Draft work in progress: Strategic Planning August 2018 Executive Summary The following provides a high-level summary of the results to date of the work of the and its Strategic Planning Committees over the past nine months. This process has included engagement sessions and presentations with the campus community throughout the spring as well as summer roundtable discussions with over 250 experts across campus, and includes: The proposed mission, vision, strategic objectives, and core values Key emerging themes for each strategic objective Existing and proposed Board of Visitors dashboard metrics, Presidential metrics, and/or Beyond Boundaries metrics Draft Vision Virginia Tech positively transforms lives and communities and inspires the world in the spirit of its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). Draft Mission As a comprehensive global public land grant university, Virginia Tech positively transforms lives and communities by creating, conveying, and applying knowledge, technology, and experiences within the Commonwealth of Virginia and throughout the world. Draft Core Values Ut Prosim: Our motto, That I May Serve, underscores our commitment to service to individuals and society in all its forms. Diverse and Inclusive Communities: We value the educational benefits of diverse ideas, peoples, and cultures and the equitable inclusion of individuals in order to contribute to the just engagement of all the world s communities. Opportunity and Affordability: We are committed to creating affordable educational opportunities for the Commonwealth of Virginia consistent with its land-grant mission. Collaboration: We value collaboration and the collective value of using multiple approaches and perspectives to address difficult and complex issues. Mutual Respect and Open Expression: We support and promote open expression, self-awareness, and mutual respect. 1
Ethics and Integrity: We expect the university and its members to maintain the highest standards of integrity and ethical behavior, both personally and professionally. Lifelong Learning: We value lifelong learning and inquiry within and outside of the university for personal growth and to promote the continuous seeking of knowledge to enhance society. Discovery and Innovation: We value research, innovation, and the creative process. Freedom of Inquiry and Academic Excellence: We value freedom of inquiry and an environment that supports academic excellence. Continuous Evaluation: We value continuous evaluation and improvement to advance individual and institutional objectives. 2
Strategic Objective(s) Beyond Boundaries Concepts Emerging Themes Land Grant, Engagement, and Economic Impact: Leverage Virginia Tech s rural and urban presence to support Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. Be nationally/internationally recognized for excellence in academics, research, and innovation. Utilize research and service to address complex global issues. Objectives and Emerging Themes Grow Virginia Tech s research, technology, policy, undergraduate, graduate, and professional education portfolios in the NCR. Grow and expand Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology (HS&T) enterprise in Roanoke and Blacksburg to support research, teaching, community engagement, and economic growth. Develop an effective communications strategy to promote Virginia Tech. Ensure a robust relationship with the Commonwealth of Virginia as a land-grant institution. Research, Discovery, and Innovation: Advance knowledge acquisition and dissemination, discovery, innovation, and the creative process within and across disciplines within the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. Be nationally/internationally recognized for excellence in academics, research, and innovation. Utilize research and service to address complex global issues. Extend beyond current disciplinary boundaries to form a living laboratory that will project Virginia Tech to the world and bring the world to Virginia Tech. Create greater cohesiveness and ensure a robust infrastructure between Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Create and grow industry partnerships in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Translate research discoveries into commercial products. Leverage strengths and areas of opportunity across Institutes, Destination Areas, Strategic Growth Areas, and cross-college collaboration. Develop and support state-of-the-art infrastructure for effective and efficient research administration. Develop and expand sustainable, state-of-the-art, shared-use instrumentation facilities. Identify core areas for investment in graduate education, excellence, and growth. Increase externally funded research expenditures. Increase domestic and international transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration. 3
