The Plan for 2020 website is a static archive of the College’s previous strategic plan. In December 2022, the Board of Managers approved a new strategic plan, Better Learning, Broader Impact – Haverford 2030
Since its founding in 1833, Haverford College has evolved significantly, but it retains its distinctive character as a residential learning community rooted in Quaker values and dedicated to developing in young people the highest standards of academic rigor and personal integrity. In a rapidly changing and uncertain world, this resonant mission is more relevant than ever.
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Introduction
- The Context: Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Liberal Arts College
- Guiding Principles
- Plan Overview
- Bringing the Plan to Life
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The Academic Plan
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The Curricular Blueprint: build assets across the disciplines with particular focus on three strengthened interdisciplinary constellations:
- Critical Literacies: Computational Studies, Visual Studies
- The Commonweal: Social Philosophy, Policy, & Public Value
- Area Studies in Transnational Perspective
- Augmenting the Constellations: Transdivisional Co-Curricular Programming
- Enlarging Enrichment: Affiliated Graduate Programs
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Implementation and Resources
- People: New faculty and academic staff
- Faculty Development: supporting teaching & scholarship
- Academic Spaces: Library; Visual Culture, Arts, & Media; Music; Biology & Psychology
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The Curricular Blueprint: build assets across the disciplines with particular focus on three strengthened interdisciplinary constellations:
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Educating the Whole Student
- Fostering an Engaged, Inclusive Community: supporting the ambitions of a diverse, residential community
- Enhancing Student Development: support functions that serve our students in new, productive ways
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Expanding Learning Spaces
- Technology & the Liberal Arts: new tools to enhance liberal education
- Civic Engagement & Social Responsibility: pedagogies that connect learning with external communities
- Ethical Education & Leadership: investing in the values-informed education at Haverford’s core
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Haverford in the World
- Admission: strengthening student recruitment
- Career & Professional Advising: launching students to successful lives after college
- Alumni: fostering engagement across the extended Haverford community
- Academic & Educational Leadership: contributing to the national conversation about higher education
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Institutional Stewardship: A College for the Future
- Financial Sustainability & Endowment Management: affording our aspirations within a sustainable model
- Access & Affordability: providing student financial aid
- Supporting Staff & Faculty: hiring and retaining a community of talented and committed employees
- Technological Infrastructure: investing in key upgrades
- Physical Plant: maintaining our campus and facilities
- Sustainability & Environment: meeting present needs without compromising those of future generations
- The Corporation: Drawing strength from an essential partner.
- Acknowledgements