Implementation & Assessment

Our strategic planning framework includes goals and implementation steps for addressing each challenge. We review and update the framework annually.

Our strategic planning process engages all parts of the W&M community and includes about 80 implementation steps for FY12. Implementation includes assignment of responsibility for each goal and step, development of specific metrics to track outcomes, and reports of performance against those measures. As a result, our planning and financial processes are more transparent and more focused on strategic priorities.

This document (pdf) presents implementation steps under each challenge and goal for fiscal year 2012 (FY12) and the evolving planning framework for FY13-16. The individuals named in parentheses after each step are responsible for coordinating and tracking implementation.

The sections below provide implementation steps for FY12 under each challenge:

• Be a leader among liberal arts universities.
  
• Build and support a more fully diverse W&M community.
  
• Develop an ever more engaging campus experience that inspires a lifelong commitment to W&M.
• Implement a new financial model that can fund our aspirations.
  
• Provide the administrative resources and infrastructure required for a university in the 21^st Century.
• Explain and promote W&M through a more effective communications structure and strategy.