Strategic Objective(s) Beyond Boundaries Concepts Emerging Themes Inclusion, Diversity, and Excellence: Promote the institutional and individual commitment to community, diversity, and inclusion. Expand breadth and depth of educational and experiential opportunities through inclusion and diversity. Strategic Planning Promote an inclusive climate through education and engagement for students, faculty, and staff around diversity and inclusion in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Develop organizational structures to promote unit-level accountability for sustainable institutional transformation. Integrate diversity and inclusion as part of the academic mission. Student Achievement and Preparation: Prepare students, through innovative teaching and learning and holistic and comprehensive curricular and cocurricular experiences, to be empathetic, creative, informed, engaged, and equipped to be of service to society. Preparing Students: Create innovative approaches to teaching and learning. Compete for top talent in faculty, staff, and students. Flexible, personalized degrees. Ensure a robust infrastructure for diversity and inclusion support. Incorporate VT-shaped learning, including disciplinary depth, interdisciplinary capacities, and experiential learning, into every undergraduate, graduate, and professional student experience. Develop a responsive and innovative portfolio of post baccalaureate programs, degrees, and certificates to meet societal needs. Identify core areas for graduate education, excellence, and growth. Increase financial aid and scholarships to attract talent. Increase the number of underrepresented minority students. Increase the number of underserved students (including first-generation, veterans, and Pelleligible students). Prepare students to exemplify the Ut Prosim Imperative in the spirit of InclusiveVT: to be of service, to anyone at anytime and anywhere. Promote holistic wellbeing as the cornerstone of student success. Ensure a robust infrastructure and student support access in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Offer flexible and personalized degrees. 4
Strategic Objective(s) Beyond Boundaries Concepts Emerging Themes Faculty and Staff Success: Recruit and retain talented, creative, innovative, and collaborative faculty and staff. Compete for top talent in faculty, staff, and students. Review policies related to work-life balance including childcare, eldercare, spousal support, and partner hires. Ensure a robust infrastructure for faculty and staff support in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Increase faculty and staff compensation. Increase the underrepresented minority percentage of faculty. Alumni Engagement: Engage, support, value, and recognize the talents and influence of Virginia Tech alumni. Financial Sustainability: Identify and manage new, diverse, and sustainable revenue sources and implement versatile and robust financial management models and systems. Increase alumni engagement. Identify new and diverse revenue sources for future growth. Address continued funding cuts and disinvestment at federal and state level. Make clear case for philanthropy and public/ private partnerships. Increase the percentage of women faculty. Develop lifelong learning opportunities for alumni engagement with Virginia Tech throughout their lives, studies, and careers. Engage, support, value, and recognize the talents and influence of alumni. Create opportunities for alumni to engage around diversity and inclusion. Ensure a robust infrastructure and database for alumni engagement in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Develop and implement a data-informed budget process through the Partnership for an Incentive-Based Budget (PIBB). Increase diversity of funding sources including growing philanthropy and major gifts. Ensure a robust infrastructure and database for financial modeling and systems in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Increase our endowment. Grow alumni giving rate. 5
Strategic Objective(s) Beyond Boundaries Concepts Emerging Themes Physical and Technological Infrastructure: Create and sustain an infrastructure for world-class talent through a technologyenhanced, dataenabled, sustainable and interconnected network of campuses. Continuous Planning and Assessment: Integrate continuous planning, evaluation, and assessment to ensure the organizational capacity for agile, flexible, and data-informed decisions, as well as the operational effectiveness. Determine future campus facility and infrastructure needs. Become more operationally nimble and adaptable to industry challenges and funding challenges. Implement the Campus Master Plan to support growth in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR. Align and streamline institutional processes and policies to support growth, excellence, and collaboration in Blacksburg, Roanoke, the NCR, and other locations across Virginia. Ensure a robust physical plant with a focus on sustainability, environmental compliance, health, and safety. Develop and ensure a robust information technology system. Develop infrastructure to enable the use of data to inform decisions. Establish a process for continuous planning to enable Virginia Tech to identify and seize opportunities based on an ongoing, data-informed approach responsive to market opportunities and challenges. Create a process for continuous evaluation and assessment of current initiatives and efforts to measure impact, adapt approaches in order to achieve desired results, and sunset efforts when necessary. Establish a process to capitalize on opportunities in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and the NCR as new opportunities arise. 6