2024AnnualReport
In Fall 2022, we launched Our Roadmap, the College of Professional Studies' first-ever Strategic Planning Process. This initiative set a clear and purposeful path for our future, engaging faculty, staff, students, and community members through surveys, discussions, and collaborative sessions that invited a wide
range of perspectives.

Our Roadmap is crucial to achieving long-term goals, aligned with three key themes:
  • People - Fostering 
an inclusive community and welcoming

  • Learning - Enhancing the quality of education and equipping our graduates with the skills needed for professional success

  • Progress - strengthening partnerships, advancing our mission, and adapting to a changing educational landscape

Liesl A. Riddle

I am honored to share with you the remarkable progress and achievements of the College of Professional Studies over the past year. This annual report highlights our unwavering commitment to our strategic goals and underscores the transformative initiatives we have undertaken to advance our college. To give you a glimpse of what’s inside this year’s report, I'd like to highlight three key themes that capture our college's remarkable growth and evolution.

People empowering community

We added a range of activities aimed at fostering an accessible and inclusive community of lifelong learners. These activities include our reimagined student attraction system, enhanced community engagement and events, and the increase in our talented faculty and staff base.

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Learning catalyzing innovation

Over the past year, we have identified eight overarching goal activities to guide our efforts — and we will continue to follow these in the future. With a focus on learning, we have engaged in various initiatives aimed at catalyzing innovation and delivering cutting-edge pedagogy. These activities include our lifelong learning platform, experiential learning programs, Cyber Academy DC, and applied politics initiatives.

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Professional progress, expanding connections

By fostering strong partnerships and leveraging our innovative ecosystem, we will expand opportunities for our students and enhance their career prospects through practical engagement with our diverse and influential network of experts and leaders in academia, industry, and government.

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We have identified new prospective student lists through strategic partnerships and refreshed our communications to engage students who have shown interest in our programs
124% Attainment Change in Financial Contributions
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117  vs 132  Donor Count Contributions from 2023 to 2024 respectively
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