012-2013

Steering Committee Kick-Off Meeting

Forward THINKING

The Strategic Plan for CWRU, 2008-2013

• Developed during AY2007-08• Approved by the Board in June, 2008• In fifth year of implementation

Mission

Case Western Reserve University improves people’s lives

through preeminent research, education and creative

endeavor.

We realize this goal through:• Scholarship that capitalizes on the power of collaboration.• Learning that is active, creative and continuous.• Promotion of an inclusive culture of global citizenship.

Strategic Planning Org Chart

Steering Committee

Deans’ Council

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5

Provost’s Advisory Council Working

Groups

President’s Cabinet

Stakeholders – Campus Community, Alumni, Corporate,

Government

Steering Committee Charge

• Sponsor and guide the planning process.• Identify strategic issues and opportunities.• Develop the framing questions the plan will

address.• Monitor the progress of working groups and react

to their ideas.• Participate in the development of goals and

strategies.

Possible Focus Areas (Working Groups)

Group Focus

Research and Innovation • Diversify sources of research funding • Identify areas of research leadership • Expand research infrastructure • Strengthen the role of research in undergraduate

education• Broaden and deepen multi-faceted industry partnerships

Transforming Education (undergraduate and graduate)

• Extend the differentiation of CWRU’s graduate and undergraduate degree programs

• Improve support for developing new degree programs• Increase student success

Our People – faculty, students and staff

• Enhance campus culture and climate• Develop workforce of the future• Recruit and retain talent

Group Focus

Finance, Operations and Infrastructure

• Evolve services and operations to support new strategic directions

• Leverage technological change and achieve efficiencies• Adjust budgeting and funding models to remove hurdles to

interdisciplinary collaborations and create mechanisms to fund new initiatives

• Meet future student and parent service expectations CWRU 2026 • Take a ten to fifteen year view of the future of the

university• Develop a vision for the university’s future identity,

positioning and operations • Respond to the systemic changes and challenges that

confront higher education

Possible Focus Areas (Working Groups)

Possible Working Group Deliverables

Final Report Should: • Address Strategic Goals for the specific domain – what

should the university accomplish in the next five years• Strategies and Big Bets – what actions should the

university take to achieve the recommended goalso Identify ideas for 2-3 significant investments or

decisions that could have a substantial impact on the future of CWRU

• Responses to WG specific framing questions

Timeline – Sept. 2012 through July 2013

S O N D J F M A M J J

University Process

Set Context

Develop Strategies

Gather Input

Approve Plan

Prepare to Implement

School Process

School Process

Establish Working Groups: Possible Suggestions Include• Research• Education• Community Engagement• People