How do we optimize our statewide system to achieve our goals for higher education in Alaska?

Academic areas:

1. Colleges of Arts and Sciences: Arts and Humanities
2. Colleges of Arts and Sciences: Social and Natural Sciences
3. Mine training

Administrative functions:

1. Finance
2. Risk Management
3. Land Management
4. Facilities

Academic units

• E-Learning
• Fisheries
• Health
• Community Campuses

Administrative functions

• Human Resources
• Institutional Research
• Student Affairs
• University Relations

Academic units:

1. Teacher Education
2. Management / Business (including public administration)
3. Engineering

Administrative functions:

1. Information Technology
2. Procurement
3. Research Administration
4. Intercollegiate Athletics

Focus: 
We will reduce unnecessary redundancy to more cost effectively meet the state's higher education needs by focusing each university on its unique strengths.

Access:
We will increase Alaskans’ participation in higher education by maximizing use of innovations in e-Learning, supporting high demand programs, and ensuring affordability.

Scope: 
We will offer a broad array of academic degree and certificate programs across the university system, though not all programs will necessarily be available at all locations.

Excellence:
We commit to excellence in everything we do, in the classroom, in our labs, and in the communities we serve.

Consistency:
We will streamline and increase consistency in business practices, policies, processes, and systems that support expedited student progress.

Fiscal Sustainability
We seek to be more entrepreneurial in our strategies to grow and diversify our revenues.

The University of Alaska is committed to serving and meeting the educational needs of our state. Those needs are met through research and creative activities, teaching and learning, outreach and services to the public. We have a done a great job over the years, but gaps remain that require our focused attention.

Now, more than ever, as our economy experiences historic transitions and our state’s budget is reduced, we must find ways to serve our important purpose as cost effectively as possible. Strategic Pathways is the framework UA is using to improve our services. It is based on the fact that each of our universities has unique strengths in meeting the state’s needs and the reality that each campus cannot be everything to everyone. We are reviewing our major academic programs and administrative services to create a more sustainable university with more diverse revenue sources. During this process we seek quality, access, and cost effectiveness while we grow in service to our state at this critical time in our history.