UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE

1. This webinar featured David Quigley, Provost, and Michael Lochhead, Executive Vice President.Periodically, the University embarks on a strategic planning initiative, stepping back to reflect on its mission and core values as well as challenges and opportunities. This webinar focused on the progress of the strategic planning work to date and senior leadership shared their thoughts about emerging themes and key challenges.

2. UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE November 15, 2016

3. 2006: SEVEN STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS • Establish Boston College as the leader in liberal arts education among American universities. • Develop and implement a student formation program that will be a contemporary model for colleges and universities committed to student formation. • Identify and support selected research commitments that will achieve excellence and distinction in addressing urgent societal problems. • Identify and commit targeted resources to selected natural sciences emphases that will establish Boston College among the leaders in these areas. • Build on the strengths and reputations of Boston College’s professional schoolsto establish leadership in critical professional areas. • Become a significantintellectual and cultural crossroad by leveraging Boston College’s international resources and partnerships, and its Jesuit and Catholic networks. • Become theworld’s leading Catholic university and theological center.

4. USPI STEERING COMMITTEE

5. USPI ASSESSMENT PHASE 9 Academic, 8 Administrative, 7 Cross-Divisional Committees Over 200 faculty, students and administrators participating in the assessment process Tasked with reflecting on major changes over the past ten years, and assessing our current state in light of our Catholic, Jesuit mission and our commitment to creating a welcoming, inclusive community

6. high-level schedule • Assessment process: completed June 2016 • High level of engagement from all 24teams • June Steering Committee retreat surfaced key themes and concerns • Fall: feedback and development • BC faculty and staff (Convocation, town halls) • Students (roundtable, website) • Alumni (Leadership Board, AHANA Alumni Council, WEBINAR) • Broad community: http://bc.edu/uspivoices • Board of Trustees (Executive Committee, full Board)

7. engaging the community: refining the vision Convocation: 8/30 September ExC Follow-up letter from USPI co-chairs: 9/14 BC Chronicle article: 9/15 9/27 SC BoT October • Faculty / Staff Town Halls: 10/5UGBC Student Roundtable: 10/5 • Comment solicitation via website 10/5 to 11/15 Alumni Association Leadership 10/21 11/1 November SC ExC AHANA Alumni Council 11/11 ALUMNI WEBINAR 11/15 December • Listening Sessions: mid-October to mid-November • Series of meetings with selected faculty, staff, and students • Each focused on one emerging focus area 12/5 BoT SC Feedback Website: bc.edu/uspivoices

8. assessments: a chorus of voices

9. The transformation of individuals and society • Integration, interdisciplinarity, collaboration • Formation of students, faculty, and staff • Research and scholarship that advances the common good • International/global orientation • The centrality and importance of undergraduate liberal arts education • Ongoing commitment to selected graduate/professional areas • A center for dialogue between faith and culture

10. Trends in student demographics • Boston’s high cost of living • Student financial aid • BC’s educational and administrative technology platforms • Space • Careerism and economic pressures • Resources: disparity between BC and our peers • The rise of online graduate educational delivery systems • Cost of new facilities and current/future maintenance

11. UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE Feedback: bc.edu/uspivoices