Achieving the campus’ strategic goals will require investment in the set of campus-level initiatives outlined below. Together, these initiatives speak to core aspects of UC Merced’s capacity and capability to move toward R1 and to sustainably deliver its mission. They are:
1. Staffing: An alignment of UC Merced’s workforce with the campus’s priorities.
2. Facilities: A process to recommend and implement physical growth on campus in line with student and research needs.
3. Talent Management: A talent management plan to recruit a skilled workforce, support their professional development, and sustainable plan for successions.
4. Information Technology: A strategy to allocate digital resources, integrate technological systems, and support academic and administrative IT needs.
5. Campus Workflows: Streamlined processes to achieve efficient, integrated delivery of campus services.
6. Access to Data: Increased access to data and analytics to inform decision making across campus.
7. Budget Planning and Allocation: A transparent budget model to support campus goals, enable units to plan their futures, and ensure the sustainability of all campus assets and programs.
8. Equity, Justice, and Inclusive Excellence: A commitment to become an inclusively excellent university that values its diverse students, faculty, staff and community.
9. Sustainability: A commitment to advance a campus sustainability plan that showcases how a research university can foster a just and sustainable world.
