  {"id":164890,"date":"2022-09-12T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=164890"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T00:23:33","slug":"uh-strategic-plan-draft-public-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/12\/uh-strategic-plan-draft-public-review\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Âé¶¹´«Ã½ draft available for public review and comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_106522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106522\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/system-bachman-mural-sm.png\" alt=\"University of Hawaii system seal with Jean Charlot mural\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/system-bachman-mural-sm.png 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/system-bachman-mural-sm-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/system-bachman-mural-sm-130x73.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bachman Hall mural by Jean Charlot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> is asking for feedback from <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> community members&#8212;students, faculty, staff and alumni&#8212;and the general public on the first draft of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/vp-academic-strategy\/uh-strategic-plan-2023-2029\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 2023&#8211;2029<\/em><\/a>. The plan will guide <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s public higher education, 10-campus system for the next six years and replace <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hawaii.edu\/strategicdirections\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Strategic Directions 2015&#8211;2021<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The draft is available for review and comment on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/vp-academic-strategy\/uh-strategic-plan-2023-2029\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 2023&#8211;2029<\/a> website until Sunday, October 16 at 6 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to recommend specific actions that can be taken to achieve the objectives of the plan. Titled, &ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s University for Today and Tomorrow,&rdquo; the draft plan identifies four imperatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Successful Students for a Better Future<\/li>\n<li>Meet <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Workforce Needs of Today and Tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>Embrace Kuleana to Native Hawaiians and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Diversify <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Economy through <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Innovation and Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each imperative in the draft also lists objectives and possible metrics to measure attainment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More than a thousand people from within the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community and the public-at-large have participated in this process so far, which is outstanding,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Vice Presdident for Academic Strategy <strong>Debora Halbert<\/strong>. &ldquo;We hope that more people will participate in this critical next phase as we finalize our plan to best serve the state and our students through the end of the decade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Town Hall meetings<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> will hold four town hall meetings to give the community opportunities to learn more about the strategic plan and share their ideas, insights and concerns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, September 26, 1:30\u20133 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, October 5, 11 a.m.\u201312:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, October 14, 8:30\u201310 a.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For students<\/strong> Friday, October 14, 1\u20132:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/j\/92001085933\">Join the Zoom meeting<\/a><br \/>\nMeeting ID: 920 0108 5933<br \/>\nPasscode: 035311<\/p>\n<p>While everyone in the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community is invited to all of the town hall meetings, the October 14 afternoon meeting will focus on student comments.<\/p>\n<p>This latest round of community engagement in the development of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/vp-academic-strategy\/uh-strategic-plan-2023-2029\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 2023&#8211;2029<\/em><\/a> will be incorporated into the final draft. The final draft is tentatively scheduled to go before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents<\/a> for approval at the board\u2019s November 17 meeting, which will provide another opportunity for the public to provide feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The first draft is based on various sources of data and information including the results of surveys of the general public and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students, faculty and staff; virtual town hall meetings; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ovppp\/thirddecade\/Third_Decade_and_Next_Steps_memo_2.5.21x.pdf\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Third Decade Report<\/em><\/a>; the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hawaii.edu\/strategicdirections\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Strategic Directions 2015&#8211;2021<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/president\/post-pandemic-hawaii\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> post-pandemic plans<\/a>, which focused on what <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> needs moving forward from its public higher education system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This latest round of community engagement in the development of the <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 2023&#8211;2029<\/em> will be incorporated into the final draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-164890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164890"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165257,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164890\/revisions\/165257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}