Initiatives
Initiatives
Office of the Provost initiatives seek to shape GW's future through the diverse and accomplished expertise, robust research, and unique co-curricular experiences of the GW community.
Current Initiatives
Middle States Accreditation Self-Study Process (2025 - 2027)
Accreditation is an expression of confidence that the institution meets and is in compliance with MSCHE's seven Standards of Excellence.
Strategic Framework Development
The Provost’s Office is charged with operationalizing the development of a new strategic framework to guide GW’s future growth over the next five to ten years.
Faculty-Led Working Groups
In early June 2024, President Granberg and Provost Bracey invited GW faculty to volunteer for faculty-led working groups, each assigned to a topic related to a community challenge.
Data Privacy Consultative Committee
The Data Privacy Consultative Committee (DPCC), comprising faculty, staff, and student representation, will conduct quarterly evaluations of university data projects, make recommendations around project compliance with GW policies, and review any data projects administrators flag as breaching GW’s business practices and policies.
Concluded Initiatives
Diversity Program Review
The GW Diversity Program Review Team (DPRT) is charged with conducting a campus diversity, equity, and inclusion program review and producing a final report rooted in data and scholarship.
Shared Governance Task Force
Beginning in January 2022, the Shared Governance Task Force worked to develop an understanding of shared governance that might inform recommendations and proposals to clarify or modify university policies and practices around shared governance.
Transparency in Funding Task Force
The Transparency in Funding Task Force was charged by the Provost to make a recommendation as to whether the university should adopt a policy of full disclosure on where research and gift dollars originate, and if so, to determine if monetary thresholds and/or exceptions should be instituted.