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Apr 23, 2025·StrategicPlan
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Rhodes College Vision
The document outlines the vision of Rhodes College to graduate students with a lifelong passion for learning, compassion for others, and the ability to translate academic study and personal concern into effective leadership and action. The strategic plan focuses on student access, student learning, student engagement, and student inspiration, emphasizing diversity, faculty resources, Memphis learning opportunities, and a supportive residential environment.
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The Rhodes College educational program aims to provide a liberal arts education that enables students to critically examine questions of meaning and value, develop excellence in written and oral communication, understand scientific methods, appreciate artistic expression, and engage diverse perspectives. The program focuses on developing skills in critical thinking, communication, scientific literacy, artistic appreciation, and intercultural understanding. It also emphasizes the importance of academic partnerships, dual degree programs, and academic regulations that support student learning and success.
Jan 1, 2020·StrategicPlan
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Rhodes College Strategic Plan 2020-2030
The Rhodes College Strategic Plan (2020-2030) focuses on enhancing academic and creative excellence, fostering a culture of belonging, ensuring a transformational student experience, and securing the college's future. Key initiatives include strengthening the liberal arts curriculum, developing globally engaged programs, establishing interdisciplinary centers, enhancing the fine and performing arts, and supporting the sciences and business programs. The plan also emphasizes building an inclusive campus community, expanding service to Memphis, cultivating institutional commitment, promoting a culture of honor and respect, and investing in athletics, fitness, and wellness. To enhance the student experience, the plan addresses the residential experience, student financial assistance, first-year engagement, and career readiness skill-building. Securing the future involves developing new revenue streams, building a strong workforce, enhancing communications, planning campus development, cultivating community partnerships, improving efficiency, and preparing for uncertainty. The overall goal is to maintain national excellence in residential liberal arts education while remaining a college of approximately 2000 students, enhancing the "Rhodes Edge" to attract and retain talented students, faculty, and staff.
Jun 16, 2015·StrategicPlan
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Rhodes College Vision
The Rhodes College Vision outlines the institution's aspiration to graduate students with a lifelong passion for learning, compassion for others, and the ability to translate academic study into effective leadership and action. This vision is pursued through four strategic imperatives: Student Access, focusing on attracting and retaining a diverse student body; Student Learning, ensuring faculty and staff resources for meaningful study, research, and service; Student Engagement, enhancing learning opportunities in Memphis; and Student Inspiration, providing a residential learning environment that promotes integrity, achievement, and liberal arts values.
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