Recruit, reward, and support outstanding faculty, staff, and students committed to research and graduate education.

Set high standards for retention, post-tenure review, and merit pay.

Engage all undergraduates in research and creative scholarship.

Encourage research that benefits and involves the local community.

Support research initiatives where Mānoa is uniquely positioned to excel.

Publicize our research more widely to local, national, and international community.

Expand applied research and scholarship.

Assess the research productivity of all faculty and programs on a regular basis.

Invest in modern research facilities, infrastructure, administration, and services.

Implement electronic contracts and grants administration.

Streamline technology licensing and transfer.

Support advanced research and scholarship on Hawaiian language and culture.

Deliver a modern, flexible, diverse, and multicultural curriculum supported by excellent teachers, classrooms, and information technology.

Provide enriching applied educational experiences including freshmen programs, interdisciplinary learning communities, study abroad, and service-learning.

Expand support for graduate students.

Increase faculty involvement in advising and mentoring students.

Facilitate timely student progress towards degree completion through improved course scheduling.

Enhance the social, intellectual, cultural, residential, and recreational quality of student life.

Initiate new learning centers that respond to societal needs such as public policy, environmental sustainability, and other interdisciplinary areas of inquiry.

Evaluate and expand General Education course offerings.

Evaluate a residential Honors College which provides a stimulating environment for gifted undergraduate students.

Create a culture of evidence whereby every academic program is improved or discontinued based on measurement of student outcomes.

Improve recruitment, retention, and degree completion for highly qualified undergraduates.

Facilitate the transfer of students from peer institutions and other University of Hawai‘i campuses through clear articulation procedures.

Upgrade the academic calendar with an integrated summer session and innovative scheduling throughout the year.

Enhance educational effectiveness with an office of undergraduate studies.

Recognize our kuleana (responsibility) to honor the indigenous people and promote social justice for Native Hawaiians.

Advance stable, peaceful, prosperous and democratic relations in the region by being an international center of learning and exchange.

Maintain the highest standards of integrity and conduct.

Instill respect for human diversity and gender equity across the campus and curriculum.

Create a positive, respectful, safe, and productive learning and working environment, free from harassment and discrimination.

Promote the free exchange of ideas and be a source of renewal for our society.

Actively recruit and retain administrators, faculty, staff and students from diverse backgrounds.

Promote an understanding of the Native Hawaiian ahupua‘a concept by restoring and managing the Mānoa stream and ecosystem.

Create a Hawaiian sense of place on campus through improved landscaping, architectural design, signage, and the creation of gathering spaces.

Vigorously recruit students from Asia and the Pacific and foster regional alumni relations.

Build on our comparative advantages such as our unparalleled natural resources, cultural diversity, sense of aloha, and excellent reputation.

Expand leadership in international affairs, emphasizing Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific.

Develop a Mānoa Charter on sustainability to create a green campus and promote stewardship of natural resources.

Make the campus bicycle and pedestrian friendly and encourage alternative modes of transportation.

Expand and improve on-campus housing services with mixed-use communities.

Work with the community to develop a vibrant college town surrounding the Mānoa campus.

Maintain exceptional campus facilities that service the diverse social needs of students, faculty, families, and persons with disabilities.

Educate a highly skilled, flexible, world-class labor force.

Enhance human capital and knowledge infrastructure, technology, and the integration of Hawai‘i into the global economy.

Expand the funded research enterprise.

Strengthen public and private partnerships.

Promote research applications, commercialization of intellectual property rights, and entrepreneurship.

Create employment opportunities for students both on campus and in the community.

Respect indigenous intellectual and cultural property rights.

Promote environmentally and culturally sensitive economic development in services, high technology, diversified agriculture, tourism, and emerging sectors.

Increase student enrollment and recruit a greater percentage of non-residents.

Partner with the Department of Education to improve the overall effectiveness of public education in Hawai‘i.

Manage all funds efficiently and effectively.

Promote the study of Hawaiian language, culture, and education.

Support the arts as major fields of academic and creative scholarship that contribute to quality education and campus enrichment.

Promote artistic and cultural expression as a means of personal, communal, and ethnic expression and identity.

Expand our artistic and cultural reputation nationally and in Asia and the Pacific.

Evaluate a film school to support the study of cinematic and digital arts.

Enhance campus life with popular entertainment including movies, concerts, and plays.

Build a vibrant alumni community through outreach, campus events, and unique services.

Develop performance and exhibition venues.

Provide an attractive variety of dining opportunities, including late night venues, coffee shops, and a faculty club.

Build a sense of pride in Mānoa by supporting intercollegiate athletics at the highest level.

Expand opportunities for students to participate in a broad range of athletic programs.

Support gender equity in intramural and intercollegiate sports programs.

Develop meaningful and effective wellness programs for students, faculty, and staff.

Serve as an innovator and a conduit for new technologies and their applications in society.

Effectively employ the most up-to-date information and communication technology to enhance instructional activities, on campus and globally.

Share new technologies and computer resources with underserved public schools and others.

Provide accurate and current online information to students regarding admissions, programs, classes, faculty, and policies.

Modernize the Mānoa website.

Promote the use of technology through support services, professional development opportunities, and funds for computer hardware and software.

Provide efficient and reliable technology and wireless network capabilities in classrooms, libraries, student housing, offices, and high public access locations.

Modernize administrative information systems to reduce the paper environment and streamline business services.

Assure equal access to technology including those with disabilities.