Office of the President

ASU Vision and Goals

ASU VISION

To establish ASU as the model for a New American University, measured not by who we exclude, but rather by who we include; pursuing research and discovery that benefits the public good; assuming major responsibility for the economic, social, and cultural vitality and health and well-being of the community.

ASU Goals 2002-2012

Access and Quality for All

  • Expand university access to match Arizona diversification
    and growth
  • Improve freshmen persistence to 90 percent
    Enhance university graduation rate to 70-75 percent
    as soon as possible
  • Develop ASU culture that represents a commitment to quality
    and community outreach
  • Enroll 100,000 continuing education and degree completion students (including our contributionto AZUN)
  • Enhance linkages with community colleges so as to expand baccalaureate degree production
  • Enhance student development and individual student learning

National Comprehensive University by 2012

  • Become a leading center for interdisciplinary science and technology discovery and development
  • Become a leading center for discovery and scholarship in the
    social sciences, arts and humanities.
  • Enhance research and discovery competitiveness to more than $300 million (in 2006 dollars) in annual research expenditures
  • Enhance regional economic competitiveness through research and discovery and value-added education programs

Establish National Standing in Academic Quality and Impact of Colleges and Schools in Every Field

  • Attain national standing in academic quality for each school
  • Attain national standing in the value added to our graduates
    in each school
  • Become the leading university academically
    ( faculty, discovery, research, creativity )
    in at least one core subject within each school or college

Enhance our Local Impact and Social Embeddedness

  • Enhance linkage to local and regional social and community development groups
  • Establish/develop/enhance linkages and partnerships with local, regional and national NGO’s, governments and public agencies, and private sector firms with a focus on community development
  • Undertake applied sustainability research that impacts the social, environmental and economic evolution of the southwest
  • Provide an objective and ongoing monitoring role for the region’s progress through the ASU Indicators Project