Strategic Planning at VCU

Recent events and trends in higher education (deep budget cuts and increased calls for accountability, for example) serve to remind us that no university can be all things to all people, and that critical choices must be made by any university that aspires to achieve or maintain genuine excellence. Universities, and the environments in which they function, are undergoing rapid change at present--and Virginia Commonwealth University is experiencing the full impact of this change.

For VCU's plans to meet the demands of the future, visit the following sites:

Strategic Plan for the Future, Phase I

Strategic Plan for the Future, Phase II

1999 Progress Report on Strategic Plan

Presidential Priorities for 2000-2007

University:

• Tier 3-2
• Continued national visibility
• Deferred maintenance
• Accelerated public/private funding
• $200M in research funding

Academic Campus:

• 2000 additional out-of-state students; 500 additional international students
• VCU Life Sciences, Engineering, Arts, Business, Social Work, Mass Communications
• Facilities development
• Student quality, retention, diversity

MCV Campus:

• Indigent care
• VCU Health System development and community relations
• VCU-INOVA
• Massey Cancer Center campaign

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last updated: 11/29/2005
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email: quality@vcu.edu