Strategic Plan Overview 2007-2012

Priority 1. Provide Focus for AUNE’s Purpose and Values

Antioch University Mission Statement
Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills, and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders, and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose.

Antioch University New England Statement of Purpose
Antioch University New England provides transformative education through scholarship, innovation, and community action for a just and sustainable society.

Values
Antioch University New England is committed to innovative academic excellence, integrating practice with theory in a collaborative learning environment that is attentive to multiple learning styles. Antioch University New England believes in ecological stewardship and social justice, cultivating local as well as global perspectives to educate students with diverse backgrounds and opinions to become leaders of change.

Antioch University New England values community engagement: using place-based practices to foster scholarship, activism, and service learning; creating organizational integrity through shared governance.

Priority 2. Clarify Governance and Structure

Goals

Define employee (faculty, staff, administrator) roles, reporting relationships, and evaluation procedures.
Establish clear and coherent operational decision-making processes.
Improve internal communication and collaboration in institutional governance.
Enhance opportunities for faculty and staff development that relate to governance.

Priority 3. Address Faculty and Staff Compensation

Goal

Implement more equitable compensation for faculty and staff at Antioch University New England.

Priority 4. Strengthen and Diversify Revenue Streams

Goals

Fully enroll all programs.
Develop new degree and certificate programs.
Develop an advancement infrastructure to significantly enhance fund raising.
Identify and develop new sources of revenue.

Priority 5. Implement Key Business Strategies

Goals

Review existing academic programs.
Initiate new program development.
Expand online program development and delivery.
Strengthen institutional advancement.
Enhance continuing education options and community outreach activities.

Read the complete Strategic Plan 2007-2012.

Last Updated: 3/4/10