Dear colleague,

Five years ago, Berklee College of Music undertook a series of strategic initiatives in the form of a long-range plan, called Berklee 2005. This report summarizes the progress we have made with that set of initiatives in this, the final year of the plan.

Berklee 2005’s fourteen initiatives were grouped under three headings: (1) Build on Our Strengths, eight initiatives that we advanced under our regular goal setting and budget planning processes; (2) Expand with External Support, two initiatives that sought funding from established granting sources; and (3) Pursue New Directions, four initiatives which included the college’s endowment income as part of the supporting resource structure. The primary accomplishments of Berklee 2005 were:

• The Berklee Laptop Purchase Program.
• Online registration and grade submission.
• Achievement of status reports and task groups on diversity and commitment to long-term advancement of gender and racial/ethnic diversity.
• Expansion of Berklee Press and Berklee Online.
• Enhancements to the Music Education curriculum by faculty following the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology grant.
• Organization and initiation of responses to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges’ recommendations following Berklee’s 10-year reaccreditation in 2003: these include diversity, enrollment review, General Education (since renamed Liberal Arts) assessment, program review, and student advising.

With this report, we are including the vision for our next strategic plan, A Vision for Berklee College of Music in 2015. It will become clear how many of the initiatives begun in 2000 will carry forward to the new vision and plan.

So, as we are once again engaged in a process of renewing our vision and determining operational plans for the coming years, I encourage you to use this summary as a point of reference as you reflect on Berklee’s dynamic future and how the college community can make it happen.

Thank you for your continuing advice and support in making these ambitious plans reality.

Sincerely yours,

Roger H. Brown
President