2000-2005
Strategic Initiatives
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Shaping Our Future

October 2000

In 1995, Berklee College of Music launched a strategic plan for the years 1995-2000. This plan, entitled Shaping Our Future, led to, among many other things, the design and construction of the Uchida building to meet educational space needs, a renovated library and media center that expanded student educational resources, a campus-wide network for electronic communication, the Entering Student Ensemble Program, and numerous new international partnerships.

In 1998, we began to look ahead and discuss what our priorities should be for the years 2000-2005. Throughout the year, students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and the Board of Trustees suggested thousands of ideas for Berklee's future. A Strategic Planning Steering Committee organized these ideas into themes and then drafted a vision statement. After review and comment by the entire college community, the new vision was presented to the Board of Trustees, who approved it in December 1999.

With the new vision in hand, the vice presidents and deans held meetings in their areas to develop and propose strategies to help us achieve it. The Strategic Planning Steering Committee evaluated these proposals and chose fourteen initiatives for the Board of Trustees to consider and approve as a strategic plan, which they did in March 2000.

The fourteen initiatives that make up the Berklee 2005 strategic plan are presented on the following pages. The initiatives are organized into three categories: