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In 2012, Baylor adopted the Pro Futuris strategic vision<\/a> to guide the university’s steps in the coming years. Last week, Baylor Regents endorsed the next step: a set of detailed five-year goals<\/a>\u00a0to advance the high aspirations of Pro Futuris.<\/p>\n What follows is a quick overview of some of the specifics, broken down by each of the five aspiration statements; you can read the entire set of goals<\/a> on the Pro Futuris website.<\/p>\n Transformational Education<\/em><\/a>: In addition to specific goals related to student body size, class size, retention rates and graduation rates,\u00a0Baylor aims to institute a university-wide plan to grow programs focused on leadership and to send 700 students a year on discipline-specific\u00a0mission trips. Potential projects include developing a new visitors center and spirit shop, expanding the law school, developing phase one of an arts district, and renovating Tidwell Bible Building and the Ferrell Center.<\/p>\n Compelling Scholarship<\/a>:<\/em>\u00a0Given Pro Futuris’ expectation\u00a0for Baylor to be a place where research finds solutions to problems facing our world, the five-year goals call for Baylor to increase the number of annual doctoral graduates, particularly in\u00a0science, technology, engineering and math, and to grow annual research funding to $25 million, while creating regular opportunities for Baylor faculty to share their research with national and international policymakers.<\/p>\n Informed Engagement<\/a>:<\/em>\u00a0To support the\u00a0Baylor family’s dedication to improving itself\u00a0and serving\u00a0others, the university plans to develop new lifelong learning, continuing education and distance education programs and establish a plan for broadening Baylor’s local and global impact.<\/p>\n