The Strategic Plan

• Why Flagship 2030?
• Executive Summary
  • Planning for Flagship 2030
  • CU-Boulder's Vision for 2030
  • The Core Initiatives
  • The Flagship Initiatives
  • Implementing Flagship 2030
• Introduction: Reinventing the Flagship
  • Building on a Remarkable History
  • CU-Boulder Today
  • The Challenges Ahead
  • Planning Strategically for 2030
• The Vision for Flagship 2030
  • The Vision
  • The Statutory Mission
  • Envisioning 2030
  • Shaping the New Flagship: Central Themes
• The Initiatives: Investing in the Vision
  • The Approach
  • The Core Initiatives
  • The Flagship Initiatives
• Moving from Planning to Implementation
  • Implementation
• Enrollment and Financial Projections
  • Enrollment Scenarios
  • Budgetary Planning
• Conclusion
• Appendices

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Executive Summary

The Core Initiatives

We recognize the University of Colorado at Boulder's need to invest in core service areas to remain competitive in the short term, and we have identified a set of priorities for these immediate investments. Attending to these priorities is critical if the university is to maintain the visibility and leadership needed to become a global presence. The priorities are:

1. Enhancing Education and Scholarship. Increase the size and enhance the quality of our faculty by adding 300 new tenure-track faculty in the next 10 years; create a new model for undergraduate education to better prepare CU-Boulder students for a changing world.

2. Fostering Research Excellence. Support our research mission by increasing institutional funding and research expenditures by 5 percent each year; provide targeted investments in cutting-edge research and creative work.

3. Enhancing Graduate Education. Increase the graduate student population from the current 15 percent of total enrollment to 20 percent.

4. Ensuring Access. Double merit- and need-based financial aid within five years; initiate a statewide dialogue on expanding access to Colorado higher education.

5. Supporting the Mission. Increase the university's staff to support education, research and creative work, service, and operations.

6. Investing in the Tools for Success. Increase investments in new technologies, new and existing campus facilities, and library collections.

7. Learning for a Diverse World. Implement new strategies for improving diversity; foster a supportive and inclusive climate for all.

8. Serving Colorado, the Community, and Our Graduates. Expand outreach programming aimed at Colorado communities; enhance opportunities for lifelong and distance learning.