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UT System president outlines 2030 strategic-plan targets: 85,000 students, $730 million research goal and $6 billion infrastructure plan
Summary
President Randy presented top-line 2030 KPIs to the executive committee, including an enrollment target of 85,000 students (17,000 online), a research spending goal of $730 million, workforce and credential initiatives, and a decade infrastructure investment target of $6 billion; trustees requested more detail on post-graduation outcome metrics and campus-level breakdowns.
Randy, president of the University of Tennessee System, briefed the executive committee on a condensed set of key performance indicators that will underpin the system's strategic plan through 2030 and asked trustees to reserve detailed questions for campus-level reports at the full board meeting in Memphis.
Randy said the system's current enrollment stands at about 64,000 students and outlined a 2030 target of 85,000 total students, including 17,000 online. He described aims to increase the share of students who graduate without debt from 55% to 64% and to reduce the count of students carrying debt from about 23,000 to 20,000. On research, Randy said system research expenditures were roughly $524 million (up from about $430 million in 2020) with a 2030 goal of $730 million; he…
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