By 2021 DUSP will be the premier destination for legacy cities scholarship and teaching.” The MUP Program views planning as a profession that seeks to identify the root characteristics of legacy cities defined above to fashion strategies that deploy policies, plans, resources, and regulatory approaches to create environments in legacy cities suited to equity, social justice, economic development, and ecological needs and to develop methods for evaluating the human and environmental consequences of problems, programs, policies and plans in legacy cities. The Department defines legacy cities as: “Cities impacted by the forces of de-industrialization, de-population, segregation and divisive public policy” Reflecting the focus on Legacy Cites, the Department adopted the following visions statement: “DUSP offers a legacy-cities focused, Detroit community committed curriculum, scholarship, and service. The Department has chosen to gradually transition to a focus and branding on the “the legacy city”. Note that beyond shared vision and values, the Program has separate missions for its undergraduate and graduate programs. Starting in fall 2017, the URP faculty met regularly to revise its Strategic Plan in line with new College of Social Science priorities, and changes in School leadership and priorities.
Faculty also receive comments individually and informally (phone, email, in-person meetings) with these stakeholders. An annual Strategic Plan review meeting was established where a variety of stakeholders (faculty students, alumni, practitioners) can discuss changes collectively and progress is evaluated. Given this foundation, in fall 2017, the URP Program revisited its Strategic Plan to take into account its new environment. With the appointment of a new Dean to the College of Social Science in August 2016 the College embarked on a yearlong strategic planning process involving over 400 faculty members and stakeholders. The URP program has used a Strategic Plan to guide its activities since the 1990s, and the plan has been periodically revised in response to changing environmental scans, as well as programmatic and student performance.
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