College Strategic Planning
COLLEGE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
In 2022 the academic leadership came together for our annual retreat to strategically envision our collective future and build on the strategic activities that began with the arrival of Dean Adrian Parr in 2021. The theme of the retreat, set by the Dean Parr, was coined ‘Creating Community Together.’ The retreat was on the heels of a period of major restructuring of the College of Design; the international COVID-19 crisis; and new leadership across all sectors of the college.
Skeleton Draft: In Fall 2022 College leadership reached out to a wide range of groups discuss the potential elements of a new vision and develop a structure that was called a “skeleton plan” This was revised through:
- Discussions with faculty at 7 Department meetings
- A meeting with staff and OAs
- Discussions with the DEI Committee and Faculty Advisory Committee
- Focus groups with 3 groups of students nominated by department heads
- Ongoing meetings and feedback with Department Heads and Dean’s staff
Action Items: To generate action items for the plan, the College provided several opportunities for input.
- 3 Faculty and staff workshops (1 virtual and 2 in person): involving 46 individuals.
- Survey for all faculty and staff: 307 individual comments
- A “Give Us Your Ideas” survey to all students: 63 valid responses.
All action items were compiled and reviewed. A preliminary draft was reviewed with department heads, advising staff, Dean’s staff, and others for refinement.
Climate Survey: After the release of the UO Climate Survey, additional action items were identified. Rather than creating a separate climate section, these were integrated into throughout the document.
This Draft: The final draft went through several iterations by College leadership to streamline the plan, align it with an assessment of potential time and resources, and identify actions that can be reasonably implemented in a 3-5 year time frame. The time frame for this plan is 2021-2026, which covers five years starting with the arrival of Adrian Parr as Dean of the College of Design.
Strategic Plan PDF Draft: ODD-DraftStrategicPlan_May30
SURVEY
This plan is now being shared with faculty, staff, and students to solicit feedback before it is finalized. Please keep in mind that this is a high level plan meant to identify big picture items. Accompanying this plan will be an operational plan that will spell out timelines, lead responsibilities, and benchmarks for the plan’s action items, which will have many of the more detailed action items we collected during the planning process.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Rich Margerum, Associate Dean in the College of Design: rdm@uoregon.edu