Strategic Planning: 2013–15
Over the 2013–14 and 2014–15 academic years, Reed College engaged in strategic planning. Led by the Ad Hoc Strategic Priorities Committee, the process provided an opportunity for the college to examine a host of questions about its foundation and mission, its place in the changing landscape of higher education, and its values.
Higher education in the United States has been in a time of transition, with national discussions about access to college, the cost of attendance, and the value of a degree animating conversations from dinner tables at home up to the Oval Office. These discussions presented a perfect backdrop for engaging questions central to Reed’s goal of providing a transformational undergraduate education.
The Ad Hoc Strategic Priorities Committee characterized both the context and goals of the strategic planning process:
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The goal is to consider and determine our broader priorities, and not to produce a comprehensive review of everyday college operations. Our planning needs to go beyond the normal processes of review and policy setting, in order that we can examine and become more intentional about what we do, whether in order to recommit to it or to modify it. We should treat no institutional structure or practice, beyond our fundamental commitment to the liberal arts, as beyond need of justification to ourselves and to all of those who have a stake in the education we offer.