2. Vision of the United States Air
Force
“Our purpose is to ensure the Air Force can always provide responsive and
effective Global Vigilance- Global Reach-Global Power”
- America’s AirForce:A Call to the Future.
Fivecore missionswithinair, space& cyberdomains:
1. Air andspacesuperiority
2. Intelligence,SurveillanceandReconnaissance(ISR)
3. Rapidglobalmobility
4. Globalstrike
5. CommandandControl
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3. Game Changing Technologies for
Air Force
• Hypersonics
• Nanotechnology
• DirectedEnergy
• UnmannedSystems
• Autonomous Systems
How can AFIT team with AFRL and the DoD enterprise to
achieve world leadership in these thrusts?
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4. AFIT’s Vision
Be an internationally-recognized leader for defense-
focusedtechnical graduate and continuing
education, and related research, and consultation
AFIT’s Mission
Advance air, space, and cyberspace powerfor the
Nation, its partners, and our armed forces by
providingrelevant defense-focusedtechnical graduate
and continuingeducation,research, and consultation
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5. AFIT Strategic Priorities
I. Support the Air Force Vision by providing high-quality academic and continuing
education programsthat enable the Air Forceto sustainits competitive advantage –
maintain the most technically proficient, best-educated, and best-trained air force in the
world.
II. Support faculty, staffand their families.
III. Attract and develop outstanding faculty, staffand students.
IV. Develop and maintain strategic partnerships.
V.Attain, sustain and improve education supportinfrastructure.
VI. Increaseand sustainstakeholder awarenessofAFIT’svalue proposition.
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7. Academic Affairs
Organization
Provide academic leadership and administrative oversight for AFIT
• Budgetplanningandexecution.
• Coordinatestrategicplanningprocessat every level.
• Academicqualityandintegrity.
• Excellenceinstudentandfacultyresearchprograms.
• Facultypromotion andtenureprocesses.
• Centralizedpersonnelmanagementandhiringprocesses.
• Regional,institutionalandprogrammaticaccreditationprocessesandsponsor
curriculumreviews.
• New facultyorientationandfacultymentoringprograms.
• Coordinationofclassroomlearningassessmentprograms.
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8. Strategic Resource
Allocation
Resourceallocation to align with strategic plan –Budget policy and
imbedded incentives shouldreflect the values of the institution.
• Faculty mission funding similar to civilianuniversities–``the
nine/ten-month model”.
• What are the resourcesneededto move the institution forward?
- Research facilities, office space
- Seed grants for research and curricular innovations
- Faculty travel support
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9. Excellence in Education
• Be the center of excellence for the Air Force in graduate and professional
continuing education focusing on air, space and cyber space.
• Offer multi-modal, cutting edge classes and accredited degree programs.
• Stimulate and enrich educational experience with:
- student research seminars
- distinguished lecture series and colloquia
- research workshops
• Reward teaching excellence and innovation with particular attention to modes of
delivery:
- on-campus
- off-campus
- distance learning (synchronous vs. asynchronous)
- classified courses in government and industry sites, etc.
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10. AFIT as a supportive and
welcoming enterprise
• Establish an annual merit rewardsystem for faculty and administrative and
research staff:
- teaching excellence and innovation
- research excellence
- entrepreneurship
- collegiality, service and citizenship
• Outreach activities and programs involving AFIT faculty, students, staff and family
and also regional community.
• Cultivate a climate of support, inclusiveness and high morale.
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11. Attract & Develop Outstanding
Faculty, Staff & Students
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• Establish“Distinguished Professorships” asa level above fullprofessorship.
• High quality facultyrecruitments to achieve and sustain distinction in Air
Force’s top priority areas.
• Adapt researchand education programs in emerging technological areas
to preparethe students as future leaders and informed decision makers
in STEM.
• Fostera climate of scientific excellence through seminars and
workshopsby distinguished visiting scholars (National Academy
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12. Global Visibility & Strategic
Partnerships
Enhance the visibility of AFIT in the science & technology
enterprise at large
• Expand the visibility of the institution in both national and
international arenas.
• Enhance the scientific and academic visibility as well as
influence of the college in national and federal laboratories to
form educational partnerships.
• Educational and research partnerships with top-tier universities
and institutes worldwide.
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13. Infrastructure
• Optimallaboratoryand IT-Infrastructure recapitalization
for resident anddistancelearningprograms.
• Prime access toliterature,books, journalsand other library
services.
• Finestclassifiedfacilities.
• Very best VTC facilitiesin open and classified domains.
• HPC andClassifiedcomputingcapabilities.
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14. Genuine Commitment to
Diversity
• Promote race and gender diversity ineveryelementofoperation in the
institution.
• Develop strategies to achieve diversity through student and faculty
recruitment.
• Promote equityin career opportunities and in reward distribution.
• Actively explore andestablisheducational and research initiativesand
partnerships to enhance diversity.
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15. Enhance Stakeholder
Awareness
• Strive for shared values of excellencewith the Air Education and
Training Command and the Air University to best support Air Force
Vision of the Future.
• Effective communication programs – highly informative and
engaging newsletters and web pages for individual, departmental as
well as institution level academic portfolio and accomplishments.
• Cultivate stewardship with the support network –Board of Visitors,
Alumni, Industrial partners.
• Utilize newsletters toarticulate needs as well asto show impacts of
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16. Accreditation & Peer
Recognition
• Cultivate aculture of commitment to programmatic and
institutionalaccreditation.
• Diligence andattention to accreditation processesin every level of
the institution (self-studies, capstone project assessments, learning
assessments, etc.)
• External peerreviewsof individual departments.
• Strategic planning within each department aligningwith the
institutionalvision and its strategic priorities.
• Responsiveto inquiries and guidelines by accreditation agencies.
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