Strategic Plan for 2015
Strengthening the Core
Spelman College’s Strategic Plan
for 2015 is our manifesto
of belief in the power of a Spelman education
and commitment as a community to uphold
it. This community encompasses Spelman
students, faculty, staff, administrators,
alumnae, trustees, and community
partners—people united by their passion
and purpose.
Our agenda is to strengthen the academic
core of the institution. Each constituency
will participate by taking specific actions
that we call GOALS. They include integrating
and globalizing learning, teaching creatively
and rigorously, leading from our authentic
core, living sustainably, improving ourselves
continuously, and collaborating to better our
city’s quality of life. These ambitious GOALS
and others build on our accomplishments
as the premier historically Black college for
women and one of the finest institutions for
undergraduate education nationwide.
What sets Spelman
Apart?
Our students and graduates make
the choice to
change the world. |
Most critically, our GOALS anchor the
Spelman MILE, our four-year liberal education
curriculum known as My Integrated Learning
Experience. This signature curriculum
expresses our overriding priority to enhance
academic excellence: the creation of a
more empowering student experience. The
attainment of our GOALS by all constituencies
will realize our other guiding priorities:
re-envisioning the College’s mission in the
context of the new millennium, and creating
a more effective synergy among teaching,
research, and service.
These GOALS also have inspired the priorities
for The Campaign for Spelman College:
to attract and retain exceptional students;
to internationalize every undergraduate’s
education; to foster leadership, student by
student; to expand undergraduate research
and career-related internships; to strengthen
our alumnae-student connections; and to
expand our service learning curriculum
campus-wide.
The results we work toward will form
our blueprint for leadership as citizens of
Spelman, greater metropolitan Atlanta,
our nation, and the world. By fulfilling this
Strategic Plan, we can build our capacity—
individually and collectively—for success.
Executive Summary (pdf)
Environmental Scan Highlights (pdf)
Strategic Priorities (pdf)
Strategic Measures (pdf)
Summary of Strategic GOALS, Objectives and Initiatives (pdf)
Short-Term Action Items (pdf)
Appendix (pdf)
Strategic Plan 2015 - full plan (pdf)
Strategic Plan 2015 - brocure (pdf)
