Arts and Sciences Next-Gen Strategic Plan

We will provide continuously-improved programs that respond to student and employer needs, push boundaries, are future-focused, and prepare students for a lifetime of ethical, culturally aware, and responsible citizenry. Our programs will foster creativity and adaptability that contribute to personal and professional success. We will provide high-quality instruction that meets our land-grant mission, brings the expertise of our faculty researchers and scholars into our classrooms, and clearly delivers value to our students.

We will expand and sustain research, scholarship, and creative activity that contribute to the advancement of our disciplines and connect with our land-grant missions of accessible education, public engagement, economic development, and betterment of society. We will expand our tradition of excellent fundamental research while also making sure that our work remains relevant to Kansans, the nation, and the world in both practice and perception. We will actively engage with both Kansans and the global community through our broadly accessible programs, community outreach and involvement, and economic partnerships. We will better support engagement activities across the college and encourage and recognize engagement in all parts of our trifold mission.

We will develop a transparent, mission-driven budget and college practices to ensure responsible fiscal management of the college and the capacity to fulfill our vision. The college will generate revenue through multiple streams, practice agile resource management, and raise funds to invest more in faculty, staff and programs. The college will be transparent with its decision-making so that its units can facilitate their own planning consistent with the college.

Our most important resources are our faculty and staff. We will provide the work environment,
compensation, and development opportunities needed to support a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive workforce. Together, we will foster our students’ academic and personal success.

We must provide instructional and research facilities appropriate for the mission, success, and growth of the college. We will address the challenges presented by our aging infrastructure in order to attract top faculty, provide students with superior experience, and fulfill our promise as a next-gen college in an R1, land-grant university.