Strategic Plan for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Strategic Plan for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Context For Planning
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was founded in July 2004 and is
the largest of Grand Valley's colleges. Our students choose from more
than 50 bachelor degrees and a growing number of advanced degrees in the
natural and mathematical sciences, the fine arts and humanities, and the
social sciences. GVSU undergraduates build the foundation for their
major studies through general education courses offered by CLAS. A
liberal arts and sciences education prepares students to understand
complexity, diverse perspectives and change, and to apply their
knowledge and skills to the unscripted problems of the future. Our
strategic plan for 2016-21 is aimed at framing in contemporary language
our ambitions for our students and our programs, and to enhance our
undergraduate and graduate programs and our student's college experience.
Mission
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a student-centered, diverse,
and inclusive learning community that engages in critical inquiry
extending knowledge to enrich and enliven individual and public life.
Vision
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will set a standard of
excellence in liberal education. We will prepare our students to be
responsible citizens, productive professionals, and lifelong learners
with global perspective. We will foster a diverse and inclusive
community of inquiry, discourse, discovery, expression, and reflection.
Value Statement
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences values:
Excellence in liberal education facilitated through active
student-teacher engagement and academic achievement supported by
appropriate class size and a high proportion of permanent faculty.
Intellectual inquiry and discourse fostered by an engaged and
diverse community of learners which rests upon academic freedom,
integrity, collaboration, and collegiality.
Excellence in a broad range of scholarly and creative activities
and research supported by appropriate resources.
Consistent and effective unit, college, university, professional,
and community service.
An environment that promotes student development in professional
careers, as citizens in a democratic society, and as members of the
global community.
Strategic Priorities, outcomes, and key objectives
Strategic Priority Area 1: Actively engage learners at all levels.
Outcome A: Grand Valley's learning environment is personal, challenging, and transformational, supporting excellent academic programs and co-curricular opportunities.
Outcome B: Grand Valley is diverse and inclusive.
Outcome C: Grand Valley has mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, collaborations, and connections with local, state, national, and world communities.
Outcome D: Grand Valley supports innovative teaching, learning, integrative scholarly and creative activity, and the use of new technologies.
Strategic Priority Area 2: Further develop exceptional personnel.
Outcome A: Grand Valley's learning environment is personal, challenging, and transformational, supporting excellent academic programs and co-curricular opportunities.
Outcome B: Grand Valley is diverse and inclusive.
Outcome C: Grand Valley has mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, collaborations, and connections with local, state, national, and world communities.
Outcome D: Grand Valley supports innovative teaching, learning, integrative scholarly and creative activity, and the use of new technologies.
Outcome E: Grand Valley strategically allocates its fiscal, human, and other institutional resources.
Strategic Priority Area 3: Ensure the alignment of institutional structures and functions.
Outcome A: Grand Valley's learning environment is personal, challenging, and transformational, supporting excellent academic programs and co-curricular opportunities.
Outcome B: Grand Valley is diverse and inclusive.
Outcome D: Grand Valley supports innovative teaching, learning, integrative scholarly and creative activity, and the use of new technologies.
Outcome E: Grand Valley strategically allocates its fiscal, human, and other institutional resources.
Strategic Priority Area 4: Enhance the institution's image and reputation.
Outcome A: Grand Valley's learning environment is personal, challenging, and transformational, supporting excellent academic programs and co-curricular opportunities.