Strategic Plan Framework 2023-2029
Overview
Developing the Plan
The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges (UHCC), which includes seven campuses, five education centers, and three University Centers, serve vibrant and diverse communities across the state of Hawaiʻi. Together, the campuses and centers offer higher education opportunities in a variety of formats and modalities to meet the needs of the local and state communities. The UHCC Strategic Plan Framework guides the work of the colleges and provides a vision for the future.
In spring 2022, the Vice President for Community Colleges convened a Strategic Planning Council (SPC) comprised of representatives from systemwide shared governance groups, campus administrators, and UHCC System offices. Tasked with creating a plan that outlines the UHCC’s role and purpose, the SPC met in fall 2022 and spring 2023 to review systemwide data and the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Strategic Plan.
The UH Strategic Plan, which articulates the university’s vision, mission, and foundational principles, also identifies four imperatives that serve to inspire practical action. These imperatives underscore the university’s significant role in furthering itself as an indigenous-serving and indigenous-centered institution, supporting students in meeting their goals, addressing workforce needs, and diversifying Hawaiʻi’s economy.
Through surveys, interviews, town hall meetings, and breakout sessions, faculty, staff, and students, as well as community members, offered feedback as valued stakeholders to inform the UH Strategic Plan. The UH Strategic Plan implementation plan is currently being developed through multiple work groups under each of the four imperatives. These groups have shared their action plans with their respective constituents with the goal of acknowledging and incorporating their perspectives.
With the robust engagement occurring with the UH Strategic Plan, the UHCC Strategic Plan Framework is intended to function as a bridge between the UH Strategic Plan and the campus strategic plans. The UHCC Strategic Plan Framework includes the UHCC vision and mission, and foundational principles and imperatives that align with those in the UH Strategic Plan.