Strategic Initiatives

Integrated House of CU Boulder Strategic Initiatives with the strategic vision as the roof, Academic Futures as the top beam, Foundations of Excellence, Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics Plan, Strategic Facilities Visioning and our complementary initiatives as the body of the house, and Financial Futures as the foundation In support of our overarching mission, strategic vision and imperatives, CU Boulder strategic initiatives are converging to build an environment of constant innovation and resource alignment that will accelerate our positive impact on the world.

Strategic Vision

Lead. Innovate. Impact.

To be a leader in addressing the humanitarian, social and technological challenges of the 21st century.

Strategic Plan

Academic Futures

Embracing the core mission

CU Boulder's core mission is to educate students and engage in cutting-edge scholarship and creative work, research and discovery. The success with which we carry out this mission determines our ability to accomplish our strategic imperatives, which are to shape tomorrow’s leaders, be the top university for innovation and positively impact humanity. To ensure our continued success, Academic Futures has identified key aspirational goals for the campus and is now beginning the next phase of determining how we will achieve those goals.

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Foundations of Excellence

The Office of Undergraduate Education is partnering with the Divisions of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management on the Foundations of Excellence (FoE) initiative, a campus-wide, collaborative effort with the goal of removing institutional barriers to student progress and contributing to improved outcomes in the first-year undergraduate experience.

IDEA Plan

In order to chart a successful course for the campus to make excellence inclusive, CU Boulder has developed the Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics (IDEA) Plan, a continuously renewing blueprint of action designed to promote diversity, improve equity for all people underserved in the campus community and to continuously engage the CU Boulder community in reflection and action to transform our campus climate.

Strategic Facilities Visioning

In alignment with the priorities established through Academic Futures and related campus initiatives and needs, we’ve begun a Strategic Facilities Visioning initiative to ensure campus facilities continue to enhance student success and support the campus mission, while simultaneously improving the efficiency and resiliency of our infrastructure well into the future.

Complementary campus- and unit-based initiatives, committees and projects

Our strategic initiatives are supported by a wide range of ongoing academic committees, campus- and unit-based efforts, including but not limited to Campus Accreditation, Academic Reorganization, Unified Student Experience (USE) and many others.

Financial Futures

Aligning our financial resources to our mission

Financial Futures will enable CU Boulder to make investments aligned with our vision and strategic initiatives by developing a new approach to strategic financial alignment with our overarching mission and priorities.

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