The Planning Process

The new five-year College of Arts & Sciences strategic plan was created utilizing input from department chairs, faculty, and staff during the course of the 2023/2024 academic year. Important steps in the process included the following: 

• Academic departments and other support programs contributed their ideas during the listening sessions with the University Strategic Planning Group. 
• Concomitantly, a University-wide call for “white papers” was announced, which asked faculty and staff for new ideas to help chart the strategic pathway for Baylor in the coming five years. 
• Four subcommittees of faculty, staff, and associate deans from A&S were appointed in the summer of 2024 to make recommendations on important topics, with access to the appropriate white papers. 
• Thirty-five members of the College of Arts & Sciences Board of Advocates were surveyed on their ideas for the future of Baylor University. 
• Also during the summer, the subcommittee recommendations and information gleaned from the Board of Advocates by the associate deans and staff were compiled into a single document. 
• The plan was then submitted to the Arts & Sciences Council of Chairs for review and comment before finalizing the document, which was submitted on December 1, 2024, to the Office of the Provost. 
• Beginning in the spring of 2025, departments and programs within Arts & Sciences will be asked to respond to how they will contribute to the implementation of the A&S strategic plan.