Focus Carolina Focus Carolina is a comprehensive, system-wide strategic planning initiative announced by President Harris Pastides on August 1, 2008. The resulting plan will provide the strategic direction for the University in the years ahead. The effort involves the entire University family including hundreds of faculty, students, staff and alumni. In 2009-2010, President Pastides moved the planning process forward to the next phase, Advance Carolina.

Blueprints for Academic Excellence for Academic Units Each academic unit prepares an annual Blueprint for Academic Excellence to provide clear articulation of academic priorities and goals with action plans and assessment measures. The plans are linked with the University-wide Advance Carolina planning process and the annual budget planning process.

The links below are to the Executive Summaries of the Blueprints in PDF format. For a copy of the full Blueprint document, please contact the Dean’s Office in the individual campus, school or college.