Fall 2011
VISION 2020
The New Gold Standard of University Performance
Goals Provide the Framework to Achieve Mission, Vision and Strategic AspirationsThe University of Akron Vision
The University of Akron Mission
…we will become a leader in globally competitive clusters of innovation and entrepreneurship, and will maximize human potential in a dynamic environment of inclusive excellence.
Goals
…we shall create a better common future for our students and society by leveraging our region’s strengths, fostering
economic and social vitality and pursuing innovative solutions to major challenges.
Student Success
Global Relevance
Clusters of Interdisciplinary
Distinction
Collaborations and Partnerships
Community and Campus Enhancement
Measureable Success
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Strategic Aspirations
40,000 student learners; 60% graduation rate; 80% placement rate; $200M research expenditures; $1B development
portfolio; nationally recognized “The Akron Experience;” revitalized University Park district; leveraged investments with vital partners; increase diversity as part of inclusive excellence;
UA the “go to” university for USO & OBR.
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Assuring Excellence
Invvest
Disinvest Maintain Invest
Move $ to Maintain and Invest
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Liberal Education
Science & Technology Innovation
Human Condition
Entrepreneurial: Advanced Materials &
Sustainability
Regional Solutions: Urban
Life/Education
Human Condition: Health
Partners: UPA, APS, SEI
Partners: ABIA
Partners: ABIA, Industry
Capitalizing on Internal Collaborations &
External Partnerships
Economic Development:Trans-Institutional Process
Partners: UPA, ABIA, Industry
Assuring Excellence - Achieving Distinction(Research Clusters for Innovative Solutions)
Leadership Agenda Setting: Process of Achieving Strategic Aspirations
President’s State of the University
Provost’s Future State of Academic
AffairsUniversity Council Board of Trustees
AssessmentLeadership Agenda
Reset
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This process facilitates the ability to progress at a faster rate and to change
course as warranted by opportunities and circumstances.
November March May July August
Achieving Distinction
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Educated 21st Century-Skilled Workforce+
Innovation =
Economic Prosperity
The New ‘Cluster Moment’: How Regional Innovation Clusters Can Foster the Next Economy, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, September 21, 2010.
National Economic Council, Council of Economic Advisers, and Office of Science and Technology Policy; The Whitehouse, Washington D.C.; February 2011.
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