Strategic Plan for the American Statistical Association
Theme Background Objective Strategies
(a) In collaboration with
entities internal and
external to the ASA,
provide guidelines and
information on appropri-
Through leadership in all levels of statistical education, the ASA can
Advocate appropriate ate statistics education
help to build a statistically literate society, raise the standards of the
statistics education at to statistics teachers, cur-
Education statistics profession, and make statistical careers more attractive. One
K–12, undergraduate, and riculum developers, and
growing opportunity is the number of high-school students taking AP
graduate levels educational policymakers
Statistics, which reached 100,000 in 2007.
at all levels; (b) develop
and implement a plan to
provide resources to K–12
teachers to enhance their
ability to teach statistics
(a) Develop a plan for
Ensure long-term generating stable sources
Although the ASA is currently a financially stable organization, decline financial viability and of future revenue; (b)
Financial
in revenue from traditional sources (especially journals) threatens its the ability to support develop a long-term fiscal
Status
future well-being. the association’s policy for size of reserves
strategic activities and use of income
sources
(a) Develop and imple-
ment new communica-
tion processes between
the board and the ASA’s
committees so that the
committees operate with
clear direction from the
board; (b) where pos-
The ASA depends critically on the volunteer efforts of its members sible, work within existing
through committees, sections, and chapters. Consequently, organi- structures, rather than
Ensure that the ASA’s
zational weaknesses undermine the ASA’s ability to meet long-term creating new ones; (c)
Organizational structures and processes
goals. Specific weaknesses include board direction and communica- minimize the structural
Efficiency support the association’s
tion with committees, insufficient continuity of purpose in presidential complexity required to
mission and objectives
and board agendas, over-dependence on a small set of volunteer support the ASA’s activi-
leaders, and declining health of some chapters. ties; (d) develop a plan
to assess and strengthen
chapter health, which will
enable chapters to sup-
port the ASA’s mission;
(e) consider whether the
current term length for
officers of the board is
still appropriate
Adopted by the ASA Board of Directors, March 7, 2008
6 AMSTAT NEWS MAY 2008
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