Improve freshmen persistence to greater than 90%
Enhance university graduation rate to 80% and more than 32,000 graduates
Enhance quality while reducing the cost of a degree
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ASU charter
ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but rather by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
Mission and goals
Demonstrate leadership in academic excellence and accessibility
Maintain the fundamental principle of accessibility to all students qualified to study at a research university
Maintain university accessibility to match Arizona's socioeconomic diversity, with undifferentiated outcomes for success
Enroll 100,000 online and distance education degree seeking students
Enhance measured student development and individual student learning to national leadership levels
Enhance linkages to the university at all levels for all learners
Establish ASU as a leading global center for interdisciplinary research, discovery and development by 2025
Become the leading American center for discovery and scholarship in the integrated social sciences, and comprehensive arts and sciences.
Enhance research competitiveness to more than $815 million in annual research expenditures
Become a leading American center for innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels
Transform regional economic competitiveness through research and discovery, and value-added programs
Enhance our local impact and social embeddedness
Strengthen Arizona's interactive network of teaching, learning and discovery resources that reflect the scope of ASU's comprehensive knowledge enterprise
Co-develop solutions to the critical social, technical, cultural and environmental issues facing 21st century Arizona
Meet the needs of 21st century learners by empowering families in the education of their children, increasing student success through personalized learning pathways, and promoting a college-going culture in Arizona's K-12 school
Establish, with Mayo Clinic, innovative health solutions pathways capable of educating 200 million people about health care, engaging 20 million people in online health care delivery, and enhancing treatment for 2 million patients
Establish national standing in academic quality and impact of colleges and schools in every field
Attain national standing in academic quality for each college and school (top 5%)
Attain national standing in the learning value added to our graduates in each college and school
Become the leading university academically (faculty, discovery, research, creativity) in at least one department or school within each college/school
A New American University
Arizona State University exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university.
More than a decade ago, ASU set forth a new and ambitious trajectory to become a comprehensive knowledge enterprise dedicated to the simultaneous pursuit of excellence, broad access to quality education, and meaningful societal impact. From that point forward, and founded on a vision for a new "gold standard", all of its energy, creativity and manpower have been brought to bear on the design of a uniquely adaptive and transdisciplinary university committed to producing master learners.
Eight design aspirations guide the ongoing evolution of ASU as a New American University. These institutional objectives are integrated in innovative ways throughout the university to achieve excellence, access and impact.
Leverage Our Place
ASU embraces its culture, socioeconomic and physical setting.
Enable Student Success
ASU is committed to the success of each unique student.
Transform Society
ASU catalyzes social change by being connected to social needs.
Fuse Intellectual Disciplines
ASU creates knowledge by transcending academic disciplines
Value Entrepreneurship
ASU uses its knowledge and encourages innovation.
Be Socially Embedded
ASU connects with communities through mutually beneficial partnerships.
Conduct Use-Inspired Research
ASU research has purpose and impact.
Engage Globally
ASU engages with people and issues locally, nationally and internationally.