“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.”
The great inventor Thomas Alva Edison made this observation when the 20th century was still young and America was just beginning to understand its importance as an emerging global power. Today, as history carries us through the opening years of the 21st century, we instinctively recognize the wisdom of Edison’s words. We realize that desired outcomes in human events are most likely to be achieved when they are well defined and vigorously pursued through a carefully structured planning process. That philosophy has guided Florida Atlantic University’s strategic planning effort for the past 18 months.
FAU, like Edison’s America, is about to come of age. As its fifth decade of service begins, FAU steps into a future that holds tremendous promise, from continued excellence in classroom teaching to exciting new achievements in research and other creative activities and meaningful advances in public service, all unfolding against a backdrop of ongoing enrollment growth and facilities expansion. FAU’s 2006-2013 Strategic Plan seeks to position the institution as a university of first choice. The Strategic Plan gives clear direction to the process of identifying specific actions the University must take to meet current and future challenges.
Frank T. Brogan, '81
President
Below you can click on the links to see the vision, mission, values and goals of the Strategic Plan:
View the Introduction from President Brogan on video: Click here
