1. CAU Mobilizing for the Future
CAU Opening Institute Presentation
August 12, 2015
Ronald A. Johnson, Ph.D.
President

2. Atlanta University Was Founded in 1865
A Time of Promise….
A Time of Uncertainty…

3. Unfathomable Challenges
Jim Crow
Tenant Farming

4. HBCUs Persevered Social Equity Promise

5. Mobilize for the Future
We Must…
Mobilize for the Future

6. IDEAS: CAU’s Educational and Learning DNA
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Design and Systematic Thinking
Environmental Sustainability
Arts, Humanities, Cultural Dynamics and Inclusion
Science, Technology, and Convergence

7. 1 2 3 4 5 Mobilizing for the Future: Strategic Framework Mission
Vision
Core Values
CAU Strategic Goals
CAU-Wide Strategic Objectives
Key Performance Indicators and Targets
Strategies, Initiatives, and Actions 1 2
Performance Perspectives (Drivers) 3
Increasing Student Academic and Career Success
Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness
Strengthening the Learning Organization 4 5

8. Mobilizing the Curriculum for the Future
Necessary Condition:
Sufficient Conditions:
A Core Curriculum that focuses on outcomes not inputs
Improving the college readiness of our students.
Reframing degree programs to incorporate the revised Core Curriculum and competency-based education.
Planning and implementing the rollout of CAU’s revised academic framework.

9. Thank You. Let Us Mobilize!
To Be at the Global Crossroads of IDEAS.
To Sustain and Elevate the CAU Promise and to Raise the Social Equity and Global Relevance of CAU.