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Strategic Plan

2026-2031

At the heart of Texas A&M lies a tradition built upon the foundation of the Aggie Core Values: Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect, and Selfless Service. These principles not only define what it means to be an Aggie but also serve as a foundation for responsible citizenship in our communities and beyond.

In the College of Nursing, these values carry a deep significance. Nurses embody selfless service through their dedication to patient care, advocate for respect and dignity in health care settings, and uphold integrity in every decision affecting human lives. Leadership in nursing ensures the advancement of compassionate care, excellence drives innovations in health care, and loyalty fosters a commitment to lifelong learning.

This strategic plan aligns with our mission, vision, and values and provides a roadmap to empower nurses, fostering a culture of active and engaged citizenship within health care. By embracing ethical leadership, patient-centered excellence, and service-driven care, we aim to cultivate nursing professionals who excel clinically and serve as compassionate leaders in their communities.

With this strategic plan, we reaffirm our commitment to shaping nurses who lead with respect, act with integrity, and serve with purpose, embedding the Aggie Spirit in health care and beyond.

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Strategic Plan Pillars

Educational Excellence

Enhance academic and professional education with innovative, competency-based, and student-centered pedagogies to prepare creative, competent, and ethically responsible nurse leaders equipped to advance human health and health care.

Goals

  1. Enhance academic rigor and excellence during a period of enrollment growth and curriculum redesign.
  2. Empower each faculty member to achieve their fullest potential through personalized support, professional development, and a commitment to excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, and service.
  3. Seek to improve undergraduate and graduate student competency in the effective use of informatics technology such as electronic health records, telehealth, and other digital health tools.
  4. Design and implement a systematic curricular evaluation plan for all levels of nursing education programs and courses for ongoing continuous quality improvement.
  5. Expand the number of clinical partnerships by at least one per campus per year to enhance student placement opportunities across hospitals, rural immersion experiences, community clinics, telehealth settings, and global health experiences.

Student-Centered Excellence

Cultivate a student-centered culture where people from all backgrounds thrive.

Goals

  1. Develop a formalized function to maintain an engagement strategy for former students using marketing, communication, events, and outreach. 
  2. Increase current student engagement by 25% by August 2031 to enhance academic excellence and overall program satisfaction.
  3. Improve resilience scores among graduating nursing students through targeted interventions aimed at reducing burnout and stress while strengthening resiliency, coping strategies, social support, and self-efficacy.

  4. Expand current student outreach initiatives by one additional student activity per year.

Research & Innovation Excellence

Lead transformative research, implementation science, and scholarship that address health challenges of vulnerable, rural, and underserved populations and promote overall human health and innovation.

Goals

  1. Expand doctoral programs to include a PhD in nursing program by the fall of 2028.
  2. Increase and expand grant submissions and award funding for research by 10% annually for the next five years.
  3. Increase collaborative research composed of interdisciplinary faculty, health care organizations, and industry partners.
  4. Recruit, retain, and invest in faculty with research programs that align with the college research priorities.
  5. Support the advancement and dissemination of high-quality, high-impact, interdisciplinary research and innovative health care delivery programs.

Resource Stewardship

Diversify and sustain revenue streams and the infrastructure to support growth of current and new educational programs including clinical enterprise as well as optimize resource utilization and operational efficiencies.

Goals

  1. Optimize resource utilization and operational efficiencies.
  2. Maintain emergency preparedness contingency plans and practice stewardship of resources to support academic and clinical success during disruptions of service.
  3. Enhance resource stewardship by implementing a structured faculty and staff recruitment, retention, and professional development program to optimize workforce investment by January 2027.
  4. Cultivate additional funding sources for student scholarships, endowed positions, program expansions, centers of excellence, and enhancements to educational experiences.
  5. Foster wellness and a healthy work environment through open communication, collaboration, collegiality, mutual respect, and shared governance.