STRATEGIC
PLAN
MILESTONES
Oct 20192018 - 2019 Jan - May 2020 June - Oct 2020
Executive Planning
Committee (EPC)
Pre-Planning Phase
EPC formed; tasked to
develop strategic plan
Committees included:
• Academic Resource
Planning
• Institutional Effectiveness
• Retention
• Thinking Forward
Gathering Feedback
to Inform Strategic
Plan Development
• Meetings with colleges/
schools and key
stakeholders
• Faculty/professional staff
survey launched
• Initial announcement
of University’s mission,
vision and goals
• Analysis of faculty/
professional staff
survey results
Strategic Plan
Renement
• Town hall on anti-racism
and formation of the Anti-
racism Task Force (ARTF)
• Adjustment of strategic
plan to incorporate and
reect lessons learned
from ongoing COVID-19
pandemic and ARTF efforts
• Drexel Forward Initiative:
explore opportunities for
increased revenue and
improved efciencies
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Jan 2021
CORE Team Formed
& Develops Plans
April 2021
Initiative Teams Formed
May 2021
Inputs to Teams’
Charge & Goals
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Dec 2020
Strategic Plan
Approved
The CORE team, consisting
of faculty, professional staff
and administrators, developed
to ensure integration and
consistency across initiatives,
dene priority areas and
imperative teams, ensure
teams have data to make
informed decisions and drive
key strategic decisions by
moving recommendations
upward from teams to
University leaders.
Formation of twelve Initiative
Teams continues, three
teams (UG Online, CELL and
Partnership begin work),
Enrollment Integration Center
(EIC) implementation begins
(McKinsey & Company
Consulting).
Inputs from the work of the
EPC, Drexel Forward, Anti-
Racism Taskforce, Institutional
Effectiveness committee, and
other projects to develop
the charge and goals of
initiative teams.
• Drexel 2030: Designing
the Future Strategic Plan
approved by the Board
of Trustees
• Chief Strategy Ofcer
appointed
Sept - Dec 2022
Launch of Drexel 2030
Annual Report & Strategic
Funding Process
Jan - Mar 2023
Launch of Drexel 2030
Engagement Series
• Focus Areas Collaborative
Council Retreat #5
• Drexel 2030 Virtual
Community Update: Rising
to Meet Opportunities
and Challenges
• Podcast Episode: A Legacy
to Share at Drexel University
• Drexel 2030 Engagement
Series Workshop #1:
Retention
• Launch of Academic Resource
Center (ARC)
• Launch of Drexel 2030
Annual Report
• Housing & Auxiliary Initiative
Team Roundtable
• Launch of Strategic Initiative
Funding Process
• Formation of University
Advisory Committee (UAC)
on Academic Structure
April - June 2023
A Focus on
Partnerships
• Formation of First Strategic
Initiative Panel
• Review of First Strategic
Initiative Proposal
• Development of Drexel 2030
Imperative Goals & Metrics
• Signing of Merger with
Salus University
• Drexel University and Peirce
College Collaboration on
Academic Programs
• UAC on Academic
Structure Report Out and
Recommendations
Aug - Dec 2021
Initiative Team
Kickoff Meetings
& Retreats
Jan - Feb 2022
Launch of Communication
Strategy
June - Aug 2022
Metrics
Development
• Undergraduate Online
Initiative Team Roundtable
• Metrics Dashboard meetings
• Drexel 2030 Retreat
on Retention
• Focus Areas Collaborative
Council Retreat #3
• Launch of internal
implementation newsletter,
The 2030 Report
• Podcast episode discussing
Drexel’s anti-racism efforts
and strategic plan
• Focus Areas Collaborative
Council Retreat #1
• ARTF nal recommendations
are published
• Focus Areas Collaborative
Council Retreat #2
• Imperative Integration
Council Retreat #1
March - May 2022
Community Engagement
Events
• Continuing Education &
Lifelong Learning Initiative
Team Roundtable
• Launch of Provost’s Ofce
“Areas of Excellence and
Opportunity (AEO)” initiative
• Retention & Student Success
Initiative Team Roundtable
• Focus Areas Collaborative
Council Retreat #4
• Spring Virtual
Community Update
• Program & Curricular
Innovation Initiative
Team Roundtable
• Imperative Integration
Council Retreat #2
June - July 2021
Community Town Hall
Strategic Plan Implementation
Town Hall Kick-off; team
formation continues and
work begins.
