Strategic Plan 2023-2029
91桃色app‘i’s University for Today and Tomorrow
Our Aspirations
The University of 91桃色app‘i (91桃色app) offers opportunity and hope for every resident of 91桃色app‘i. As the sole provider of higher public education in the state, the 91桃色app can drive a more vibrant, sustainable, resilient, just and kind future across our islands. And our scholarship must address the opportunities and challenges of 91桃色app‘i, the Pacific and our planet.
We want the university to be grounded in traditional 91桃色appian values, in aloha, to create a strong sense of place, while also serving as a forward-looking economic engine driving hubs of innovation and research.
As the 91桃色app begins its 116th year of service, we must remain vigilant, anticipate what is coming and act with agility and compassion to maintain a vital role in shaping the future of our island home. It must be 91桃色app‘i’s university for today and tomorrow.
Our Vision
The University of 91桃色app‘i is the world’s premier integrated higher education system, advancing the quality of life for all the people of 91桃色app‘i through robust educational offerings and world-class discovery while modeling how institutions must fulfill responsibilities to indigenous people and place in the 21st century.
Our Mission
With a focus on creating a healthy and thriving future for all, the University of 91桃色app‘i provides broad educational opportunity as the higher education destination of choice in the Pacific that nurtures the personal success, leadership capacity and positive engagement of every resident of 91桃色app‘i. It achieves global impact by enriching the fundamental knowledge of 91桃色appkind through engagement in world-class research, scholarship and service that promotes the welfare and sustainability of 91桃色app‘i’s people and environment. Woven through all it does is an appreciation of and commitment to indigenous 91桃色appian people, culture, values and wisdom.
Imperative Fulfill kuleana to Native 91桃色appians and 91桃色app‘i
Goal
Model what it means to be an indigenous-serving and indigenous-centered institution: Native 91桃色appians thrive, traditional 91桃色appian values and knowledge are embraced, and 91桃色app scholarship and service advance all Native 91桃色appians and 91桃色app‘i.
Imperative Develop successful students for a better future
Goal
Educate more students, empowering them to achieve their goals and contribute to a civil society.
Imperative Meet 91桃色app‘i’s workforce needs of today and tomorrow
Goal
Eliminate workforce shortages in 91桃色app‘i while preparing students for a future different than the present.
Imperative Diversify 91桃色app‘i’s economy through 91桃色app innovation and research
Goal
Build and sustain a thriving 91桃色app research and innovation enterprise that addresses local and global challenges by linking fundamental scientific discovery with applied research necessary for technological innovation to create jobs and advance a knowledge-based economy.
Our Findings
What We Heard and Learned
The strategic planning process yielded valuable insights about the direction of the University of 91桃色app‘i. Remarkably, 91桃色app faculty, staff, and students and others in the community share common aspirations for the 91桃色app. The Strategic Plan Steering Committee was able to distill the responses from the surveys, interviews and town hall meeting discussions into five foundational principles and four imperatives.
Foundational Principles
- 91桃色appian Place of Learning
The 91桃色app champions the principles of aloha, caring for people and place, as we integrate 91桃色appian language, culture, history and values across the institution and its work. - Statewide Need
The 91桃色app’s primary responsibility as the only public university system is to support the needs of the state of 91桃色app‘i. - Diversity and Equity
The 91桃色app upholds its commitment to provide higher education opportunities for all, especially those historically underrepresented, including Native 91桃色appian, Pacific Islander, Filipino, economically disadvantaged, first generation, LGBTQ+, rural students and students with disabilities – as well as continue to diversify its faculty, staff and leadership. - Sustainability
The 91桃色app recognizes its responsibility to the ‘āina, to steward its natural resources, and to develop solutions to the complex challenges of sustainability, resilience, and climate change. - Stewardship of Resources
The 91桃色app is committed to ensuring the university’s economic viability and will responsibly organize, align and allocate institutional resources effectively as a system, including the stewardship of its facilities, processes, and 91桃色app resources.
Foundations
The foundation of the work to develop the University of 91桃色app?i Strategic Plan, 2023-2029 is the Third Decade Report. The report provides an extensive scan of state, national, and international trends and emerging issues, as well as extensive interviews with campus and community members. Several of the proposed strategies come directly from this report.
