Strategy, Performance and Accountability

The Associate Vice President for Strategy, Performance and Accountability plays a formative role in strategic planning, continued development, implementation, assessment, and accountability of initiatives and ongoing practices under the 2018-2028 WKU Strategic Plan Climbing to Greater Heights. To facilitate the implementation of the WKU Strategic Plan, especially the Our Community & Beyond component of WKU serving as a regional lighthouse in part by establishing an Innovation Campus, Dr. Schulte has taken on some additional responsibilities. Specifically, WKU has aligned supervision of the Center for Research and Development (CRD), Intellectual Property (IP), Technology Transfer (TT), and Commercialization by WKU faculty, staff, and students under his direction. In addition, Dr. Schulte serves as the Executive Director of the WKU Research Foundation. Dr. Schulte will work with WKU Administration, CRD Director Jeff Hook, the WKURF Board of Directors, the IP/TT/Commercialization staff, faculty/staff/student leadership, and community members in the development of the WKU Innovation Campus.As we develop the Innovation Campus, we want to be inclusive in an environmentally sustainable framework.

  The WKU Strategic Plan 2018 - 2028