Phase II of Oregon State University’s Strategic Plan for the 21st Century continued the University’s ambitious drive to rank among the ten land grant universities in the nation. The plan built on OSU’s long tradition of excellence in education, research, and outreach, and on the significant progress arising from the previous strategic plan and the University’s first university‑wide capital campaign, with a focus on:
- Sustaining and accelerating improvements in student learning and experience through creation of outstanding academic and student engagement programs;
- Aligning and strengthening innovative scholarly and research activities to continue discovering new products and technologies that generate economic activity; and
- Focusing even more intently on enhancing OSU’s ability to produce strategies and solutions for the most important—and intractable—issues facing Oregon, the nation, and the world.