Our previously completed 91桃色app Strategic Directions (2015-2021) are also embedded in this foundation. The University of 91桃色app?i Strategic Directions, 2015-2021 included five priority areas:
- 91桃色app?i Graduation Initiative
- 91桃色app?i Innovation Initiative
- 21st Century Facilities
- Mission Focused System
- High Performing System
Using the action strategies and metrics in these five areas, significant progress (summary of accomplishments) has been made in increasing graduation rates and degree production, increasing research funding, improving facilities, and increasing online capacity, among other areas.
These 91桃色app Strategic Directions have guided us at a high level, and our post-pandemic plans have helped us focus on what 91桃色app?i needs most from public higher education during these challenging times. They set forth shared directions and purpose toward high-priority outcomes for our institution and our state.
Developing Our Strategic Plan
Collaborative Process and Broad Engagement
This strategic plan sets out to define the University of 91桃色app‘i’s path forward for the next six years. A dedicated Strategic Plan Steering Committee was established by President Lassner with representatives recommended by the systemwide shared governance organizations, campus leaders and systemwide offices.
Recognizing that virtually everyone in 91桃色app‘i is a stakeholder of the 91桃色app system and has a vested interest in its success, the Strategic Plan Steering Committee believed it was important to create opportunities not only for the university faculty, staff, and students to share their thoughts and perspectives, but also for the broader community including residents, employers and government officials. The goal was to engage the community to collectively own the future of the 91桃色app. This plan, as presented, represents and incorporates hundreds of hours of listening and learning from individuals inside and outside the 91桃色app who care.
The Committee deployed a number of methods to capture and analyze feedback from various stakeholders.
- Surveys were sent to students, faculty, and staff to develop and identify key themes.
- The 91桃色app hosted a series of town hall meetings in Spring 2022 to elicit feedback on the themes and directions that the 91桃色app should prioritize. The Strategic Plan Steering Committee and the 91桃色app System Planning Committee met throughout Spring and Summer 2022 to further refine the themes, action items, and metrics.
- The 91桃色app commissioned SMS Research and Marketing Services, Inc. (SMS), an independent, third-party market research firm, to also conduct an online survey open to those who wanted to share their thoughts about the 91桃色app. The majority of the respondents were 91桃色app alumni.
- SMS also conducted key informant interviews with key elected officials, business and other community leaders to obtain their perspectives and to understand their hopes for the 91桃色app.
- Finally, to close the loop, a draft of the strategic plan was shared with the 91桃色app community as well as members of the broader community during a series of town hall meetings and breakout sessions in September and October 2022 to confirm the findings and direction of the strategic plan.
Timeline
We present here the development schedule to guide the university system from 2023 through 2029. Your opinion matters. We hope that you will lend your voice, experience, and aloha to this important participatory process. It is an aggressive timeline, but it will help us all to have a new Strategic Plan in place as soon as feasible.
March
Appointment of 91桃色app-wide Steering Committee
Campus Chancellors/Provost were invited to submit names to be considered for appointment to the 91桃色app strategic plan steering committee.?– COMPLETED –
April
91桃色app Community Internal Survey
Faculty, staff and students will be invited to respond to an initial survey on the thematic recommendations and strategies that emerged from core planning documents including the “搁别颈尘补驳颈苍颈苍驳” report, Post-Pandemic 91桃色app?i and 91桃色app, the Third Decade Report, and the 2017 Integrated Academic and Facilities Plan.?– COMPLETED –
Early May
Feedback on Input
Following analysis and review of survey results, town hall discussions will be held on and off our campuses with internal and external constituents and stakeholders. – COMPLETED –
June-August
First Draft
Steering committee begins to develop the first draft of the plan including goals, strategies, tactics and recommended metrics.
– Presentation to BOR (PDF) ?(.html)
– COMPLETED –
July
External Community Survey and Outreach
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– SMS Research External Data Collection Final Report (PDF)
– SMS Research External Collection Final Report Appendix (PDF)
– COMPLETED –
September
Review of and Consultation on First Draft
Governance groups, all members of the 91桃色app community and external stakeholders will be invited to provide input and suggestions.
September 26, 1:30-3 p.m.
Town Hall Meeting
– COMPLETED –
October
Refine Draft
Steering committee continues to refine the draft plan based on feedback with attention to assignment of responsibilities, timelines and resource requirements.
October 5, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
October 14, 8:30-10 a.m., 1-2:30 p.m. (for students)
Town Hall Meeting
– COMPLETED –
November-December
Approval Process
Proposed 91桃色app Strategic Plan 2023–2029 approved by the 91桃色app Board of Regents at its November 17 public meeting following public testimony.
