Shannon Keefer

This strategic plan for Lehigh University focuses on inspiring future innovators and collaboratively shaping the future. It emphasizes generating pragmatic solutions through research and scholarship, fostering an environment that inspires students and researchers to achieve high outcomes, and breaking boundaries to address real-world issues. The plan is committed to action, defining specific initiatives and investments to propel "Lehigh's Future Makers" and create a lasting impact across the university.

Lehigh University's Strategic Plan is designed to enhance diversity and inclusion across its operations. Key initiatives include implementing Universal Design for Inclusive (UDI) in instruction to tailor educational experiences to the diverse interests and backgrounds of individual students, particularly those from non-majority groups. Additionally, the plan emphasizes investing in health-related areas with a focus on Health Equity, aiming to address and eliminate disparities in health outcomes through both research and teaching.

The strategic plan, 'Inspiring the Future Makers,' outlines Lehigh University's vision to redefine its educational approach and achieve excellence. Its key initiatives include fostering deeply interdisciplinary education integrating technology, business, and liberal arts; promoting a student-centered approach with universal design for inquiry; elevating student outcomes; transforming the campus into a vibrant center for living, learning, and intellectual exploration; investing in focused research areas; and cultivating an inclusive and welcoming community.

Lehigh University's "Inspiring the Future Makers Strategy" serves as a long-term roadmap guiding efforts and investments for up to a decade. The strategy is built upon high-level goals in research, education, and community engagement. Key objectives include doubling research funding and activity, developing deeply interdisciplinary educational programs, and advancing student outcomes to national leadership levels. This update highlights progress through initiatives such as establishing new university research centers (ACES and cedat), implementing an exploratory first semester for undergraduates, achieving significant increases in graduate program applications, and strategically integrating artificial intelligence across the institution.

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