Strategic Planning

CSU's Strategic Plan: 2025-2030

Cleveland State University is developing its new strategic plan, which will guide the University's efforts through 2030.

CSU's Strategic Planning Task Force is working throughout the Fall 2024 semester to develop a strategic plan that is inclusive of the CSU community, ambitious in its scope and measurable in its goals. With this new strategic plan in mind, CSU's senior leadership team will identify the University's highest priorities and goals for the years ahead.

During the development of the strategic plan, many details will require discussion, input and feedback from the Strategic Planning Task Force and the CSU community at large. However, the strategic plan will focus on those items that are most central to the University's identity, namely dedication to students and service to the community. The plan will explore how CSU can best serve its students and Northeast Ohio with creativity and innovation.

Charting Our Path: Designing CSU's Next Strategic Plan

Our Emerging Strategic Plan

On Sept. 3, the Strategic Planning Task Force presented to CSU students, faculty and staff members draft elements of the new strategic plan. Although still in progress, these elements of the plan conveyed the University's direction in the years to come, its ambitions and strengths.

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Elements of the Plan

During information sessions held in September 2024, the Strategic Planning Task Force collected more than 375 responses to a survey, requesting feedback on draft elements of the strategic plan. Based on the suggestions and input received, the Task Force has made revisions to several strategic statements.

Click here to view a summary of the feedback the Task Force received and their changes in light of these suggestions.

Timeline for Completion

May 2024
The CSU Board of Trustees begins discussions of a new strategic plan during their summer retreat.

July
The CSU Senior Leadership Team and college deans attend a brainstorming session to gather initial insight for a strategic plan.

August
The Strategic Planning Task Force begins meeting regularly to develop CSU's next strategic plan.

September to November
The Strategic Planning Task Force hosts sessions with university groups to gather input on the strategic plan in progress.

The Task Force continues developing the strategic plan and refining elements based on collected feedback.

December
The Strategic Planning Task Force submits the strategic plan to the CSU Board of Trustees for review.

Information Sessions

Throughout the process, President Bloomberg and the Strategic Planning Task Force will be hosting information sessions. During these virtual events, members of the CSU community will receive the latest information on the process and can provide feedback on the strategic plan.

Recordings of these information sessions will be posted online following the event.

Upcoming Sessions

During CSU's annual State of the University address, President Bloomberg will celebrate 60 years of CSU history and provide an update on the University's emerging strategic plan.

Find more information here.

During a regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate, members of the Strategic Planning Task Force will present elements of the strategic plan to date and revisions that have been made thanks to community feedback.

Find more information here.

The Strategic Planning Task Force will host a second webinar open to all CSU students, faculty and staff members to deliver the latest information on the emerging strategic plan.

Details to attend are forthcoming.