2024-2026 Strategic Plan
Approved by the Executive Board: November 2, 2023
The ACUHO-I strategic plan is a guiding document that provides members a broad, long-term understanding of ACUHO-I’s priorities as well as transparency into how resources will be used.
Shaped by input from more than 1,400 members and informed by an intentional assessment of the opportunities and risks facing the Association and the profession as a whole, it outlines the high-level plan to achieve ACUHO-I’s mission and vision, which are driven by our core values and beliefs.
- We value inclusive excellence and fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable membership that can influence staff and students’ sense of belonging and engagement.
- We value leadership and engagement that supports, challenges, and inspires our members to greatness while serving our students with humility and care.
- We value advocacy and responsiveness that champions the profession’s concerns and leverages resources for action.
- We value cultivating global knowledge within the housing profession to transform it into meaningful content expertise that guides our practice.
Vision
ACUHO-I will be the preeminent resource and champion for the global campus housing profession.
Mission
ACUHO-I will cultivate a diverse, inclusive, and equitable profession that delivers transformative residential student experiences. We will do so through extensive knowledge resources, innovative operational models, courageous advocacy, and resolute community connections.
The 2024-2026 strategic plan positions ACUHO-I for long-term, sustainable growth and professional leadership grounded in data. With this understanding, ACUHO-I will focus on the following areas over the next three years to provide members with the tools they need to succeed.
- Provide professional development and learning opportunities for campus housing professionals at all levels of career trajectory by utilizing a future-focused lens of a post-pandemic world.
- Serve campus housing professionals effectively and efficiently with omnichannel and modular formats for member products, services, and research. This includes but is not limited to, online and in-person events, webinars, virtual roundtables, podcasts, self-paced learning, and more.
- Deliver the comprehensive Future of the Profession initiative recommendations, particularly the high-interest areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion; health and well-being; and workforce sustainability.
- Pursue partnerships with regions, peer associations, external organizations, campuses, and other organizations to engage and promote the work of campus housing.
- Amplify the importance of campus housing by engaging chancellors, presidents, provosts, policymakers, and other influential stakeholders in our work.
- Provide volunteer opportunities that enhance members’ experience, skill set, and the Association’s goals.