Augsburg150
The Sesquicentennial Strategic Plan
Vision
As a new kind of urban, student-centered university, we are educating Auggies as stewards of an inclusive democracy, engaged in their communities and uniquely equipped to navigate the complex issues of our time.
Mission
Augsburg University educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.
Mission Foundation
The Augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its life and work. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values of the Lutheran Church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.
Theory of Change
We believe that individuals, educated in a student-centered, diverse and equity-minded community using innovative and high-impact practices, will live and work as citizens dedicated to a better world.
Key change pathways and practices
- Equity leadership, intercultural competence, and inclusive excellence
- Accomplished and engaged faculty dedicated to teaching
- A culture of learning and results
Core strategies and goals
- Strengthen Augsburg’s three-dimensional education (Make a living / Make a life / Build community)
- Advance the public purposes of an Augsburg education
- Grow as a sustainable university
Key result areas
- Strengthen Augsburg’s three-dimensional education (Make a living / Make a life / Build community)
- Expanding signature experience- and problem-based learning
- Preparing students for the workforce
- Advance the public purposes of an Augsburg education
- Engaging as an anchor institution, place-making with our neighbors in Cedar-Riverside and at Augsburg sites around the world
- Enhancing interfaith leadership on campus and nationally
- Grow as a sustainable university
- Building new organizational capacity to drive enrollment growth across programs
- Strengthening Augsburg’s philanthropic culture to advance our highest strategic priorities including endowment growth and support for students