Goals and 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.

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

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.

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).