To achieve great change, we should align our actions with values and principles that guide our work.

During UO Onward planning, leadership gathered input from our staff, faculty, students, alumni, and the broader community. Feedback themes were identified that led to a set of values and implementation principles that are critical to our future successes. No matter your position, you can find one or more values and/or principles that, enacted in daily work, will move the University of Oregon forward in achieving our strategic plan goals.

Oregon Rising Principles:

Prioritize work toward our common goals.

If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Where appropriate, we will curtail work that does not align with the goals outlined in this plan.

Break down silos and align our efforts.

Responsibility for advancing our priorities is shared. We will collaborate across units to align our work, systems, infrastructure, and resources toward meeting our common goals. Leaders will collaborate with each other and expect collaboration from others.

Create accountability to meet our goals.

We will support units in creating leading indicators that align with KPIs. Wherever a unit’s work can be aligned with university goals, strategies, and leading indicators, the leader of that unit will take responsibility for ensuring this happens. We will align positions, duties, and performance evaluations with the work required to meet our common goals.

Acknowledge our people and our financial resources.

Unit-level planning should be done based on existing levels of funding. We also intend to find ways to raise additional resources to accomplish our goals. In both planning and implementation, we will integrate work into current workloads, optimize resources through collaboration, and use existing structures and meetings whenever possible. We will specifically allocate time to this work, allowing individuals the capacity to engage.

Make data-informed decisions.

We will formalize the use of data to inform decision-making.

Embed an equity-minded approach.

We will measure and close equity gaps in all goals and indicators of success. We will ensure there are opportunities for faculty, staff, students, and other stakeholders to provide input during planning and implementation, and we will use the input collected to inform our work.

Celebrate and share successes.

We will acknowledge individual and group success, and we will seek out less-visible contributors and stories less told. We will develop, distribute, and share our progress with the university community and the wider world and take joy in the accomplishments of students, staff, and faculty.