Unveiling Our Vision for the Next Decade – The Rose-Hulman Strategic Plan
With goals to be bold, be visionary, and build upon our excellence in STEM education, in 2023 Rose-Hulman announced its long-term strategic plan – “Advancing by Design.”
The results of this robust, stakeholder-focused, two-year planning process have been built into this comprehensive set of overarching themes and goals that will set a framework for the direction for the Institute over the next decade.
With this plan, we are charting the course for how Rose-Hulman can best meet the evolving demands of the shifting landscape in higher education. As our environment changes, as the nation faces a continued decline in the number of traditional college-age students, and as the pace of change for both society and the industries that hire our graduates accelerates; we must adapt to those changes. We must carefully identify the best ways for Rose-Hulman to meet the demands of providing future students with the world’s best undergraduate science, engineering, and mathematics education in an environment of individual attention and support.
With this strategic plan, we are reaffirming our dedication to producing forward-thinking, well-rounded graduates who will shape the future of the STEM fields.
The key Themes of the plan are to:
- Infuse Sustainability into the Rose-Hulman Education and Culture
- Instill a Mindset of Innovation, Discovery, and Entrepreneurship
- Prepare Students to be Leaders in a Global and Diverse Society
- Increase the Affordability and Value of a Rose-Hulman Education
The Themes and associated Goals were developed to be the long-term focus of the plan. However, we will periodically review those to ensure that they still align with the needs of the Institute. The Strategic Actions for each Theme were created with the intention of reviewing and updating them on approximately a three-year cycle.
This plan is unique, and was specifically developed in this way to balance the need to take a long-term perspective while also allowing flexibility to be responsive and adapt to changing circumstances over that 10-year period. This periodic pause for reflection and refinement is an essential element of the plan. It allows opportunities for future leadership teams and campus members to shape the plan moving forward as conditions warrant, while maintaining overall continuity of the themes of the effort.
