Strategic Plan
Building our Shared Future
Arkansas State is a university that embraced innovation in the past, and how we harness that energy for our future is the heart of the strategic planning initiative.
This is an exciting time in the history of Arkansas State University. We face challenges, but we also have incredible assets. The steering committee looks forward to working together with our campus community to build a vision of our shared future.
This inclusive, collaborative project was an opportunity to engage the university’s key stakeholders to discover and define how the university would leverage its opportunities and tackle its challenges for the next five years.
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Discover 2025 and Beyond
Arkansas State University’s Strategic Plan charts a course for the future, focusing
on key priorities that will shape our growth and impact over the coming years. Explore
the goals below to see how we’re building our shared vision.
- Objective 1: Optimize undergraduate and graduate student recruitment in Arkansas and beyond (regional, national, international) through customized, targeted promotion.
- Objective 2: Build an agile system of linked communication and tracking to support undergraduate and graduate student success and improve retention.
- Objective 3: Create opportunities for P-12 students to engage with the university.
- Objective 1: Foster and promote General Education to expand the learning experiences of students in an ever-changing society.
- Objective 2: Assess the viability and relevance of new and current academic programs that promote excellence in teaching and learning.
- Objective 3: Actively encourage academic programs to utilize interdisciplinary approaches to enhance creativity and critical thinking.
- Objective 4: Increase high-impact opportunities for all students such as study abroad, internships, and student research.
- Objective 1: Leverage our current role as a cultural center to become the recognized and valued cultural hub for the Jonesboro region and Northeast Arkansas.
- Objective 2: Designate and invest resources in areas necessary to oversee and champion the university's overall role in the community.
- Objective 3: Partner with community stakeholders to advance and create diversity initiatives.
- Objective 4: Increase workforce placement and partnerships through collaborations with business, industry, nonprofit and other educational organizations.
- Objective 5: Create organizational structures to coordinate and centralize community engagement activities.
- Objective 1: Invest in faculty research, student research and administrative research capacity.
- Objective 2: Incentivize entrepreneurial ventures through faculty startups, industry partnerships, private sector, government, public and non-profit orgs/spaces.
- Objective 3: Invest in new and innovative research areas.
- Objective 4: Build and equip adequate facilities.
- Objective 5: Identify research areas to enhance and expand graduate programs.
- Objective 1: Incorporate the Every Red Wolf Counts philosophy in all areas of the campus community.
- Objective 2: Embrace diversity, inclusion, and civility as important values.
- Objective 3: Invest in professional development and recognize employees for their commitment to campus service.
- Objective 4: Encourage increased health and wellness program participation.
- Objective 5: Foster a greater commitment to environmental impact and sustainability.
- Objective 6: Establish and promote campus traditions.