2018 GOAL A: Offer leading-edge, dynamic academic programs
2018 GOAL B: Be a leading provider of technology-enabled learning opportunities
Top-quality, innovative and dynamic academic programming is critical to Waterloo’s future success. At the University of Waterloo, academic programming is supported by faculty who engage and inspire their students through their teaching and research. Initiatives in this theme will enhance the learning experience for all students, reshape the traditional classroom and expand the impact and reach of Waterloo programs.
2013-2018 objectives
By 2018, our strategic efforts in the area of academic programming at Waterloo will:
- Educate graduates uniquely prepared to address the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century
- Enhance Waterloo’s excellence in academic programs
- Ensure teaching quality of the highest international standard
- Seek global awareness of Waterloo's teaching expertise
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Expand Waterloo’s footprint in the online-learning market and provide leading-edge, technology-enabled learning opportunities
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Expand the appropriate use of technologies to enhance students' learning experience
Measuring progress and outcomes
Efforts to grow Waterloo’s exceptional academic programming are vital to improve Waterloo’s reputation and continue to be a destination of choice among the best and brightest students and faculty in Canada and internationally. The 2013-2018 Strategic Plan has a comprehensive and transparent accountability framework that includes measures and indicators to demonstrate progress and outcomes of these efforts.
View our progress and outcomes measures