UMKC’s Strategic Plan2010-2020www.umkc.edu/strategicplan

Blue Ribbon Task Force “Time to Get It Right” “Time to Get Things Done”

Provost’s Academic Commissions

UMKC Trustees’ Initiative

20062007

2007

2004/2006

Life Sciences Task Force 2003

University of MissouriSystem Strategic Plan

2008

Chancellor Bailey’s Interim Plan

2006

Past Major Studies

October 2008: Steering Committee appointed

November 2008: Subcommittees formed

March 2009: Subcommittees submitted reports

April-May 2009: the Provost and steering committee members collected feedback at campus and external presentations. Feedback also collected through the strategic planning Web site and from individual unit meetings.

• Deans• Academic Chairs/Directors• Faculty Senate• Staff Council

• Student Government Association• Campus Town Hall meetings (4)• Unit/School/College meetings• External Constituents (3)

• Student Success• Life & Health Sciences• Urban Engagement

• Visual & Performing Arts• Diversity• Research & Economic

Development

Planning Timeline

Goal 1. Place Student Success at the Center To provide the optimal learning environment for all students: outstanding academic programs and experiences, seamless student support, and a vibrant campus community.

ACTIONS:

Academic Achievement: Establish a University Honors College

Expand Undergraduate Research Opportunities

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Goal 2. Lead in Life and Health Sciences To attain national recognition for excellence in research, expand opportunities for clinical practitioner training, and provide outstanding health care delivery.

ACTIONS:

Appointed a Vice Chancellor for Research

Establish the Center for Clinical and Translational Research

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Goal 3. Advance Urban Engagement To become a model urban university by fully engaging with the Kansas City community to enhance education, public health, the arts and economic development.

ACTIONS:

Strengthen the Preschool-Higher Education Pipeline– Institute for Urban Education– Articulation Agreements with area

Community Colleges– Curriculum Alignment with Kansas

City metro school districts

Establish the Climate Sustainability Center

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Goal 4. Excel in the Visual and Performing Arts To create excellent programs in visual and performing arts that are central to campus life and support Kansas City’s initiatives in entrepreneurship, urban education, and innovation.

ACTIONS:

Enhance all students’ learning by infusing the arts into the general education curriculum

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Goal 5. Embrace Diversity To celebrate diversity in all aspects of university life, creating inclusive environments, culturally competent citizens, and globally-oriented curricula and programs.

ACTIONS:

Establish a Chancellor’s advisory board to leverage existing relationships with diverse internal and external constituencies

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Goal 6. Promote Research and Economic Development To produce world-class scholarship and creative activity, encourage entrepreneurship, foster innovation, increase technology transfer, and build relationships that create economic and workforce development.

ACTIONS:

Implement the “Whiteboard to Boardroom” Program

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