Strategic Directions

The programs and services of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will be guided by the following five strategic directions:

• Community: Develop a Diverse, Engaged Community of Lifelong Learners and Collaborative Scholars. UW Oshkosh will be regionally based and globally connected. We are a community of critical, creative and constructive thinkers who approach academic and social issues in an informed and principled way. Our learning community is distinguished by a pervasive commitment to diversity and inclusivity, international perspectives, support for those with disabilities or special needs, and engaged community service.

• Teaching: Enhance Teaching Excellence, Active Learning and Dynamic Curricular Programs. UW Oshkosh will enhance the scholarly and physical environment we provide for teaching excellence, active learning and dynamic curricular programs. The University will encourage, support and intensify efforts to engage students inside and outside of the classroom.
• Scholarship: Foster Research, Intellectual Activity and Creative Expression. UW Oshkosh will sustain, support and enhance a vigorous scholarly environment for research, intellectual activity and creative expression. We will encourage faculty, students and staff to generate and maintain connections to professional communities and the people, institutions and communities we serve. Faculty, staff and students will seek opportunities to work together to discover, share and apply knowledge.
• Partnership: Expand Regional Outreach and Domestic and International Partnerships. UW Oshkosh will expand and support collaborative relationships that contribute to the development of knowledge and its application in new situations while maintaining its core values. We encourage principled and responsive relationships that draw on the ideas, ambitions and talents of the University and its external partners.
• Stewardship: Promote Representative Leadership, Responsive Shared Governance and Flexible Resource Stewardship. UW Oshkosh will be broad, open and inclusive in governance processes and will align our human, physical and financial resources to meet our established priorities.