University Update: Vision, Mission, Goals
Peter Salovey, President and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology
Yale Development Council
October 23, 2015
Introduction: Vision
Yale seeks to become the world’s most student-centered research
university, a preeminent institution unified, innovative, and accessible
across all schools, departments, and programs.
→ A unified Yale leverages its broad scope but modest size to bring together schools and
programs to synthesize or enrich new areas of teaching and scholarship.
→ An innovative Yale values and promotes creativity and entrepreneurial spirit in all of
its activities.
→ And an accessible Yale opens its doors based on individuals’ accomplishments,
potential, and ability to contribute to and learn from others in the university
community.
Introduction: Mission
Yale is committed to improving the
world today and for future generations
through outstanding research and
scholarship, education, preservation, and
practice. Yale educates aspiring leaders
worldwide who serve all sectors of
society. We carry out this mission in an
interdependent and diverse community
of faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Introduction: Goals
Seven critical ambitions guide the strategies and action items that will
serve our mission in the next several years . . .
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To be the research university most committed to
teaching and learning.
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To provide an unsurpassed campus learning environment
that cultivates innovators, leaders, pioneers, creators, and
entrepreneurs in all fields and for all sectors of society.
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To offer a Yale education to an even more diverse
student body from throughout the world without regard
to financial circumstances.
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To be a world leader in basic,
translational, and applied
scientific and social scientific
research, deepening our
commitment to the innovative
application of new knowledge
beyond our campus and
transcending disciplinary
boundaries and methodological
traditions.
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To stand unsurpassed in
humanities and arts
scholarship, teaching, and
practice, providing a liberal
education to undergraduates,
promoting enlightened
scholarship among doctoral
candidates, and preparing
other graduate students for
professional careers.
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To create a university
where individuals not
only work and study,
but fully engage in the
life of the campus, a
campus that is an
exemplar of best
practices for its host
city and the world.
Goals: Seven Overarching Priorities
→ To share more
broadly Yale’s
intellectual assets
with the world and
build institutional
relationships
through which new
assets are
developed.
Conclusion
Looking ahead:
• Goals/priorities as a road map for making the right choices.
• How do we evaluate our progress?
• Building our strengths and addressing key areas of need.
• Next campaign? – when/why/how
Discussion and Q&A