As leaders, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, each of us has the capacity—and the responsibility—to help build our university. This is our moment, our chance to make an impact that will endure for generations to come.
Strong Stewardship
Maintain affordable and strong education programs. Support research and patient care programs that generate funding. Sustain our flood recovery progress, and protect our people as best we can.
These principles guided budget choices in the face of mid-year cuts and ongoing economic challenges. But coupled with creative thinking and dedication across the UI community, they’ve kept the University focused and strong.
More information: Budget Development Office
Promises Kept…
The Iowa Promise, the University’s strategic plan for 2005-2010, set ambitious targets for undergraduate education, graduate and professional education and research, diversity, vitality, and engagement. A glimpse of our progress:
- More living-learning communities in the residence halls
- Dramatic growth in first-year seminars
- More study abroad and research opportunities
- Six-year graduation rate of 68.5 percent—the highest ever
- More than 80 national awards to grad students last year—nearly three times our target
- Nine percent growth in research funding in fiscal year 2010, far beyond the 2.5 percent annual goal
- Drop in time to degree for graduate students
- Significant strides toward nearly every diversity target
- New wellness and professional growth programs for faculty and staff
- Infrastructure enhancements, even in the wake of the 2008 flood
- Sustained growth in student volunteerism
…And Renewed
The University’s new strategic plan, Great Opportunities—Bold Expectations, highlights goals that advance student success, knowledge and practice, new frontiers in the arts, and better futures for Iowans. Emphases include:
- Experiences that help students connect, boost retention, and accelerate progress toward graduation
- Targets for enrollment growth that expand access and diversity
- Cost containing measures that keep an Iowa education affordable
- Incentives for enhanced graduate programs
- Interdisciplinary research focused on the most pressing challenges of our time
- Renewed 21st century arts facilities—and reimagined programs to match
- Public engagement initiatives focused on quality of life and educational opportunity
- Commitments to inclusion and internationalization, sustainability, and collaboration, enterprise, and innovation
Read the plan. (pdf)