SPH Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning 2025-2030
The purpose of strategic planning is to set a shared direction for our School that can guide our decision-making, resource allocation, and communications with external stakeholders.
Our 2025-2030 strategic plan carries themes forward from our last strategic plan: student support; advancing diversity, equity and inclusion; teaching and learning excellence; global health; research; and community engagement. These foci remain relevant in today's environment and are well aligned with the Chancellor's strategic priorities.
Consistent with accreditation requirements from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), our plan includes approaches to:
- promote student success
- advance the field of public health, and
- prepare students to work with diverse populations and communities
As you reflect on each of the goals and related objectives and strategies below, please consider 1) which ones are of greatest impact and importance to SPH's ability to achieve excellence in the above areas, and 2) how they may be strengthened in the face of the current and future fiscal and sociopolitical environment.
Faculty and Staff Share Comments by March 14th
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Our Strategic Framework Heading link
Our strategic framework illustrates the overarching themes of our plan. Student success is advanced through transformative curriculum, teaching excellence, and holistic support services. Our research is strengthened when we have the infrastructure and resources to compete successfully for funding, sustain the impact of our projects, and amplify the work we do.
Our mission to improve the health and well-being of the people of the metropolitan Chicago area, the State of Illinois, the nation, and of others throughout the world requires that we enhance the skills, values, and partnerships that enable us to seek out and respond appropriately to unique community needs and perspectives. This mission is achieved when our faculty and staff are empowered to do their best work.
Click the links below to view each of our draft goals and related objectives and strategies (Box login required).
View Kickoff Resources & Outcomes
Our Process Heading link
Our strategic planning process started with our annual faculty and staff kickoff and will continue to be shaped by feedback from our students, alumni, and community and public health partners. Once complete, the plan will be submitted for faculty approval to begin implementation in Fall 2025.
Over the course of our planning process, there will be several ways to provide feedback:
- Faculty and staff open comment period (2/13/25 – 3/14/25, linked above)
- SPH community Q & A sessions (weekly 2/20/25 – 3/12/25, RSVP above)
- Delphi prioritization exercise (3/17/25 – 4/2/25)
- Full Faculty meeting (4/21/25)
- External partner comment period (5/12/25 – 6/30/25)