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Strategic Initiatives

Strategic Initiatives

Strategic Initiatives

During the 2018–19 academic year, seven action groups, each comprised of full- and part-time faculty, staff, and students, were formed to work on each of the seven initiatives of NEXT: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Strategic Plan. Those initiatives are:

  • Increase Affordability and Value
  • Enhance Belonging
  • Continue to Cultivate Diversity and Inclusion
  • Reimagine Our Time to Reinvigorate Learning
  • Facilitate New Forms of Interdisciplinarity
  • Support All Faculty in Teaching and Learning
  • Build Continuity Towards Life After Art School

Each group recommended actionable items to help the School reach our goals. A steering committee comprised of action group co-chairs and other faculty representatives have been prioritizing those recommendations into an implementation plan, realized in the 2019–20 academic year and beyond. Read Next: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Strategic Plan