Goals of the Virginia Plan for Higher Education

Goal1: Provide Affordable Access for All

Strategies

• Expand outreach to PK-12 and traditionally underserved populations
• Improve the college readiness of all students
• Cultivate affordable postsecondary education pathways for traditional, non-traditional and returning students
• Align state appropriations, financial aid and tuition and fees such that students have broader access to postsecondary education opportunities regardless of their ability to pay

Goal 2: Optimize Student Success for Work and Life

         Strategies

• Strengthen curricular options to ensure that graduates are prepared with the competencies necessary for employment and civic engagement
• Provide effective academic and student services infrastructures focused on persistence and completion
• Increase on-time completion of certificates and degrees
• Engage adults and veterans in certificate and degree completion and lifelong learning

Goal 3: Drive Change and Improvement through Innovation and Investment

         Strategies

• Identify and implement public funding strategies to sustain long-term planning and responsiveness
• Cultivate innovations that enrich quality, promote collaboration and improve efficiency
• Foster faculty excellence, scholarship and diversity
• Enhance higher education leadership, governance and accountability

Goal 4: Advance the Economic & Cultural Prosperity of the Commonwealth & its Regions

         Strategies

• Build a competitive, future-ready workforce for all regions
• Become a catalyst for entrepreneurship and a model for business incubation
• Target funding, resources and partnerships to support research and development
• Expand participation and engagement in public service & institutional service to the community
• Demonstrate the impact of higher education on state and regional economic development