Innovating for Student Success: FGCU's Journey to Excellence
In April 2022, the President’s Cabinet and FGCU’s Board of Trustees implemented the FGCU Strategic Roadmap Initiative, a framework to facilitate the university’s next strategic plan. The initiative focused on extensive internal and external input to serve as an indicator of FGCU’s current state, as well as factors that will impact the university’s future.
In July 2023, FGCU initiated the second phase to finalize the next strategic plan’s mission, vision, goals and objectives. Led by a Strategic Planning Steering Committee – and informed by the Strategic Roadmap Initiative, stakeholder feedback sessions and community surveys – the work resulted in the 2024-2029 Strategic Plan.
President Aysegul Timur received unanimous approval for the plan by the Board of Trustees in December 2023 and Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida in January 2024.
2024-2029 Strategic Plan
Annual Unit Report Integration With Strategic Plan
Florida Gulf Coast University engages in ongoing, comprehensive, and integrated research-based
planning and evaluation processes that focus on institutional goals and objectives
consistent with our mission. 
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FGCU’s 2024-2029 Strategic Plan, Innovating for Student Success-FGCU’s Journey to Excellence is the result of a nearly two year-long self-study to include a review of FGCU accountability and effectiveness measures, as well as
extensively engaging internal and external constituents. The resulting plan clarifies our Mission, Vision, Goals and Objectives for the next
five years. These components are aligned with the 2025 State University System Plan and include
broad goals that will lead to positive improvement as reported via Performance Based
Funding Metrics and Key Performance Indicators annually in the State University System
Accountability Plan.
Annual Unit Reporting Process
Institutional goals and objectives stated in the strategic plan are operationalized through annual unit planning and reporting that is aligned with each of the five strategic plan goals and their related objectives. The Office of Planning and Institutional Performance (PIP) and the Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Council (IEAC) support every unit within the university to produce an annual report. These Annual Unit Planning and Evaluation Reports include outcomes that are aligned with the Strategic Plan goals and objectives and are time-bound for one academic year. These outcomes are assessed annually. The results of the assessment are reviewed by unit stakeholders, and these results and related documentation, are reported in HelioCampus. This software allows users to document strategic plan alignment, as well as resources required to achieve goals. Resource allocation is based on strategic priorities linked to achieving the goals set forth in Journey to Excellence. Each year’s annual results will inform the annual outcome setting for the following year. Supervisors and Employees will work together to align individual goals with the Strategic Plan goals and objectives. The timing of submission of goals will be synchronized to the annual unit reporting process.
Annual Unit Planning/Evaluation Reporting
Planning and Institutional Performance (PIP) and the Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability Council (IEAC) support every organizational unit to produce an annual planning/evaluation report including outcomes aligned with Strategic Plan.
- The outcomes and achievements are reviewed by stakeholders within the organizational units. The intended outcomes, results, the report use of results, and documentation will be reported in HelioCampus annual planning software.
- The units that offer academic and student support services will have Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) as well as Administrative/Operational outcomes. All other units will have Administrative/Operational outcomes.
- Each year’s annual results will inform the annual outcome setting for the following year
