Worlds Ahead
Strategic Plan Discussion
University Town Hall Meeting
30 September 2010
Worlds Ahead
Topics for Today
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Mission
Vision
Values
Goals
Initiative to Achieve
Application to Themes
Discussion
STRATEGIC PLANNING TIMELINE
 August 2009:
Hit the Ground Running
 September 2009:
White Papers Completed
 March 2010 – August 2010:
Seven committees working
on Strategic Planning
 April 2010:
Town Hall Forums
 August 2010:
Initial Draft Completed
 September 2010:
Town Hall Forums
 December 2010 :
Final Board of Trustees
Approval
 January 2011:
Implementation Teams
Created
Worlds Ahead
FIU Mission
(Alternative versions for discussion)
1. Florida International University is an urban, multi-
campus, public research university serving its students
and the diverse population of South Florida. Our mission
is to impart knowledge through excellent teaching,
discover new knowledge, solve problems through
collaborative research, foster creativity, and promote local
and global engagement. By leveraging strengths in
health, globalization, the environment, and the arts,
Florida International University provides leadership for
cultural, social, and economic development within the
South Florida region, the state, the nation, and the world.
FIU Mission
(Alternative versions for discussion)
2. Florida International University is an urban, multi-campus,
public research university serving its students and the diverse
population of South Florida. Our mission is to impart
knowledge through excellent teaching, discover new
knowledge, solve problems through collaborative research,
foster creativity, and promote local and global engagement.
3. Florida International University is committed to providing high
quality teaching, state-of-the-art research and creative activity,
and problem-solving. We leverage strengths in health,
globalization, the environment, and the arts to enhance the
educational, cultural and economic vitality of South Florida, the
state, the nation and the world.
FIU Mission
(Alternative versions for discussion)
4. Florida International University is committed to providing high
quality student-centered teaching, collaborative research,
creative activity, and problem-solving community
engagement.
5. Florida International University is an urban, multi-campus,
public research university serving its students and the diverse
population of South Florida. We provide high quality teaching,
engage in state-of-the-art research and creative activity, and
enhance the educational, cultural and economic vitality of our
local and global community.
FIU Vision
(Alternative versions for discussion)
1. Florida International University will be a leading studentcentered urban public research university that is locally
and globally engaged.
2. Florida International University will be a leading learningcentered urban public research university that is locally
and globally engaged.
3. Florida International University will be a leading urban
public research university that provides leadership in local
and global engagement.
FIU Values
Florida International University is committed to the following core values:
• Truth—in the pursuit, generation, dissemination, and application of
knowledge
• Freedom—of thought and expression
• Respect—for diversity and the dignity of the individual
• Responsibility—as stewards of the environment and citizens of the
world
• Excellence—in intellectual, personal, and operational endeavors
FIU Goals
• To educate undergraduate students
• To educate graduate and professional students
• To build a distinguished faculty and staff
• To build an exemplary student support system
• To build a robust financial base
• To build an excellent physical and technological infrastructure
• To engage the community
A Five-Year Plan
1. Achieve results-oriented student-centered academic
excellence.
2. Enhance quality and impact of research and creative
initiatives.
3. Engage with the community in collaborative problem
solving.
4. Revitalize and expand FIU's infrastructure and financial
base.
Achieve results-oriented studentcentered academic excellence
1. Expand minority pre-college programs to ensure readiness for FIU.
2. Improve access to FIU by increasing enrollment by 2,000
academically qualified students per year.
3. Encourage interdisciplinary teaching, advanced pedagogical
approaches, and expanded online learning.
4. Create new degree programs in fields where FIU has strategic
assets.
5. Enhance learning through undergraduate research, study abroad,
and student internships.
6. Raise the six-year graduation rate with special emphasis on
retention, early identification of appropriate major, and reduction of
minority graduation rate disparities.
7. Develop and expand student-support services, programs, and
activities that enhance student achievement.
Enhance quality and impact of
research and creative initiatives
1. Retain and recruit a world-class faculty.
2. Expand research funding in fields where FIU
has strategic assets and competitive advantage.
3. Establish multidisciplinary and multi-college
centers focused on emerging issues such as
bioinformatics.
4. Facilitate commercialization of FIU research
initiatives.
Engage with the community in
collaborative problem solving.
1. Tie instructional and creative initiatives to local
needs and community priorities.
2. Collaborate with major educational,
environmental, arts, health, and community
organizations.
3. Partner in the creation of a public-private hightech corridor focused on biomedical advances and
sustainability.
4. Enhance the capacity for life-long learning and
professional development for national and
international participants.
