Completed

Goals and Objectives Successfully Met

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    Academic Review and Future Visioning

    This initiative began in Fall 2024 to create a bold and future-focused academic infrastructure for Emerson’s future. The project involves mapping current educational programs and priorities and analyzing the future direction of arts and communication disciplines to provide recommendations for future growth and investments. This data-driven project engages faculty, staff, and students to review curricula, majors, minors, and interdisciplinary programs and consider programs to create, improve, change, or sunset. 

    Performance Targets Include

    • Update undergraduate program offerings so all majors have at least 30 students and all minors have at least 20 students by Fall 2026
    • Develop and launch at least two new interdisciplinary undergraduate majors and two new interdisciplinary graduate programs by Fall 2028

    Goals Supported

    • Goal A.1 : Increase innovation, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration throughout the academic enterprise
    • Goal D.1 : Increase financial strength through innovative academic and programmatic offerings, increased philanthropy, and operational efficiencies
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    EmersonTogether

    EmersonTogether was created in Fall 2024 to help the community come together around solutions and shared values to address institutional silos and tensions. EmersonTogether is a living initiative supporting a spectrum of involvement across the silos that can sometimes form in higher education communities. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni at all of Emerson’s sites can contribute.

    Performance Targets Include

    • Conduct at least two community-building events or programs per month starting in Fall 2025
    • Develop Emersonians’ overall perceived sense of belonging as measured by Emerson360 starting in Fall 2025

    Goals Supported

    • Goal C.1 : Support a vibrant community culture and experience that fosters creativity, curiosity, belonging, accessibility, and well-being
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    Emerson Master Classes Initiative

    The Emerson College Master Classes Initiative offers curated opportunities for alumni, parents, and friends to share their expertise with the Emerson community. The program connects students with accomplished professionals and industry leaders across Emerson’s campuses, providing the real-world experience essential for career readiness.

    Performance Targets Include

    • Develop and launch one Master Class program per month for the 2025-2026 academic year, increasing to two Master Class programs per month in the 2026-2027 academic year.

    Goals Supported

    • Goal A.1 : Increase innovation, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration throughout the academic enterprise
    • Goal A.2 : Enhance student education and institutional capacity in emerging media and technologies