for the 21st Century Comprehensive Plan Seattle Pacific University Comprehensive Plan

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board2 The Purpose of the Plan u To provide strategic direction for the University for the next ten years.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board3 A Grand Aspiration for the Plan u To define The Christian University for the 21st Century.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board4 The Challenges Peter Drucker: “Thirty years from now the big university campuses will be relics. Universities won’t survive. It’s as large a change as when we first got the printed book.” Because of costs and the impact of information technology, “higher education is in deep crisis.” (Forbes, March 10, 1997)

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board5 Our Motivation u Because we want to serve the Kingdom of Jesus Christ with distinction. u Because we commit our lives to a grand venture of learning that can and should change the world. u Because we know the world needs the light of learning shaped by the gospel.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board6 SPU: At The Crossroads! u Our opportunities are enormous. u Our responsibilities are significant. u The choices are now. We need to know who we are and what we aspire to become and how we will get where we want to go.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board7 Three Parts To The Plan u The driving idea, our compelling focus, our Big Idea. u Specific area plans. u Strategies for action.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board8 SPU: A Christian University for the 21st Century Our first premise: We are grounded on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Guided by three clusters of core values. Our focus is outward. We serve the church, the city, and the world! Graduates prepared to make a difference. Ideas that really matter. A grace-filled community that informs our way.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board9 Our Christian Commitment u Guided and informed by our rich Wesleyan heritage and loyal to our Free Methodist partnership. u Clearly evangelical. u Genuinely ecumenical.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board10 To be a university for the 21st Century means: u We need to understand and address the crisis of meaning in our culture. u We must engage the modern city. u We must be informed by a global consciousness. u We must be enabled by the discerning use of technology.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board11 FOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE u An educational plan that defines academic vision and priorities and campus life vision and priorities; u An enrollment plan that provides targets for size, mix, and profile; u A capital improvement plan that guides the creation of a new masterplan; u An endowment plan with targets for the next five and ten years.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board12 FIVE STRATEGIES FOR ACTION u A new positioning plan and marketing plan; u A major fundraising campaign; u New recruitment and retention strategies; u A campus masterplan; u A plan for outcomes assessment.

10/16/97Executive Committee of the Board13 STRATEGIC CALENDAR u The Big Idea presented to the Board, January 30, u The contours of the Comprehensive Plan presented to the Board, May u Final Comprehensive Plan for the 21st Century, November 1998 Board Meeting. u Strategies for Action, February-May 1999.