No. 1 Goal: Improve Undergrad Education

Iowa State's highest priority over the next five years is to 
improve the quality of education for undergraduate students. 
That priority gets top billing in the university's new 
strategic plan.

The plan calls for Iowa State to back its goal of 
strengthening undergraduate programs with an investment of 
$10 million -- half from reallocated funds and the remainder 
from state, federal and private sources.

Other goals of the plan are to strengthen graduate education, 
and research and outreach programs; promote an intellectually 
stimulating environment and supportive university community; 
and strengthen efforts to stimulate economic development.

The new plan also reiterates Iowa State's aspiration to be 
the nation's premier land-grant university.

The plan, which goes into effect in July, will guide Iowa 
State through the year 2,000. It has been 18 months in the 
making and represents the work and ideas of hundreds of 
faculty, staff, students, alumni and many others.

The plan will provide the backdrop for budget allocations, 
program evaluations and all major university decisions.

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contact:  Internal Communications, (515) 294-3129
updated:  5-25-95