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Strategic Plan for Internationalization

UC Santa Cruz is implementing its Strategic Plan for Internationalization (SPI), and corresponding Implementation Plan, both living, evolving documents that culminate our extended two-year participation in the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Internationalization Laboratory.

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SPI Goals

Internationalization at UC Santa Cruz will be achieved through the implementation of five goals:

Goal 1 - Expand and Enhance Globally-Focused Research and Engagement

Goal 2 - Provide Global Learning Opportunities for All

Goal 3 - Strengthen Student Success

Goal 4 - Enhance Our Global Reputation

Goal 5 - Define Organizational Structure

Campus-wide Goals

As we work toward internationalization, we will maintain focus on UC Santa Cruz’s campus-wide goals:

  1. Advance student success by improving retention and graduation rates and closing equity gaps
  2. Increase UC Santa Cruz’s research profile and impact
  3. Foster an inclusive campus climate that embraces and values diversity
  4. Improve efficiency, effectiveness, and resilience