Strategic Planning Process

In February 2023, President Livingstone named Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., and Chief of Staff Tiffany Hogue, J.D., as co-chairs of the University’s strategic planning process. The formation of a Strategic Planning Group (SPG) was subsequently announced in April 2023, consisting of a diverse group of faculty, staff and students charged with thinking outside their individual schools, colleges, departments and units and more broadly about the future of Baylor.

The SPG held its first strategic planning listening session in July 2023 with Baylor’s Board of Regents. From then through November 2023, the SPG hosted 93 listening sessions with 2,300 participants representing all faculty, staff and students who had the additional opportunity to complete an online input survey. The process also included an invitation for faculty, staff and students to submit white papers that described a strategic interdisciplinary or cross-functional initiative that the University should consider as part of the Strategic Plan. A total of 114 white papers were submitted, which included contributions by 521 faculty, staff and students. Additionally, the SPG conducted 71 interviews with external stakeholders, including higher education leaders across Texas and the United States.

During the next several months, the SPG analyzed the resulting data and identified major themes to be considered as part of this Strategic Plan. This led to an evaluation and feedback process that included the Board of Regents, President’s Council, Vice Provosts and Deans of the University. Following the review process, which continues throughout the 2024 spring semester and includes multiple opportunities for these groups to provide strategic guidance into the plan, President Livingstone will seek affirmation of Baylor’s Strategic Plan from the Board of Regents on May 17, 2024.