Strategic Plan
Drexel 2030 – Designing the Future
Drexel is executing a strategic plan to effectively – and intentionally – address shifts in higher education and broader challenges facing society.
These challenges were clearly magnified and expedited in 2020, based on our collective experiences with navigating COVID and nationwide calls for anti-racism movements.
Imperatives
Six strategic imperatives are central to Drexel 2030 Strategic Plan implementation efforts and are infused throughout the work of initiative teams. Each imperative carries multiple goals and associated metrics. The strategic plan implementation team makes recommendations and tracks progress toward these goals to ensure imperative success. A few of these goals are outlined in the section below.
Foster & Strengthen an Inclusive & Equity Driven Culture
Establish a diverse, inclusive and antiracist learning community that provides equitable opportunities for excellence and achievement for all faculty, students, professional staff, and partners.
Goal: Increase sense of belonging by 20% points across all populations
Culture of Equity in Action
Explore progress toward Drexel’s Antiracism Commitments
Expand Drexel’s Research Impact
Generate new knowledge and impactful solutions by growing basic and applied research and fostering transdisciplinary collaborations both within the University and with external partners.
Goal: Achieve $250M or higher in research expenditures by 2030
Research Impact in Action
NIH Awards Drexel University $14.4 Million for Health Disparities Research
Harness the Power of Partnership
Integrate and align curricula, scholarship, community engagement and global partnerships in an internationally recognized problem-solving model for university/community collaborations.
Goal: Provide solutions to real-world problems
Powerful Partnerships In Action
Set the Standard for Cutting Edge, Adaptable Curricula
Rapidly develop and deliver agile curricula to partners and individuals of diverse backgrounds and ages that are responsive to market demands and the needs of a global society.
Goal: Achieve 98.1% job placement rate one year after graduation for bachelor's students
Adaptable Curricula in Action
Enhance & Expand High-Quality, Immersive Learning Experience
Enable students to enhance and apply their education while developing professional skills and an appreciation for the diversity of human experience by providing engaging, immersive learning experiences.
Goal: Achieve 96% student preparedness for life after Drexel
Immersive Learning in Action
Seniors at Drexel’s College of Nursing & Health Professions participate in Disaster Simulation, worst-case, yet realistic scenarios that nurses might come across in their career, from pandemics to natural disasters to mass-casualty situations — for the chance to practice before they treat real patients in the field.
Time & Place: Disaster Simulation Lab (Drexel Magazine)
Empower Students to be Purpose-Driven, Global Citizens
Graduate adaptable, culturally competent, empathic alumni capable of seizing opportunities for the betterment of themselves and their communities.
Goal: Increase Post-Graduation Pay Rates Compared to other US Institutions to 15% Above the National Average
