University Strategic Plan 2019 - 2024

Boundlessly Forward: Detroit Mercy 2019 - 2024

Strategic Plan Development and Purpose

The Detroit Mercy 2019-2024 Strategic Plan: Boundlessly Forward is a living document that serves as a touchstone for Detroit Mercy’s ongoing quest to fulfill its mission. It also supports and reinforces major elements of the Detroit Mercy Brand: academic excellence, a values-based education, excellent future outcomes and a thriving urban setting.

This strategic plan emphasizes enrollment growth, greater efficiency, return on investment and prosperity for the institution by:

  • Focusing university efforts on building a more vibrant campus that attracts, engages and transforms students
  • Offering dynamic and relevant academic programs that are mission-focused
  • Enhancing the pride and loyalty felt by the Detroit Mercy community through excellent customer service and a discerning corporate culture.
These efforts are aimed at ensuring financial sustainability of the institution. The plan serves as a guidepost for resource allocation, fundraising efforts and alternative revenue sources.

Strategic Plan Video

The plan builds on our recent accomplishments and serves as a framework to empower stakeholders to work together to create the best possible future for the University. Through numerous workshops and forums, more than 400 staff members, administrators, faculty and students contributed to this shared vision.

Mission Alignment

The three primary goals, along with the 10 supporting strategies, reinforce the University’s mission and the heritage of our founding sponsors, the Society of Jesus and the Religious Sisters of Mercy, in order to maintain our commitment to the cura personalis for each student who chooses to pursue his or her educational goals at Detroit Mercy.

Goal 1

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Create Detroit's "College Town"

  • Enhance student engagement.
  • Improve student-centered facilities.
  • Connect to and enhance the surrounding community.

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Goal 2

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Deliver Relevant and Dynamic Academics

  • Establish a process for ongoing and comprehensive academic program evaluation.
  • Support the academic enterprise with alternative revenue streams.
  • Coordinate marketing and recruitment with academic goals.
  • Invest in effective and high-quality teaching, advising and mentorship.

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