Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney

CHAPTER 2: Planning Imperatives
The Facilities Development Plan is part
of a family of documents that implement
UNK’s strategic plan. It is informed as well
by expectations established in the Strategic
Planning Framework developed by the Board
of Regents. In the future, this plan—and the
iterative dialogue that produces it—will enable
planners to integrate University and UNK goals
in a coherent vision for future development of
our physical campus. In this chapter, we outline
the guidance parameters, vision, values, and
intended outcomes that have shaped UNK’s
Facilities Development Plan.
University of Nebraska
Strategic Planning Guidance
The Board of Regents’ Strategic Planning
Framework: 2005-2008 identifi es six
overarching goals to guide University-wide and
campus planning. Each goal has a number of
related objectives. The six goals are addressed
by the UNK Facilities Development Plan as
follows.
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The University of Nebraska will provide the
opportunity for Nebraskans to enjoy a better
life through access to high quality, affordable
undergraduate, graduate and professional
education. UNK’s Facilities Development
Plan aims to provide the infrastructure
required for programmatic excellence in
all aspects of our mission. It continues
a comprehensive renewal program
for academic and residential facilities,
preserves a setting consistent with our
enviable Platte Valley surroundings, and
improves the usefulness, accessibility, and
attractiveness of our buildings and grounds.
The University of Nebraska will build and
sustain undergraduate, graduate and
professional programs of high quality with
an emphasis on excellent teaching. UNK’s
plan equips academic facilities with stateof-the-art
instructional technology and
modernized classrooms, laboratories,
conferencing facilities, and faculty offi ce
space.
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