Timeline

Frame & Assign

January 2026 

The Core Team will align on the Charge and Essential Design Commitments and clarify each theme’s decision questions, trade-offs, and guardrails. The Core Team will then form thematic sub-committees with sub-committee collaborators and constituent voices, set a clear meeting cadence with simple shared tools, and identify coordination points across related themes. A consultation plan will channel input from students, advisors, departments/faculty, and budget/space partners into concise option briefs ready for Core Team integration and decisions.

Discover & Consult 

February - April 2026 

Thematic Sub-Committees, comprised of Core Team members with sub-committee collaborators, will host student focus groups and targeted sessions with advisors, staff, and faculty to better understand how students navigate their academic experience and what is needed to support them. Collaborators will support open conversation, encourage broad participation, and carry what constituents share back into the design work, while also helping keep discussions grounded in the core commitments that guide this redesign. Working Groups will then summarize options and trade-offs for the Core Team, coordinating where themes overlap. 

Integrate & Decide 

April - May 2026 

The Core Team will review theme option briefs, reconcile cross-theme tensions within time-boxed windows, and assemble an integrated recommendation package to the CP/EVC. Guardrails include service floors during transition, no unfunded mandates, and explicit levers and trade-offs.

Recommend & Ready Implementation

May 2026 

The Core Team will issue decision-ready recommendations and, with project managers, map near-term implementation steps. Engagement to date doubles as early implementation: constituent input shapes practical designs, builds shared understanding, and speeds adoption. Target start is June 2026 (acknowledging some elements may phase in beyond that date).