Gallaudet University's Strategic Plan focuses on five goals. Indicators for sixteen objectives for those goals have been identified, and baseline data and benchmarks are being collected. 

Strategic Planning Documents:

• Contexts for Gallaudet's Strategic Plan
• Strategic Planning Process
• Strategic Plan Goals, Objectives, and Indicators
• Benchmarks and Targets
• Action Plans

Five Strategic Goals

1. Maintain and strengthen its unique position as a place in which higher education, research, and scholarly pursuits of all kinds are conducted in an inclusive environment where the ASL/English bilingual communication abilities and potential of deaf students are fully realized.
2. Enroll a diverse and talented student body by providing rigorous academic programs and an effective co-curriculum and services that support recruitment, retention, graduation, and life-long learning.
3. Create and sustain a climate that fosters respect among students, faculty, staff, and administrators for the full range of human diversity, educational backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives.
4. Conduct exemplary programs of research, scholarship, and outreach within the context of its visually-oriented learning environment and with respect to its unique service population.
5. Obtain the financial and other resources necessary to support excellence in its programs and uses these resources effectively and efficiently.