AS A BLUE JAY COMMUNITY,
WE ARE PAVING THE
PATHWAY FOR OUR VISION.
A vision that is empowering and guiding us to reimagine Elizabethtown College. Our five-year community Strategic Plan prioritizes academic excellence, drives innovation on and off our campus, challenges us to transform our culture, and leads us to create significant social impact. Etown consists of individuals guided by a set of core values, nationally recognized for its academics, research, and high-impact experiences, and we are a community united behind a shared mission and feel a deep pull to contribute to the world.
Dynamic & Relevant Education
Promote a dynamic academic environment to support outstanding student outcomes that develop lifelong reflective learners and socially responsible citizens who bring value to their community and workplace.
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Develop and implement a core curriculum based on our mission and values designed to ensure in-demand liberal arts skills with experiential learning opportunities. |
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Prepare students to apply their skills, talents, and intellect to shape organizations, communities, and the world as active global citizens. |
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Expand vibrant and in-demand programs and intellectual learning opportunities across a student’s lifetime. |
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Deliver high-quality and accessible education in a variety of formats to ensure we become a first-choice learning institution that enrolls and retains learners from all backgrounds. |
Inclusive Excellence
Create a culturally vibrant campus community that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, where all community members achieve a sense of belonging.
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Integrate cultural intelligence as a learning outcome throughout all academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities and professional development programs. |
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Foster a genuine sense of belonging in all members of the college by ensuring policies, practices, and culture will build a diverse, equitable, accessible, and just community. |
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Increase the representation and retention of historically marginalized groups among our student body and employee base. |
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Collaborate with underrepresented communities as an ally committed to making meaningful social change. |
Anchor & Partner Institution
Strengthen surrounding communities by building capacity and maximizing partnerships to create significant economic and social impact.
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Prioritize the development and fostering of partnerships with the local community, working together to provide economic and community development. |
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Position etown as a leading regional civic institution engaged in high-impact projects to better our communities. |
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Provide support and elevate innovation to regional organizations to accomplish social and community development leveraging the college’s academic and public service resources. |
Sustainable Growth
Transform the financial model to become a thriving institution by leveraging core strengths, building capacity, and embracing growth initiatives.
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Grow other sources of revenue by leveraging college resources in alignment with institutional mission. |
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Attract, retain, and cultivate high-performing faculty and staff to become a first-choice employer. |
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Be effective stewards of college resources to optimize college finances. |
“Our dynamic, bold, and ambitious five-year community strategic plan will focus us on elevating our greatest assets to enhance the lives of current and future Blue Jays.”
ELIZABETH A. RIDER
PRESIDENT
