Purpose Statement: Lehigh will expand our graduate and professional offerings to be part of the lifelong learning experience. Lehigh will provide learning opportunities for alumni and for others who are seeking to gain new skills and credentials, and advance in their profession and life. We will transform Ph.D. education to be student-centered and provide specific training relevant to the full range of Ph.D. career pathways.
Initiative Lead: Sabrina Jedlicka
Project Manager: Neil Gogno
Strategic Goals Supported:
- Make it New
- Embrace risk taking and a philosophy of fast failure as vital to innovation and learning.
- Pursue understanding in emerging areas.
- Be nimble, dynamic and future-focused.
- Make a Difference
- Focus deeply in interdisciplinary research and education.
- Lead in student learning outcomes through building from theory to practice to expertise.
- Build and strengthen external partnerships.
- Become a user-focused university.
- Make it Together
- Broaden Lehigh’s global perspective and impact.
- Enhance access and equity, develop trust and ensure a sense of belonging for all members of the Lehigh community.
- Strengthen and grow community engagement and service, and partnerships within Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley.
Strategic Throughlines: Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Libraries, Athletics, Global, and Wellness
Important Organizational Infrastructure: Graduate and Research Committee and Graduate Student Senate
Highlights and Accomplishments:
- Launched new graduate programs (Aerospace Engineering MS program, Graduate Certificate in Applications of AI) and provided funds to develop additional new programs
- Formalized systems for graduate and professional program development and assessment
- Strengthened graduate student career readiness efforts through increased faculty engagement in graduate student success initiatives and integration of career development into academic programming
Explore more accomplishments for this and other initiatives on the Completed Projects page.
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Have a question or want to get involved? Reach out to inlifelu@lehigh.edu