A growing collection of strategic plans, dean's profiles, and DEI plans from schools of public affairs, public policy, and urban planning. The library aims to make peer institutions' planning documents easier to find, compare, and learn from — for deans, faculty, students, and accreditation teams.
Each entry links to the original document. Coverage skews toward NASPAA and ACSP member programs. ← Back to Tools
Dean Colleen Barry's founding strategic plan for the new Brooks School (established Fall 2021). Three founding priorities — Research, Education, and Engagement — pursued through cross-cutting commitments to community, collaboration, equity, and impact. Full 33-page plan also available.
A goal-and-measure framework focused on graduate enrollment growth, annual curriculum review, expanded experiential learning, faculty development, and research and community engagement in public administration.
An eight-year plan organized around three pillars: transformative learning prepared for data- and AI-influenced policy environments; research innovation with public purpose; and a thriving community. Aligned with Georgia State's BluePrint to 2033.
A five-year plan organized around strategic goals that span teaching, research, and service, anchored in the school's mission of stewarding social betterment and environmental sustainability across its Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.
Portland State's university-wide plan as Oregon's urban research university, emphasizing access for diverse learners, partnerships across the Portland metro region, and the institution's role as a minority-serving anchor for the state.
A single-page program plan with four 2024–2027 goals: elevate academic excellence, empower graduate success, expand educational access beyond Portland, and strengthen alumni connections.
A 51-page strategic plan reviewing progress against the 2013–2018 plan and laying out detailed goals, objectives, and actions for the UPPD program: education, research, and professional involvement and community outreach, plus strategic initiatives in innovative education, global planning, and emerging issues.
A multi-year plan adopted in Fall 2020 after a multi-stage planning process begun in 2017. Goals cover academic programs, experiential opportunities, faculty research, global engagement, and curricular innovation across SPAA's BA, MPA, EMPA, and PhD programs.
A DEI roadmap built around four pillars: education and awareness; belonging and community; problem-solving on emerging DEI issues; and culture change that institutionalizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across the school.
A condensed draft of UConn SPP's next strategic plan, organized around four mutually reinforcing areas — student learning & success, institutional quality & distinction, research with public purpose, and professional engagement — to be achieved over five-plus years.
A three-year strategic and enabling-goals plan led by a steering committee chaired by Kelly LeRoux and Phil Ashton. Priorities include expanding the pipeline of planning and public-affairs professionals, deepening research impact, and rooting the college's work in Chicago and inclusive justice.
Mission-and-values plan that names the headwinds facing the school: economic pressure on students and public universities, political polarization, declining trust in higher education and public service, and a rapidly shifting policy-degree landscape.
Dean Nisha Botchwey's first strategic plan, drafted by a 50-member steering committee. Centers diversity, inclusion of thought and identity, and resilience; aligned with the University of Minnesota's MPact 2025 plan.
Three college-wide goals: inclusive educational opportunities, research that advances UNO's metropolitan mission, and community engagement woven through teaching, research, and service.
Commitments organized under leadership, capacity, climate, and curriculum — including school-specific training, broader stakeholder engagement, and collaboration with national networks like the University Leadership Council on Diversity in International Affairs.
Adopted March 2024, this plan defines mission, vision, and six program goals spanning curriculum, community engagement, sustainability and resilience, faculty growth, diversity and inclusion, and partnerships — anchored in UTA's Quality Enhancement Plan.
A multi-year vision built around three priorities — Access (reaching and empowering more promising leaders), Impact (extending the reach and influence of faculty contributions), and Innovation (advancing leadership development through bold experiments in teaching). Presented as an interactive microsite rather than a single PDF.