At its core, the reaccreditation process focuses on the clarity of Brown’s institutional mission as a guide for its educational programs and on the adequacy of institutional resources and organization to support that mission. Brown’s recent self-study was built on several years of intensive planning, agenda-setting, and organizational repositioning for the next decade and beyond. Over this period, Brown has generated:

• Building on Distinction: A New Plan for Brown (October 2013)
• Sexual Assault Task Force Report (April 2015)
• Deficit Reduction Working Group Report (April 2015)
• The Operational Plan for Building on Distinction (September 2015), informing the BrownTogether Comprehensive Campaign (officially launched in October 2015)
• Reformed Budget Process and Organization (September 2015)
• Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion: An Action Plan for Brown University (December 2015)

These processes (as well as others) have addressed critical dimensions of mission, resources, and organization, and each engaged the broad campus community through some combination of direct representation of faculty, students, and staff on committees; consultation with relevant campus committees and advisory groups; and opportunities for open comment on draft plans.

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