YSU’s strategic plan represents a shared vision of what YSU seeks to become and specific strategies to achieve it.  An open and continuous endeavor, the strategic planning process is designed to guide a dynamic University capable of responding in a timely fashion to new opportunities and changing internal and external circumstances.  The plan reflects campus- and community-wide collaboration and discussion.

The Strategic Plan will

• represent YSU’s commitment to provide all students open access to a high-quality education.
• state how YSU interacts with and responds to community needs and opportunities.
• guide development of annual action plans and budgets, connecting human and other resources to identified priorities and supporting initiatives.
• guide the University in identifying programs and activities that will be initiated, continued, and discontinued.
• establish a vision for achieving identified priorities by YSU’s centennial year in 2008.