Timeline and Process
During the 2021–2022 academic year, leaders from across the institution—Board of Trustees, President’s Council, and additional advisors—were engaged to help define the central tenets of our plan. Together, we developed five categories for our strategic plan:
- Affordability, Access, and Lifelong Value of a Berklee Degree
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging: Values, Culture, and Campus Climate
- Curricular and Programmatic Innovation
- Global Strategy, Partners, and Presence
- Higher Education Infrastructure of the Future
During the 2022–2023 academic year, the process continued with the President's Council outlining the categories for the strategic plan, followed by a community survey and workshops facilitated by the consulting firm B+A to inform a unified mission and vision. During the spring and summer of 2023, further work was done within the Academic Leadership Council, the President’s Council, and the President’s Cabinet, which led to a rethinking of the areas of the strategic plan as unified around a common core based on our fundamental values as a community and our aspirations for the future of learning at Berklee.
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB)—which includes Berklee's values, culture, and campus climate—is at the center of our work, surrounded by our other four strategic themes: curricular and programmatic innovation; global strategy, partners, and innovation; higher education infrastructure of the future; and affordability, access, and lifetime value of a Berklee degree.
The Strategic Planning Steering Committee, appointed by Interim President David Bogen and Executive Vice President Betsy Newman, is now charged with designing and implementing a community engagement and dialogue process that results in a unified mission, vision, and strategic direction for Berklee.
The steering committee engaged the community on mission and vision generation starting in summer 2023. This ongoing work is informing the development of our strategic direction. Final unified mission and vision drafts will be presented for Board of Trustees' approval along with a draft strategic direction in April 2024. Each learning environment will then design strategic plans to operationalize Berklee’s unified strategic direction.
2016–Spring 2023
Future of Learning Framework
Develop a framework for the process informed by historical plans, NECHE accreditation, the five themes, 2022–2023 Future of Learning work, and research by consulting firm B+A.
Stakeholders: Strategic Planning Steering Committee and additional stakeholders
Summer 2023
Framework, Mission, and Vision
Engage leadership groups in dialogues to inform the process, as well as the mission and vision.
Stakeholders: President's Cabinet, President's Council, Provost's Council, the Board of Trustees, Academic Leadership Council, Student Enrollment and Engagement Council, and more
Fall 2023
Mission and Vision
Berklee community engagement and dialogues inform the draft mission and vision.
Stakeholders: Students, faculty, staff, the Board of Trustees, alumni, families, donors, and more
Spring 2024
Strategic Direction
Community engagement informs the development of the strategic direction. Strategic working groups are formed and activated within the Academic Leadership Council and President’s Council.
Stakeholders: Students, faculty, staff, the Board of Trustees, alumni, families, donors, and more
May 2024
Mission, Vision, and Strategic Direction
Board-approved unified mission and vision statements and a draft strategic direction are delivered to the community.
Stakeholders: Students, faculty, staff, the Board of Trustees, alumni, families, donors, and more
Summer 2024
Areas Develop Strategic Plans
Each area develops or refines its strategic plan in support of the institution's unified strategic direction.
Stakeholders: Berklee Abu Dhabi, Berklee City Music, Berklee College of Music, Berklee NYC, Berklee Online, Berklee Summer Programs, Berklee Valencia, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, administrative areas, and future programs