Click to View Hello, and thank you for your interest in William Paterson’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025. In a post-pandemic world, our institution, along with all of higher education, must adjust to a new landscape. This carefully considered plan will help our University meet the demographic and other challenges we face by leveraging its traditional strengths in student success while also adapting to serve new markets in our select online programs. This Strategic Plan consists of five pillars on which the University community is concentrating its collective efforts: Adult Learning Alternative Credentials and Certificates Attrition Decolonization Revising the Mission Statement Strategic Planning Pillar Reports The first two pillars are about creating new opportunities to extend and adapt William Paterson’s educational offerings into new markets in order to reach more non-traditional students. The next two address strengthening our efforts to increase student retention. The attrition pillar does this directly. Equally important is our ongoing work to decolonize the University so that every William Paterson student has a just and equitable educational experience in which they feel seen, engaged, and valued as a full member of our community. The fifth pillar is to create a Mission Statement that will better reflect who we serve, how our educational framework functions, and our overall goals for our students. The plan’s purposefully compressed timeframe is intended to ensure that everyone at William Paterson brings a sense of urgency to these priorities. Built upon the plan’s five pillars is a comprehensive set of goals, action steps, and key performance indicators, which help us implement the plan, measure the impact of our actions, and make any necessary adjustments. This plan is the product of a lot of thoughtful work on the part of the entire University community, and I want to thank the co-chairs of the Strategic Planning and Branding and Identity Steering Group: Dr. Guillermo de Veyga, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and University Relations; Dr. David Fuentes, Interim Associate Dean of the College of Education; and Dr. Eileen Lubeck, Dean of Students. Thanks also to all the members of the four working groups associated with each pillar. Finally, I also want to thank all the students, faculty, staff, and administrators who provided important feedback as the plan took shape, as well as the Chairs Council, Club Council, Faculty Senate, Marketing and Public Relations Advisory Committee, President’s Cabinet, Student Government Association, and University Council, which facilitated that feedback by providing forums for discussion and surveys. The plan was presented to and adopted by the Board of Trustees at its September 16, 2022 meeting. Periods of great change can present great opportunity. William Paterson University is fortunate to have so many talented and dedicated faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, trustees, and friends who believe in our mission to educate the students who are changing the social fabric of our state and our nation. The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 will help us all focus our energies on a common set of objectives and, ultimately, allow us to better serve more students and build a stronger William Paterson. Sincerely, Richard J. Helldobler, PhDPresident
Pillars for Strategic Plan (login required for access) Pillar I: Developing Robust Policies, Programs and Delivery Modalities for Adult Learners Pillar II: Exploring Alternate Credentials and Certificates Pillar III: Developing and Implementing Strategies to Reduce the Attrition of the 2,500 Continuing Students Pillar IV: Decolonizing the University Pillar V: Mission Statement
Strategic Planning Implementation teams Implementation Pillar Groups Strategic Planning Workgroups Strategic Planning and Branding & Identity Steering Group Org Chart Working Group Updates - April/May 2022 Adult Learning Alternative Credentials Attrition Decolonization Mission Statement Context for Mission Statement Mission Statements of NJ Public 4-Year Institutions Mission Statement Draft Link to Offering Feedback Branding and Identity Branding and Identity Plan Branding & Identity Facilitators Reports, May Academics Affordability Student Support Branding and Identity Working Group Update, April Branding and Identity Polling results Cabinet All Survey Results Faculty Senate All Survey Results SGA and Club Council All Survey Results Student Development Directors and Leadership Survey Results University Council All Survey Results Chairs Council Survey Results Marketing & PR Advisory Council Survey Results