Trustee Resolution Adopting the Bicentennial Strategic Plan for Indiana University

WHEREAS, Indiana University will celebrate its Bicentennial in the Academic Year 2019–2020;

WHEREAS, Indiana University has for its nearly two-century history been and remains steadfastly committed to the progress and wellbeing of the people of Indiana;

WHEREAS, Indiana University must enter into its third century from a position of strength and as one of the great public research universities of the twenty-first century;

WHEREAS, higher education across the United States faces many challenges and an environment of unprecedented change, which necessitate vision and focus in advancing the mission of Indiana University;

WHEREAS, the Indiana University Board of Trustees approved The Principles of Excellence in October, 2010, which are statements of the core principles that guide the mission of the university;

WHEREAS, the President of Indiana University announced in his 2013 State of the University speech that a Bicentennial Strategic Plan would be developed over the following year that would address all The Principles of Excellence and based in turn on the various campus strategic plans and strategic plans of other university units;

WHEREAS, the President described and released a draft of a Bicentennial Strategic Plan in his 2014 State of the University speech to address the challenges of the higher education environment and to build for the future, which was widely distributed for comment and input and which had been discussed and reviewed by the Trustees;

WHEREAS, the draft plan received nearly 350 sets of comments from faculty, staff, students, and alumni of IU, individually and in various groups including faculty governance organizations, which have substantially influenced the current draft of the plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of Indiana University adopts THE BICENTENNIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY, which is attached hereto, subject to minor editorial changes that the President may direct as part of the publication process;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees specifically adopts the Mission Statement, Core Values, and Vision for Indiana University;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that numerous aspects of THE BICENTENNIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY will require detailed implementation, and the Board of Trustees expects that implementation will occur in full accord with the traditions and practice of shared governance at Indiana University;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees expects that the President will report annually on the progress on implementing THE BICENTENNIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY in the years leading up to Indiana University’s Bicentennial year;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees expects that the President will ensure that the draft strategic plans of the IU campuses and other university units, as well as the revised regional campus Blueprint for Student Attainment, are aligned with the THE BICENTENNIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY prior to his approval of those plans.

Adopted by the Indiana University Board of Trustees December 5, 2014