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
2
43
1
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