UVa 2030 strategic plan - realistic and achievable?

[Anonymous]

A few years ago UVa released a strategic plan with the goal of becoming the top public university in the USA and one of the top universities in the world by 2030. In the past years the school has been slipping in rankings and has fallen to the T5 public, and ranked somewhere between 24-27. Very recently the university opened the School of Data Science, which could bump up CS programs.

Do you think UVa can turn around the decline or will it keep falling lower and lower? The grad law school and business school are very highly ranked but the undergrad is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago UVa released a strategic plan with the goal of becoming the top public university in the USA and one of the top universities in the world by 2030. In the past years the school has been slipping in rankings and has fallen to the T5 public, and ranked somewhere between 24-27. Very recently the university opened the School of Data Science, which could bump up CS programs.

Do you think UVa can turn around the decline or will it keep falling lower and lower? The grad law school and business school are very highly ranked but the undergrad is not.

Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago UVa released a strategic plan with the goal of becoming the top public university in the USA and one of the top universities in the world by 2030. In the past years the school has been slipping in rankings and has fallen to the T5 public, and ranked somewhere between 24-27. Very recently the university opened the School of Data Science, which could bump up CS programs.

Do you think UVa can turn around the decline or will it keep falling lower and lower? The grad law school and business school are very highly ranked but the undergrad is not.

It will be right there with Frostburg State and NOVA by 2030.

[Anonymous]

Of course it will and we will all be driving EVs by 2035.

[Anonymous]

I hate to tell you this, but almost every university has these ambitious plans, but only one can be #1.

[Anonymous]

You know the US News ranking methodology changed, right? When the schools were judged on a different scale every year, you shouldn't compare one year to another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course it will and we will all be driving EVs by 2035.

FLYING cars! Not EVs!

[Anonymous]

Troll

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate to tell you this, but almost every university has these ambitious plans, but only one can be #1.

Universities don't control ranking criteria.

USNWR criteria has not been good for higher education in the U.S. in my view. It emphasizes resources, not efficiency or effectiveness. That has led to higher spending and higher tuition and fees over the past 40 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate to tell you this, but almost every university has these ambitious plans, but only one can be #1.

Universities don't control ranking criteria.

USNWR criteria has not been good for higher education in the U.S. in my view. It emphasizes resources, not efficiency or effectiveness. That has led to higher spending and higher tuition and fees over the past 40 years.

All rankings are codswallop. People that over-emphasize them are dim witted and possess a dearth of critical thinking skills... that describes many in this DCUM community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate to tell you this, but almost every university has these ambitious plans, but only one can be #1.

Do you all read everything so literally? The stated goal is not to become #1 in USNWR. Its marketing speak. Be great and good.

Read the vision statement if you really want to see the criteria by which Jim Ryan thinks “best” should be judged.

“To this end, we must reimagine what will be expected of universities in 2030. My belief is that universities will be, and should be, judged quite differently than they are today.”

https://strategicplan.virginia.edu/vision/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate to tell you this, but almost every university has these ambitious plans, but only one can be #1.

True, but it’s more plausible when a once great public says it wants to climb back to become the top public than a rank 100 saying it wants to be first.

For now, UVA is going in the wrong direction. Won’t be surprised if UF ranks above it this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate to tell you this, but almost every university has these ambitious plans, but only one can be #1.

True, but it’s more plausible when a once great public says it wants to climb back to become the top public than a rank 100 saying it wants to be first.

For now, UVA is going in the wrong direction. Won’t be surprised if UF ranks above it this year.

Mediocrity seems to rise these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago UVa released a strategic plan with the goal of becoming the top public university in the USA and one of the top universities in the world by 2030. In the past years the school has been slipping in rankings and has fallen to the T5 public, and ranked somewhere between 24-27. Very recently the university opened the School of Data Science, which could bump up CS programs.

Do you think UVa can turn around the decline or will it keep falling lower and lower? The grad law school and business school are very highly ranked but the undergrad is not.

I think it'll keep falling lower and lower. Before you know it, no one will want to attend UVA for ANYTHING. I don't know why they are bothering to build the School of Data Science; should have spent the money demolishing some of the existing buildings since pretty soon no one will want to go there. And don't get me started on Charlottesville, what an awful place to attend college. That is why my DCs decided to say no thanks to their UVA offers of admission (honestly, I am not sure why they even bothered to apply - I refused to pay the application fees) and went to Liberty instead.

[Anonymous]

is this like Saudi MBS Vision 2030?

why are institutions so cringe