NCU Strategic Plan
Fulling the University’s long-term mission.
Values and Actions to Achieve Our Mission
North Central University’s mission is to prepare students to fulfill biblical models of leadership and ministry throughout the world. To fulfill this mission, we have an actionable strategic plan based on four goals with correlating calls to action. This plan invites us to listen to God’s calling and commit to ongoing reflection and improvement. We take these steps to bring the mission to life and to improve the lives of NCU students, faculty, staff, and our community.
NCU’s Goals and Calls to Action
Academic Quality
Provide academic programming that is innovative, furthers our mission, and meets market demand.
- Create robust growth and investment in online and graduate education by launching new academic programming.
- Unbundle the 4-year degree into credit-bearing and non-credit bearing certificates.
- Deliver seamless educational opportunities for transfer and degree-completion students.
Expand educational partnerships.
- Form new educational partnerships in corporate and nonprofit sectors.
- Broaden postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) and early college program offerings.
- Serve our local and global communities through educational outreach.
Invest in faculty development.
- Implement a holistic onboarding program for new faculty.
- Launch a faculty development program to support excellence in teaching, scholarship, service, and spiritual leadership.
Student Experience
Deepen the spiritual growth of our students.
- Develop and assess spiritual life outcomes for an NCU graduate.
- Create a disciple-making framework by focusing on increased biblical literacy and connections to co-curricular ministry opportunities.
- Build continuity of spiritual life with our online student community.
Maximize intercollegiate athletics.
- Implement recruiting strategies and enrollment tracking to ensure roster goals are met.
- Create a Rams network that places an emphasis on spiritual growth, academic success, internships, and job placement for student athletes.
- Form new athletic facility partnerships across the Twin Cities.
Foster a vibrant on-campus and online student experience.
- Improve student wellness opportunities and access for all students.
- Provide comprehensive career readiness programming.
- Cultivate greater belonging through community connections.
Institutional Culture
Renew a sense of collective mission.
- Effectively connect our Pentecostal heritage to our present-day experience.
- Create a series of meaningful community-building events.
Enhance cultural effectiveness.
- Design an intentional pathway for hiring, developing, and retaining a workforce that reflects a broad range of perspectives.
- Provide theological clarity, training, and an institutional blueprint that fosters Kingdom unity and human flourishing.
Invest in employee well-being and professional development.
- Offer a competitive compensation package to all employees.
- Develop a wellness culture to promote better mental and physical health.
- Promote and resource staff professional development.
