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.