{"id":2328,"date":"2017-08-17T09:20:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/?page_id=2328"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:05:44","slug":"strategic-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5098wo-841fdc994296f487c90f8bc5df7a3940\">\n.avia-section.av-5098wo-841fdc994296f487c90f8bc5df7a3940{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url('https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/09\/Southern-Oregon-University-Strategic-Planning-Introduction.webp') ;\nbackground-position:100% 100%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='admissions-hero' aria-label='SOU Strategic Planning - Home Page - Title Section' class='avia-section 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class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >STRATEGIC PLAN<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-187lxk8-98301c2b6e9dbac0f1a4f07e4bf9cef3\">\n.flex_column.av-187lxk8-98301c2b6e9dbac0f1a4f07e4bf9cef3{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-187lxk8-98301c2b6e9dbac0f1a4f07e4bf9cef3 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-16a7fko-c41da9373bad0db6697a7159624b8fa3 alternate_color  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  no-border goofy-foot av-sticky-submenu submenu-not-first container_wrap 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Values<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_2' aria-label='SOU Strategic Planning - Home Page - Description Section' class='avia-section av-10qx7yw-7ca9ae02dd491baae16dffd827378dd2 main_color avia-section-default avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_submenu  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2328'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mtxdfl4z-4794cdf00f673e8f6fe67803080adf59\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mtxdfl4z-4794cdf00f673e8f6fe67803080adf59{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:30px;\n}\nbody 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itemprop=\"headline\"  >Southern Oregon University\u2019s Thrive 2025-2028 Strategic Plan<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-93ygns-2c892eb76834cd4ac88009e8751115f9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">These priorities and their objectives guide SOU toward its vision of what a regional public university can be: small by choice, distinctive by design, financially resilient, and rooted in place, where every student graduates with real work, real mentors, and human capacities no machine can replicate. The plan and associated workflows reflect our commitment to integrity, student-centeredness, sustainability, accountability and transparency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Developed with members of the internal and external SOU community, these priorities reflect our environment and opportunities and build upon our role as Southern Oregon&#8217;s regionally-engaged learning community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-mtxeqq4d-d0b712ba996d27f6357ba18a91951fcb-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/09\/Strategic-Plan-THRIVE-adopted-by-BoT-Oct-2025.pdf'  class='avia-button av-mtxeqq4d-d0b712ba996d27f6357ba18a91951fcb av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"Full Strategic Plan\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Full Strategic Plan<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mtxf07h4-323e92a6679b31f8fff47c89ab89218a\">\n.avia-section.av-mtxf07h4-323e92a6679b31f8fff47c89ab89218a{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3' aria-label='SOU Strategic Planning - Home Page - Description Section' class='avia-section av-mtxf07h4-323e92a6679b31f8fff47c89ab89218a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2328'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39{\nmargin:0 0 0 0;\npadding-bottom:30px;\nfont-size:30px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:30px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mtxencs6-548bc11107475e2e93e906f59bba9c39 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-11  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Priorities and Objectives of the Strategic Plan<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-782ejs-3c6787665828d5afc3ad6ea8e1fe6b12 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mtxf28vh-2a73bfe1eb7f2ae23fed113b989a7499\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mtxf28vh-2a73bfe1eb7f2ae23fed113b989a7499{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mtxf28vh-2a73bfe1eb7f2ae23fed113b989a7499 .av-special-heading-tag 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avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mtxf2rnq-6ab671cabfce54859f046e64633a8c48\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mtxf2rnq-6ab671cabfce54859f046e64633a8c48{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mtxf2rnq-6ab671cabfce54859f046e64633a8c48 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mtxf2rnq-6ab671cabfce54859f046e64633a8c48 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mtxf2rnq-6ab671cabfce54859f046e64633a8c48 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-16  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Team Thriving<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mtxf2mit-cd98761cd4fd674e1cdf454b74e27894 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li>Compensation<\/li>\n<li>Workload