Given that strategic plans are living documents, meant to provide long term focus and direction, our plan is regularly evaluated and updated. The following Strategic Plan Goals are current as of May 2023.
1. Advance and integrate the University’s Catholic and Franciscan mission
The University will advance and integrate FranU’s Catholic and Franciscan mission through faculty and staff mission-centered recruitment and engagement, student servant leadership development, Universitymission outreach and the establishment of a clear arrangement for religious sponsorship and appropriate governance.
2. Consistently achieve academic excellence
The University will consistently achieve academic excellence in terms of student achievement in coursework and research, and in terms of faculty performance in teaching, research, program development and professional growth.
3. Achieve and sustain optimal enrollment
The University will achieve and sustain optimal enrollment through strategic recruitment and retention initiatives focused on growing and shaping enrollment to meet program capacity while responding to the needs of students and the community.
4. Ensure fiscal and operational strength
The University will ensure fiscal and operational strength through strategies focused on creating an optimal campus environment, improving operational efficiencies, developing facilities and the campusmaster plan and stewarding financial resources to advance the University’s mission.
5. Grow philanthropy
The University will grow philanthropy through a comprehensive fundraising plan that includes broad constituency engagement, targeted fundraising objectives to meet current and future needs of students and a strategic mix of philanthropic opportunities to support long term institutional sustainability.
The following key themes are woven throughout the strategic plan through the goals and their respective objectives.
1. Justice for the Communities we Serve (JCS)
Throughout the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan, the University will promote just treatment of employees, students and members of the broader community by responding to God’s commandment to love and to serve others, especially those most in need.
2. Strategic partnerships
Throughout the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan, the University will strengthen existing strategic partnerships and develop new collaborative arrangements that advance FranU’s mission and that servethe needs of the community while enhancing overall public awareness of FranU.
3. Academic Research and data driven decision making
Throughout the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan, the University will develop a culture of research, both in terms of student and faculty scholarship, and in terms of institutional decision-making.
4. Versatility and collaboration
Throughout the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan, the University will create opportunities meant to broaden the experience of personnel and maximize resources while encouraging collaboration betweenand among academic disciplines and operational areas of the University.
5. Stewardship of resources
Throughout the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan, the University will creatively and prudently steward personnel, fiscal and physical resources so as to advance and sustain the mission.
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