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CLA Roadmap

View our progress:
  • Roadmap Report 2017 (PDF)
  • Roadmap Report 2016 (PDF)

The Roadmap is CLA's strategic plan, it aims to transform the College of Liberal Arts into a destination college. 

But this vision is not just about CLA. The liberal arts are uniquely suited to tackling the most pressing problems facing individuals and societies today. From opportunity gaps to helping individuals thrive, CLA is facing these challenges head-on.

So we aim to be a destination college with a very defined purpose: to do the most good we can for others. The better we are at our work, the better our research, the more ready our graduates, the greater good we can do.

The Roadmap is how we get there. It entails four areas of focus:

Readiness

Readiness

CLA alumni will be the most desirable graduates available, we will:

  • Attract top students from Minnesota and beyond.
  • Fully leverage the liberal arts experience through innovative curricular models.
  • Distinguish CLA through career readiness and preparation for life after graduation.

 

Research

Research

CLA will have a relentless focus on research and creative excellence, we will:

  • Generate new levels of innovative research through focused investment strategies.
  • Recruit and retain field-shaping faculty.
  • Foster top-tier graduate programs that attract, train and place the best graduate students.

 

Diversity

Diversity

The CLA community will mirror the community at large, we will:

  • Advance and sustain diversity as a collegiate priority.
  • Identify, recruit, and retain the best underrepresented faculty, staff, and students to CLA.
  • Cultivate a welcoming and respectful climate that brings together a diverse community of faculty, staff and students.

 

Engagement

Engagement

CLA will deepen a culture of engagement for our alumni, community and state, we will:

  • Strengthen existing and forge new partnerships between CLA and the broader external community.
  • Increase the level of -- and opportunities for -- engagement with CLA alumni.
  • Ensure that CLA’s research and creative excellence are shared and visible with the public.