UH Goals and Strategies

1. Student Success: Provide a Top Tier, Inclusive Educational Experience to All

1. Make educational programs more financially accessible for all students.
2. Use innovative and creative teaching methods to elevate student learning.
3. Increase the number of experiential learning opportunities that prepare students to excel in their chosen fields.
4. Provide highest quality professional and graduate degree programs and prepare students to lead.
5. Provide working professionals with top quality programs to upgrade their skills and help create a robust economy.

2. Nationally Competitive Research: Build a Research Powerhouse that Impacts our Region & the World

1. Conduct innovative research in Houston’s areas of strength: energy, infrastructure, space, health, data sciences and the arts.
2. Create sustainable solutions for local, national and global challenges.
3. Build infrastructure and networks to promote interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research.
4. Support faculty and staff to compete for research honors and recognitions at the highest level.
5. Build an immersive culture of research and innovation for all students.

3. Social Responsibility: Serve as an Exemplar for Equitable & Inclusive Community Engagement

1. Build a coalition of medical and health professionals, health care providers, and students who work with community members to achieve health equity.
2. Strengthen our partnership with Historic Third Ward and the city of Houston.
3. Infuse and support the culture of volunteerism among students, staff and faculty.
4. Support freedom of expression and diversity of views.

4. Nationally Relevant Athletics: Build a Competitive Athletics Program

1. Pursue the best national platform for student-athletes to compete.
2. Prepare student-athletes for academic and lifelong success.
3. Build a sustainable funding base to support athletics.

5. Competitive Funding: Build a Sustainable Funding Base to Support Vision & Goals

1. Seek legislative support to equitably fund education for all students.
2. Enhance targeted private fundraising.
3. Establish new revenue streams.

UH System Goals

1. National Competiveness

1. The City of Houston (and the Greater Houston Region) will be known for having one of the best and most diverse metropolitan systems of higher education in the nation.
2. Each university within the UH System will benchmark itself nationally for excellence within the context of its unique mission.

2. Student Success

1. The UH System will commit to providing access to the people of the Greater Houston Region and the state.
2. Each university within the UH System will make student success its top priority and will hold itself publicly accountable for achieving this goal.
3. The UH System will help students identify the UHS university that best serves their needs and academic goals, so that they are not lost to the UH System or to higher education. Furthermore, pathways will be developed for transfers between campuses and admissions to graduate programs.

3. Community Advancement

1. The UH System will be the engine of social and economic advancement of the metropolitan region and the state.
2. Each university within the UH System will engage with its community and will hold itself publicly accountable for contributing toward community advancement.

State Information Resources Management Goals and Objectives

1. Elevated Government Experience

1. Customer Experience Strategies
2. Digital Accessibility
3. Connectivity and Continuity
4. Secure Identity and Access Management

2. Mature Data Management and Privacy Practices

1. Data Governance
2. Data Literacy
3. Reliable Analytics
4. Data Security and Privacy

3. Skilled and Resilient Workforce

1. IT Workforce Skills
2. Talent Development
3. Resilient Teams
4. Workplace Culture

4. Transformation and Modernization

1. Organizational Readiness
2. Accelerate Modernization
3. Guidance for Emerging Technology

Alignment of Priorities