AVÀÇÂÛ̳

UAF Core Themes:

1. Educate: Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Lifelong Learners.
2. Research: To Create and Disseminate New Knowledge, Insight, Technology, Artistic and Scholarly Works.
3. Prepare: AVÀÇÂÛ̳’s Career, Technical, and Professional Workforce.
4. Connect: AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native, Rural, and Urban Communities by Sharing Knowledge and Ways of Knowing.
5. Engage: AVÀÇÂÛ̳ns through Outreach for Continuing Education and Community and Economic Development.

UAF Strategic Plan Themes:

1. Modernize the student experience. 
2. Strengthen our position as global leaders in AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native and Indigenous programs.
3. Achieve Tier 1 research status.
4. Transform UAF's intellectual property development and commercialization enterprise.
5. Embrace and grow a culture of respect, diversity, inclusion and caring.
6. Revitalize key academic programs.

For more information you can visit the UAF Strategic Plan 2027 website. 

UAF Accreditation Themes and Indicators

• Student Success and Degree Attainment
• Research
• Skilled Workforce
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

 

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1. Contribute to AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s economic development, skilled workforce and engaged citizenship.
2. Foster academic excellence for student success.
3. Grow our world-class research. 
4. Operate cost effectively.
5. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in students, faculty, and staff.

Priority Focus Areas:

• Increase student enrollment through retention in degree programs for AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s workforce.
• Develop workforce and focused economic development initiatives.
• Promote Arctic policy, research, and leadership.
• Strengthen teacher education through the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ College of Education Consortium.
• Advance the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Success Initiative.
• Build finance partnerships to expand the business workforce.
• Increase fisheries and ocean sciences presence in Southeast AVÀÇÂÛ̳.
• Revise business models for efficiency and modernization.

For more information you can visit the website.

The University strives to better represent the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ population, for all to feel they belong, and for the change to be visible and recognized. 

The University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ System, guided by the Board of Regents, is committed to:

1. Improving the participation and success of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Natives through educational achievement statewide, and
2. Improving AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native representation and success throughout the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ system.

Understanding that the university is also underrepresented in other minority groups, the work from this process will inform efforts to increase diversity and success throughout the university’s programs and operations. 

For more information you can visit the website.