University of Michigan - Flint

The strategic plan for the University of Michigan-Flint charts the institutional course for the five-year period, 2005 to 2010. Rooted in the campus vision, “Engaging Minds, Preparing Leaders,” the plan articulates the campus mission:

The Flint campus of the University of Michigan is a community of diverse learners and scholars, where students from this region and beyond prepare for leadership, achievement, and service through interactive instruction in the arts, sciences, humanities, and professions.  Our mission rests on three pillars: excellence in teaching, learning and scholarship; student-centeredness; and engaged citizenship. Our students become leaders in their fields, in their professions, and in their communities.

The University of Michigan-Flint campus implements its vision and mission in a wider context of growth and change.  The strategic plan seeks to foster growth in enrollment and initiatives that support academic excellence and student achievement. 

Throughout the development process of this plan the Strategic Plan Committee (SPC) focused on creating a shared vision that will enhance an environment rich in faculty and staff commitment to students and the community it serves. 

The plan focuses on three strategic directions that emerge from our mission:

• Sustain and enhance excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship.
• Foster increased student-centeredness.
• Build on our tradition of engaged citizenship.

The plan places maximum opportunity for initiative in these strategic directions with operational units.  Vision and mission will guide the activities and inform the culture of each unit. Identifiers of success for sustaining excellence, student-centeredness, and fostering engagement will allow the campus to assess its progress in its three strategic directions as we move toward 2010.

Through this plan the institution can continue to provide new opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to achieve eminence in academic achievements and personal development.  The SPC offers this plan, shaped by our history and values, as a document to guide the entire University of Michigan-Flint campus community so that together we can build the university of the future.