About Our Plan
At Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP), our mission is simple yet ambitious: to advance health and health care for all. For nearly five decades—since 1976—we have educated New Jersey’s health workforce and contributed to national models of excellence. Today, as part of Rutgers Health—one of the nation’s largest academic health science centers—we embrace our responsibility to lead with vision, innovation, and integrity..
Our strategic plan, Accelerating Our Future 2025–2030, responds to the shifting landscape of health care and higher education. Rooted in equity and inclusion, it is built on Foundational Pillars of Excellence:
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Expanding Educational Access, Innovation, and Excellence
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Advancing Research and Scholarship
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Building Vibrant and Inclusive Communities
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Ensuring Stewardship and Sustainability
This plan is not static. It is a living framework designed to evolve as we learn, adapt, and partner with our communities, ensuring that every action we take enriches our students, advances discovery, and improves the health of the populations we serve.
Dean’s Statement
Rutgers University has enjoyed a long tradition of being a north star for other colleges and universities. With this honor comes great responsibility to forge ahead into new realms, using education as a tool to evolve within SHP and the professions we support. As long as we remain intellectually honest and willing to embrace rigorous research outcomes and pedagogy, we will continue to advance health and the healthcare workforce, addressing systemic problems, and promoting the well-being of individuals and communities.
Our Novel Strategic Planning Process
We begin implementation knowing that this plan must be living and fluid for it to succeed. In an era of such rapid and significant change, our ability to continuously learn and adapt is paramount. The implementation and evaluation of the plan embraces transparency and flexibility, ensuring that we pivot our strategies to address the shifting needs of our school as well as evolutions in higher education and health care. Effective implementation hinges on a robust framework of engagement, leveraging internal and external expertise, and the establishment of an evaluation plan that measures not just activity but impact. Our goal is to drive meaningful transformation that delivers greater value to our students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve.
