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Eighth Report on the Strategic Planning Process
(June 2004)

Strategic Initiative Two

Identify clear and consistent program priorities and infrastructure needs throughout the campus, and use the budget to drive those priorities.

• Develop and implement by August 2004 an ongoing planning and program evaluation process to identify specifically MU's academic and non-academic program priorities. Use criteria including quality, need, centrality, and cost/revenue relationships to determine the desired scope and scale of program offerings and priorities. Measure success toward those goals and use the results in setting new program priorities and allocating new resources. Fully engage the university community in that process. (SPRAC/Provost)

• Designate by December 2004 a limited number of extremely high quality programs as “Signature Programs” for MU, i.e., programs that are now or have the promise to become recognized as world leaders while, at the same time, serving to attract others to MU. Provide the resources to ensure their growth in both quality and international recognition. Particularly encourage programs where MU has now or can develop a clear and distinct advantage. (SPRAC/Provost)

• Identify by December 2004 a set of “Core Programs” in teaching, research, service, and outreach, i.e., programs that are central to the overall mission of a public-service research university. Provide the resources to support these programs to maintain and, when possible and appropriate, improve their stature. (SPRAC/Provost)

• Develop and begin implementing by February 2005 a strategic plan for the installation, maintenance/repair, renovation and eventual replacement of instructional and research facilities. Develop an aggressive business plan to creatively finance the infrastructure plan, including bonding initiatives and an affiliate foundation using the successful model of other higher education institutions. In 2004-05 focus on the completion of master plans for animal housing facilities and plant growth facilities, and initiate/continue planning for the Child and Family Services Center, a Comparative Medicine Center, and the final wing of the Life Sciences Center. (SPRAC/Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services)

• Develop and implement at the campus level by February 2005 an innovative “no surprises” business plan that provides a better sense of and actual control of our own destiny by integrating state support, fees, grants, contracts, and private donations into a campus plan that is both affordable for students and that adequately supports MU’s priorities and operations as a world-class university. Use this campus plan to develop by August 2005 five-year business plans at all levels. Ensure that goals and budget priorities at all levels of the campus reflect the priorities established in the strategic plan. (SPRAC/Academic Budget and Resource Office)

• Achieve by December 2005 the $600 million goal of the For All We Call Mizzou comprehensive campaign. (Development and Alumni Relations)

• Design and begin to implement by December 2004 a funding strategy to sustain library collections and services essential to MU’s mission and vision. (Provost)