The strategic planning process was guided by input from the Board of Regents, faculty, students, staff, chancellors, trustees and the broader CU community.

Throughout the four-phase process the strategic planning committee met with approximately 600 stakeholders in over 80 meetings throughout the system and community.

Phase 1: Listening

Phase 2: Defining the Scope

Phase 3: Synthesis and Prioritization

Phase 4: Finalization and Implementation

Pillar 1: Affordability and Student Success

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Focus Area: Graduation Rate & Retention

• Undergraduate Graduation Rate (4-year) – All and Underrepresented Minorities (URM)
• Undergraduate Graduation Rate (6-year) – All and URM
• Undergraduate Retention Rate (First-time Freshman) – All and (URM)

Focus Area: Campus Wellness & Mental Health

• Percent of students, faculty and staff that participate in mental health training
• Assess faculty, staff, and student perceptions of the campus wellness culture
  • Three questions from the ACHA - NCHA (student) survey that can be tracked and measured over time.
  • NFSHA (faculty & staff) survey questions will be included on the Campus and Workplace Culture (CWC) survey - administration will occur in fall 2021.

Focus Area: Innovation in Learning & Teaching

• Strategic Initiative(s): Performance tracked through the completion of action steps

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Pillar 2: Discovery & Impact

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Focus Area: Research/Scholarship/Creative Work

• Research Funding

Focus Area: Healthcare

• Patients Served by CU Anschutz Clinical Faculty

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Pillar 3: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Access

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Percent of student, faculty and staff from underrepresented population (including gender, ethnicity, veterans and disability)

• Diversity of New Students
• Diversity of New Faculty and Staff Hires

Inclusion – Over time, data will be tracked to measure progress based survey questions selected from the Campus and Workplace Culture (CWC) survey focused on civility, acceptance/culure and harassment.

• Survey administration will occur in fall 2021
  • All CU campuses and System Office 
  • All students, faculty and staff 
• Preliminary results of questions for the CU Strategic Plan will be presented at the February 2022 Board of Regents meeting

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Pillar 4: Fiscal Strength

 

Strategic Focus Area Metrics with Goals and Initiatives

Focus Area: Collaboration and Partnerships

• Gifts/Fundraising
• Other Revenue per Employee

Focus Area: Deferred Maintenance and Sustainability

• Facility Condition Index (FCI)
• Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Focus Area: Information Technology (IT) Governance Committee (formerly: Transformation & Innovation Program)

• Strategic Initiative(s): Performance tracked through the completion of action steps

The Innovating for the Future strategic plan will:

• Detail actionable, measurable steps that will allow CU to continue to meet its mission and serve its students and the state.
• Provide a roadmap that will guide the university as it emerges from the pandemic and confronts the challenges of the coming five years.
• Complement campus strategic planning efforts and actions.
• Be a bridge that will offer continuity among the current administration, interim administration and next administration.