Debbie A. Bannister

The University of Charleston's strategic plan (2023-2026) focuses on four primary goals: student success (retention and completion), employee satisfaction, enrollment growth, and revenue generation. The plan emphasizes preparing students for "productive work," "enlightened living," and "community involvement." It highlights the university's commitment to diversity, innovation, and providing high-quality, career-relevant programs. Specific initiatives include enhancing interdepartmental communication, innovating employee training, increasing awareness of contemporary issues, fostering diversity and inclusion, strengthening community engagement, and promoting the university's core values. The plan also showcases the university's success in athletics and student satisfaction based on a national survey.

The University of Charleston's strategic direction, developed through a visioning process, outlines goals for the next five years to meet student and regional needs. Key priorities include implementing fast-track learning to reduce costs and enable early graduation, enhancing athletic prominence through new facilities and program expansion, championing innovation by fostering creative thinking in students and optimizing university operations, and expanding access to education by supporting future scholars, simplifying community college transfers, and significantly reducing tuition costs for both new and returning students.

This document provides an update on the 2023-2026 Strategic Plan, focusing on progress across key initiatives. It outlines the plan's core components including Values, Mission, Vision, and Goals, structured around three Mission Pillar Strategic Initiatives: Productive Work, Enlightened Living, and Community Involvement. The update presents a progress dashboard and summaries for various metrics related to student retention and completion, employee and student satisfaction, enrollment, revenue, and community engagement, indicating the current status of strategic objectives.