Strategic Planning Process

The University of Arkansas’ 150 Forward strategic planning process is a campuswide, collaborative effort to map out where we are as a land-grant institution, and how to tease out more and better outcomes in achieving the university’s mission.

The process began even before Dr. Charles Robinson was selected as the university’s seventh chancellor on November 16, 2022, when he began rallying the campus around three strategic priority areas – or pillars: advancing student success, achieving research excellence and enhancing the university’s status as an employer of choice.

A planning group began designing a series of events to bring the entire campus community into the planning process, and partnered with EAB, a higher education research firm, to provide best practices, tools and support to campus units.

The events — including town hall discussions, unit and organization level listening sessions and discussions, workshops and goal-setting sessions — kicked off in February 2023. They will drive the planning process as we move from identifying goals and objectives to developing strategies and tactics for achieving them. The phasing is approximate and ultimately, units can concurrently be thinking about ways to align their plans to the three pillar areas.

Whether you are a student, faculty or staff, your participation and feedback are crucial to the success of the strategic planning process.