Strategic Planning for 2015–2018
With a new vision for Berklee in 2025 in place, it is now time to begin shaping a three-year plan—the first in a series of three such plans—to help us achieve that vision.
In February, the President’s Cabinet began the strategic planning process with a retreat that included a review of the input you provided during the vision planning process. In preparation for that meeting, we prepared a summary of those ideas, which were grouped into themes that included:
- affordability;
- alumni engagement;
- careers;
- facilities;
- faculty;
- curriculum and innovation;
- new programs; and
- student support.
Those ideas and themes suggested 20 initiatives that encompassed your input:
- Create new programs to generate alternative revenue sources;
- Fully integrate online and in-person learning;
- Make the campus a world-class learning environment;
- Offer a program in software development;
- Create a music theater program;
- Create a program in music video;
- Incorporate movement and/or dance into the curriculum;
- Create a 21st century music product publishing platform;
- Expand our physical presence in music capitals nationally and internationally;
- Build our capacity for research and development;
- Create more flexible programs of study;
- Expand our capacity to house students on campus;
- Expand career services for students and alumni;
- Make affordability and access a key focus in all planning and operational decisions;
- Create new partnerships for articulation and affordability;
- Expand alumni engagement;
- Broaden counseling and advising services;
- Foster faculty growth and engagement;
- Provide instruction in languages other than English; and
- Strengthen our programs in classical music.