{"id":26018,"date":"2020-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-university-launches-strategy-planning-for-next-decade\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:27:24","slug":"tarleton-state-university-launches-strategy-planning-for-next-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-university-launches-strategy-planning-for-next-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State University Launches Strategy Planning for Next Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nMonday, September 28, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has kicked off a six-month strategic planning process, encouraging students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and community members to take an active role in charting a 10-year course for the institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeveloping a future-focused strategic plan for the next decade is exciting and critically important,\u201d said Tarleton President James Hurley. \u201cWe are all experiencing challenges we have never had before, but that\u2019s exactly why now is the time to invest our time, energy and focus toward envisioning and shaping our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hurley has named Dr. Credence Baker, Dean of Tarleton\u2019s College of Graduate Studies, to lead an inclusive and transparent process, culminating in a strategy that aligns with Tarleton\u2019s affirmation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in spring 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube Video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3WMzjYCjvUs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CampusWorks Inc., a higher education consulting firm based in Bradenton, Fla., will facilitate discussions and gather ideas and recommendations from campus and community workshops, forums, focus groups and surveys to inform the plan\u2019s measurable goals and action steps<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voices and critical insights of the entire Tarleton family are central to the success of our efforts,\u201d Dr. Baker said. \u201cWe need everyone\u2019s participation to envision how we become the university the future demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A website,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/ourfuture\/\"> http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/ourfuture\/<\/a>, has been created to share next moves and a timeline, introduce members of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee, and showcase how the Tarleton family can get involved. The final strategic plan document will be ready for dissemination by March.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today\u2019s scholars into tomorrow\u2019s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 14,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Dr. Credence Baker, Dean of the College of Graduate Studies<br \/>\n254-968-9420<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cjacobs@tarleton.edu\">cbaker@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University has kicked off a six-month strategic planning process, encouraging students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and community members to take an active role in charting a 10-year course for the institution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,425,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community","category-science-health"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-324-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/science-health\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Science &amp; Health<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Science &amp; Health<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 28, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 28, 2020 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:27 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Aerial view of Tarleton State University campus with buildings and walkways.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54023,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26018\/revisions\/54023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}