CVPA Strategic Planning

In an effort toward continuous improvement, serving our various constituencies, and creating and maintaining a College of Visual and Performing Arts that best reflects the cultural and societal backgrounds and needs of our students, NIU CVPA has undertaken a strategic planning process.

Strategic Goals

  • Goal One

    Diversify curricula to be more inclusive and to recognize the artistic, educational and scholarly contributions of groups that have historically been underrepresented in higher arts education.
    Objectives and Actions 1

  • Goal Two

    Develop transdisciplinary programming and curricula that respond to the changing demands of/on 21st-century artists and art consumers.
    Objectives and Actions 2

  • Goal Three

    Recruit and retain students who better represent the demographics of the society in which we live and the region that we serve.
    Objectives and Actions 3

  • Goal Four

    Diversify NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts faculty and staff.
    Objectives and Actions 4

  • Goal Five

    Eliminate equity gaps in student learning outcomes and reduce D/F/W/U grades.
    Objectives and Actions 5


Submit Accomplishments and Status Updates

You may submit information about the progress and accomplishments toward the goals and objectives of this plan by emailing Donee Spizzirri, dspizzirri@niu.edu, assistant to the dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. 


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Contact Us

College of Visual and Performing Arts
Music Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

cvpa@niu.edu