Strategic Direction Framework
Guided by Berklee’s fundamental values, these strategic priorities set out how we will realize our unified vision, putting our students at the center and meeting our ethical obligation to increase affordability, flexibility, and career outcomes.

Artistic Community
We will celebrate and support our uniquely diverse and talented community, engage stakeholders in open, dynamic and empathetic ways, and extend Berklee to our neighbors.

Access and Affordability
We will dramatically increase access to a Berklee education to attract the world's most exceptional students through lower-cost innovative learning pathways, increased scholarship support and accessible learning experiences across the globe.

Flexibility and Innovation
We will offer students the most innovative, flexible and rigorous music-centric arts education in the world with a focus on student empowerment and career outcomes.

Completion and Career
We will improve student completion and success, deeply integrate experiential learning to bring careers to the classroom and set a new standard for post-graduate alumni support.

Creative Environment
We will prepare our students to face the greatest tech-driven disruption to creativity in our lifetime by creating an environment reflective of the world’s leading music-centric performing arts institution, modeling the future of creativity.