UVU practices integrated institutional effectiveness, which:

  • facilitates collaborative planning processes across units that align goals and objectives across various plans and map them to strategic goals and objectives at the institutional level;
  • engages campus stakeholders in evidence-based decision making to inform and refine the institution’s effectiveness, assign resources, and improve student learning and achievement; and
  • contributes to transparency and shared governance in the University community and ensures that activities and resources work synergistically in a manner that maximally benefits UVU.

All strategic planning is aligned with UVU’s mission, vision, values, objectives, and priority initiatives.

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The university allocates resources through the annual Planning, Budget, and Assessment process, which is based on strategic plans and annual university assessments of institutional effectiveness.

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The University Planning Advisory Committee (UPAC) is an advisory and support committee formed at the request of the President that works in conjunction with the University Executive Council (UEC).

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