Distribution<\/li>\n<li>Work\/Life Balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1r2bc-480e642513876ff2e62f7b2dd6bae20f av_one_third  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mtxf355j-3c2a8afac7de5cb5b797d5707cee5ec4\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mtxf355j-3c2a8afac7de5cb5b797d5707cee5ec4{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mtxf355j-3c2a8afac7de5cb5b797d5707cee5ec4 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mtxf355j-3c2a8afac7de5cb5b797d5707cee5ec4 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading 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itemprop=\"headline\"  >Plan Materials<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-mtxez4re-813310c948afcac59708b98b14a67d7b  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-mtxero5z-0f399b84152be64679f4e1bcc0458422'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Full Strategic Plan&lt;\/strong&gt;\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: &lt;strong&gt;Full Strategic Plan&lt;\/strong&gt;\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: &lt;strong&gt;Full Strategic Plan&lt;\/strong&gt;\"><strong>Full Strategic Plan<\/strong><span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>View <span style=\"color: #993300\"><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/09\/Strategic-Plan-THRIVE-adopted-by-BoT-Oct-2025.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span> for the Full Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-mtxero5z-6-0018d94166c3f68df11bc7b7cc3f32e1'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Plan Summary&lt;\/strong&gt;\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: &lt;strong&gt;Plan Summary&lt;\/strong&gt;\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: &lt;strong&gt;Plan Summary&lt;\/strong&gt;\"><strong>Plan Summary<\/strong><span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>View <span style=\"color: #993300\"><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/09\/SOU-Thrive-Infographic-Teal-for-Desktop-Viewing.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span> for digital use.<\/p>\n<p>View <span style=\"color: #993300\"><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/09\/SOU-Thrive-Infographic-Teal-for-Print.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span> for print use.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-mtxero5z-5-741c303b3086e1a871903b94696ac9aa'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-3' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Integration Plan (working draft)&lt;\/strong&gt;\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: &lt;strong&gt;Integration Plan (working draft)&lt;\/strong&gt;\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: &lt;strong&gt;Integration Plan (working draft)&lt;\/strong&gt;\"><strong>Integration Plan (working draft)<\/strong><span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-3' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Mapping the Vitality Plan and the Future-Ready Enrollment Plan to the SOU Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n<p>View <span style=\"color: #993300\"><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/strategic-planning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/09\/SOU_Integrated_Strategic_Plan.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The SOU Strategic Plan adopted by the Board of Trustees in October 2025 remains the university&#8217;s governing framework. It sets three priorities \u2014 Students Thriving, Team Thriving, and Institution Thriving \u2014 and eleven objectives beneath them, each with suggested key performance indicators and each fed by a set of named workflows.<\/p>\n<p>Two planning efforts now carry much of the work of delivering on those objectives. The Vitality Plan, finalized July 21, 2026, is the university&#8217;s path to fiscal sustainability and, at the same time, its answer to an identity question: what SOU will be as a small, place-based, regional public university. The Future Ready Enrollment Plan 2025\u20132027, developed by the SOU Enrollment Council, is the strategic enrollment management plan \u2014 and it is the same Future-Ready Enrollment Plan already named as a workflow in the adopted strategic plan, which means it does not need to be bolted on. It was always part of the architecture.<\/p>\n<p>This document does not replace any of the three. It maps them. Each pillar and each objective from the adopted strategic plan appears here in its original form, with its original workflows and KPIs, followed by the strategies and tactics from the Vitality Plan and the Future-Ready Enrollment Plan that will actually move that objective&#8217;s outcomes. Read down a pillar to see what the university committed to; read across an objective to see who is doing what about it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_5' aria-label='SOU Strategic Planning - Home Page - Contact Section' class='avia-section av-5rem3c-78fb6e833c10a05edb4877d6fa13f953 alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2328'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-jahso-d3dd1753c5d4a78021013c4c39b59787 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-25  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><\/div><div  class='flex_column 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