Revitalize and expand FIU's
infrastructure and financial base
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Launch a four-front funding offensive: private, state, federal,
and local.
Build and improve the physical and technological
infrastructure.
Improve efficiency, accountability, and compliance and
leverage shared services.
Energize, grow, and focus the alumni network around fundraising and student placement.
Expand need-based financial aid to ensure affordability and
access.
Recruit and retain outstanding staff.
Enhance student spirit and alumni affinity through athletics
and cultural programming.
The Arts
To leverage FIU's strength in the arts:
1. Maximize local, national, and international opportunities to
showcase FIU through the arts.
2. Develop partnerships to strengthen the role of the arts in the MiamiDade public schools.
3. Develop and strengthen partnerships with local, national, and
international arts and cultural organizations.
4. Create new degree programs to attract new students and ensure
competitiveness of graduates in arts fields.
5. Provide funding for the arts through the Capital Campaign and
continuing Annual Campaigns funding.
Environment
To leverage FIU's strength in environmental fields:
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Develop environmental research and teaching capacity at FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus
to serve as a focus for the College of Arts and Sciences on that campus and for
interdisciplinary environmental research at FIU.
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Invest in hires and infrastructure to enhance environmental research capacity and
impact.
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Enhance interactions with management agencies, K-12 institutions, and the public.
4.
Modify the First Year Experience course to ensure that undergraduate students have a
basic understanding of environmental issues from local to global scales.
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Create new undergraduate degree programs to attract new students and ensure
competitiveness of graduates in environmental fields.
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Develop new interdisciplinary graduate degrees in environmental science, policy, and
management to enhance interdisciplinary graduate training in environmental fields.
7.
Create an Office for Sustainability to enhance FIU’s environmental stewardship and
develop plans to adapt to climate change.
Globalization
To leverage FIU's strength in globalization:
1. Expand interdisciplinary programs with a global focus.
2. Support and strengthen the QEP, "Global Learning for Global
Citizenship."
3. Enroll more international students.
4. Encourage interdisciplinary research on global issues such as disaster
mitigation, security and governance.
5. Invest in faculty hires with a global focus.
6. Expand collaborative research with universities around the globe.
7. Expand and strengthen FIU’s engagement with local, national, and
international communities.
8. Seek global partnerships to expand the financial base.
Health
To leverage FIU's strength in health:
1. Develop an academic health center to encourage interdisciplinary
approaches to teaching and research.
2. Invest in faculty hires in health fields in which FIU has existing strengths
such as HIV/AIDS, child-adolescent and family behavioral health,
substance use, abuse and dependence.
3. Create new degree programs to attract new students and ensure
competitiveness of graduates in health fields.
4. Enhance both the amount and visibility of health-related research.
5. Increase involvement of students, faculty and staff in community
engagement focused on health needs.
6. Strengthen partnerships with local and global community and
governmental agencies, public entities, hospitals, health care and social
service agencies/providers.
Infrastructure
To ensure the high quality of learning and student experience at FIU:
1. Expand housing and student-service facilities to accommodate enrollment
growth and foster student success.
2. Design and develop an adaptable classroom infrastructure aligned with teaching
methods.
3. Design and develop flexible spaces for students to congregate, study, practice,
exhibit, and perform.
4. Integrate technology into every facet of FIU's operational structure.
5. Develop parking, transportation, and sustainable access solutions.
6. Encourage pedestrian traffic by building protected walkways, installing benches,
and improving signage.
7. Adopt flexible and sustainable design criteria to minimize capital improvements
and maintenance.
Finance
To diversify and stabilize FIU's financial base:
1. Launch a $750 million capital campaign that engages the alumni base and aligns donors
with institutional needs.
2. Increase tuition revenues by expanding enrollment by 25 percent (2,000 students per
year); increasing the percentage of non-resident and graduate students; and increasing
offerings of online, market-based, and non-credit programs.
3. Introduce tuition pricing flexibility for different kinds of academic programs based on
real costs of program delivery and student demand.
4. Align FIU's strategic priorities with state, federal, and local funding opportunities.
5. Improve operational efficiency by encouraging shared platforms, resources, and best
practices across colleges and units.
6. Expand the FIU Healthcare Network of the Academic Health Center to generate revenue
through service lines including the onsite faculty group practice for employees and
students, the ambulatory care center, and practice-management services.
7. Generate licensing revenue by expanding the FIU Research Foundation to provide the
necessary framework to assist in the creation of new enterprises.
The Strategic Planning Process
Questions/Comments?
The Strategic Planning Process
Next Steps
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