In pursuing our vision, the University has been engaged continuously in strategic planning. The Strategic Plan 2015-2020, approved by our Board of Trustees in May 2015, focuses on AUP’s core strengths, mission and vision for the future, as well as on its understanding of the challenges posed by its various external environments. It outlines seven strategic goals for institutional growth and provides a frame going forward within which service to our global explorer students, curricular development, campus redevelopment, communication of our message on a global scale, and the University’s long-‐term sustainability may be articulated.
As we conduct our annual institutional reviews of the current Strategic Plan, many of the initiatives of the plan have already been accomplished as of 2017 and our 55th anniversary. The plan, to be fully achieved by 2020, will continue to build on and ensure the University's institutional growth, financial strength, and continuing academic excellence, as well as our commitment to placing our global explorers at the center of all we do.