Simmons Strategic Plan

Academic Years 2023/24 - 2027/28

Simmons Vision: Catalyzing Discovery and Innovation

The western entrance to Harold Clark Simmons Hall

Through excellence in research, teaching, and community collaboration, Simmons is a catalyst for discovery and innovation that transforms communities and advances human potential.

Goals & Strategies: Summary

GOAL: Deliver relevant educational experiences.

Strategies

  • Lead an effort to understand the changing education landscape and advance new innovations.  
  • Develop evidence-based approaches that engage students and stakeholders in thoughtful and accessible ways.
  • Invest in department and center efforts to pilot and scale new offerings.

GOAL: Lead interdisciplinary integration of research and practice.

Strategies

  • Pioneer the exploration of the ethics, accessibility, and inclusion of AI and other new technologies.
  • Drive interdisciplinary research that explores new ways of approaching learning.
  • Consider how we organize our school to support interdisciplinary and collaborative practice.

GOAL: Grow Community Impact.

Strategies

  • Scale research-to-practice and practice-into-research efforts across the school.
  • Grow our community-focused collaborations and partnerships.
  • Create opportunities to learn, grow from, and share the strengths and assets of community leaders in the academic areas in which Simmons excels.

GOAL: Amplify Simmons' role as a top school of education and human development.

Strategies

  • Leverage and celebrate the college's interdisciplinary uniqueness as well as its accomplishments as a research institution.
  • Grow grant fun