Strategic Plan
College Unbound regards short- and long-term planning as key to achieving its mission and goals. Long-term planning is articulated in the College Unbound Strategic Plan, which was revised in August 2017 and approved by the board of trustees on September 19, 2017. A 2015 feasibility study also can be viewed below.
Strategic Goals
- Increasing our reach and strengthening our presence in Rhode Island
- Expanding and refining the curriculum to meet the needs of student affinity cohorts
- Building a diverse faculty that demographically echoes the population it serves, honoring local wisdom, and covering a wide range of experiences, consisting of both practioners and academicians in early career, mid career, late career and retired
- Increasing stakeholder engagement and involvement in decision-making
- Developing the necessary information technology infrastructure to support students, faculty, and administrative staff, and providing training for optimal usage
- Building capacity in the administrative team, reinventing back-office structures, and hiring consultants for targeted areas, ensuring that College Unbound meets regulator and professional standards
- Becoming financially self-sustaining
- Inspiring alumni to maintain a lifelong connection with College Unbound
- Advocating for the reinvention of higher education to serve adult learners