Nova Southeastern University’s Strategic Plan defines the priorities and investments that will guide the university’s growth and impact. Grounded in NSU’s mission and values, the plan advances academic excellence, research and innovation, healthcare leadership, and long-term sustainability.
Explore Our Strategic Priorities
The Strategic Plan is organized around four strategic goals. Each goal outlines focused initiatives and measurable outcomes that support accountability, transparency, and long-term progress.
Foster Academic Excellence and Student Achievement
Explore Priority 1Strengthening student success through retention, graduation, access, advising, experiential learning, and accelerated pathways.
Explore Priority 1
Expand Research, Innovation, and Community Impact
Explore Priority 2Advancing R1 research, clinical trials, commercialization, ocean science, and national faculty impact.
Explore Priority 2
Advance Healthcare Leadership and Strategic Medical Partnerships
Explore Priority 3Building academic medical center partnerships, expanding clinical education, and integrating NSU Health.
Explore Priority 3
Grow Financial Resources to Enhance Impact
Explore Priority 4Strengthening endowment, philanthropy, grants, and revenue diversification.
Explore Priority 4
Foster Academic Excellence & Student Achievement
Raising academic performance, enhancing access, expanding experiential learning, and
improving retention and graduation outcomes to ensure student success across all levels
of learning.
- Continue Carnegie Classification: Professions-Focused
- Continue Carnegie Classification: Opportunity University
- Raise academic performance of PK-12, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
- Enhance student access and affordability through innovative accelerated degree pathways (e.g., 6-year DO/MD, 3+1, 4+1) aligned with workforce demand
- Enhance student advising and career services
- Improve alumni information gathering and tracking
- Enhance faculty development in course design, technology integration, and student engagement
- Expand experiential learning programs across divisions and interactions between NSU and University School
- Expand STEM offerings and electives
- Continue Carnegie Classification: R1
- Expand clinical trials and research infrastructure
- Recruit high-impact researchers
- Build commercialization capacity through the Levan Center of Innovation
- Support faculty research and scholarship productivity
- Expand NSU Ocean research initiatives
- Provide structured faculty development in grant writing and publishing
- Extend NSU’s reach through regional, national, and global partnerships
- Establish advisory boards with community and workforce leaders
- Deepen NSU’s community impact and sustainability initiatives
- Expand faculty impact at the national level
- Expand strategic healthcare partnerships
- Expand professional health-related programming
- Establish an academic medical center with a leading hospital partner
- Expand clinical sites and clerkship agreements
- Integrate NSU Health clinics into medical and health professional education
- Build on interdisciplinary research connecting ocean science and human health
- Diversify revenue streams through research, healthcare, philanthropy, services, and non-credit hour academic programming
- Forge innovative student support models through employer partnerships and private grants
- Increase strategic alliances