Penn State Altoona's 2025 to 2030 Strategic Plan outlines a focused, integrated strategy to strengthen student success, modernize and align the academic portfolio, deepen land-grant impact, enhance diversity and belonging, expand community health programming, and improve operational effectiveness.
Strategic Plan Goals 2025–2030
Goal 1: Enhancing Student Success
Advance student success through innovative support systems, purposeful mentoring, and a student-centered educational experience that promotes retention, persistence, and achievement.
Goal 2: Advancing Undergraduate Research and Interdisciplinary Scholarship
Expand the impact of faculty and student scholarship by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, strengthening research infrastructure, and increasing participation in research and creative activities.
Goal 3: Increasing Land Grant Impact
Strengthen Penn State Altoona's contribution to the Commonwealth by developing workforce-aligned programs, expanding community partnerships, and creating pathways that advance economic and social mobility.
Goal 4: Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Create a campus culture grounded in dignity, belonging, and opportunity where all members of the community can learn, work, and succeed.
Goal 5: Transforming Health Care Through Academic and Clinical Synergy
Enhance community health and well-being through collaborative partnerships, innovative educational programs, and integrated approaches to health promotion and workforce development.
Goal 6: Transforming Internal Operations
Promote organizational excellence by aligning resources, processes, facilities, and data systems to support strategic priorities and long-term institutional sustainability.
