Bard College Strategic Plan 2007-2022
The Executive Summary outlines Bard College's strategic direction, focusing on its long-range outlook and future prospects over the next fifteen years. Key priorities include maintaining an unusually low student-faculty ratio with an emphasis on seminar and tutorial instruction, nurturing a climate of intellectual idealism by integrating progressive and conservative liberal arts, and continuing its unique investment in the centrality of the arts. The plan also aims to expand novel international programs, strengthen teaching in literature and language, and capitalize on its opportunity to play a leadership role in undergraduate science teaching. Additionally, it seeks to innovate general education, integrate public service with classroom learning, support pre-college education initiatives, sustain the Levy Economics Institute, and continue its role as a prominent arts-presenting institution. The overarching vision is to achieve self-sustaining excellence, becoming a nationally and internationally recognized institution that serves as a model for public engagement in the arts and national discourse, effectively blending the strengths of a college and a university.