Goals and Objectives

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) will strive for excellence.

Objectives

Academics and Co-Curriculum

• Ensure that our program is consistent with best educational practices.
• Ensure that our curriculum and co-curriculum* are attuned to the changing nature of the Jewish community and are responsive to the needs of students preparing for the rabbinate.
• Ensure that an understanding of Israel — the land, the literature, and the people — is a vital and effective component of RRC's curriculum.
• Enable students to take on diverse work experiences that further their rabbinical development.
• Maintain a student body of the highest caliber by attracting well-qualified candidates to RRC's degree programs.
• Ensure that the size of the student body and the academic program are well balanced and mutually supportive.
• Strengthen the training, assessment, and support of the faculty, both as instructors and as advisors.

Administration and Governance

• Strive to make rabbinical education affordable to all qualified students.
• Ensure that RRC employees are adequately compensated.
• Ensure that the board fulfills its fiduciary and leadership responsibilities with distinction.
• Use technology to enhance efficiency.
• Be systematic about mandate, governance, supervision, and assessment for all non-curricular initiatives.
• Create a comprehensive assessment plan for RRC.
• Continually implement appropriate best practices in the areas of financial management and human resources.
• Continue to investigate increasing RRC's physical plant.

*Non-classroom programs designed to amplify and support the academic program.

RRC will serve as a vital provider of Jewish thought and resources.
 

Objectives

• Establish new ways to support the intellectual growth and scholarly productivity of the faculty.
• Increase the quantity and reach of high-quality Reconstructionist resources.

RRC will raise the image and influence of Reconstructionist Judaism.

Objectives

• Use technology to expand RRC's influence.
• Foster a greater sense of connection among RRC's first-degree stakeholders: board of governors, students, faculty, staff, President's Council, alumni, and Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) members.
• In cooperation with the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF) and the RRA, support the spread of Reconstructionist ideas, activities, and communities.

RRC will secure the funds to achieve its mission
 

Objectives

• Build consistent and increased giving by expanding the donor base and enhancing donor loyalty and affinity.
• Nurture and encourage mission-driven programs that generate revenue.

Download Creating Change: A Vision for RRC's Future, RRC's five-year strategic plan, as a color PDF (309 KB).