One Oberlin Oversight and Advisory Committee 2024

Building a still stronger culture of innovation and creativity that will ensure Oberlin remains a leader through its next century.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of One Oberlin — having implemented virtually all of its recommendations, even through the challenges of the pandemic — Oberlin is thriving, and is in a once-in-a-generation moment of opportunity. With the financial runway created by One Oberlin, we now have the chance to be ambitious about what this institution will become in its third century, adding to our historic core strengths with new programs and structures that build on our academic and artistic leadership.

President Ambar has charged the One Oberlin Oversight Advisory Committee (OOOAC), which was constituted as part of the One Oberlin recommendations, to lead the institution in its next phase of planning. The committee is charged with gathering and examining significant opportunities that enhance our mission and values, deepen and extend our excellence, and have the potential to generate significant new revenue that we can reinvest in our core enterprise.

Committee Engagements

Beginning in December 11, 2023 through February 28, 2024, the OOOAC has engaged with campus stakeholders in the follow ways:

  • 10 administrative meetings spanning divisions
    • A&S admissions and financial aid
    • Advancement
    • Allen Memorial Art Museum and Oberlin College Libraries
    • Athletics
    • Center for Engaged Liberal Arts
    • CIT
    • Communications
    • Facilities
    • Student Affairs
    • Retention task force
  • 11 College and Conservatory faculty meetings spanning governance committees, department  academic committees, A&S junior faculty
    • A&S junior faculty
    • Con faculty council
    • Con division directors
    • EPC
    • EPPC and CFC
    • Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences DAC
    • Laboratory Natural Science DAC
    • Languages and Cultures DAC
    • Practicing Arts DAC
    • Quantitative Natural and Social Sciences DAC
    • Social Sciences DAC
  • 2 student leadership meetings
    • Dean’s Student Advisory Board
    • Student Senate

Next Steps

The committee identified emerging themes from these generative discussions with various stakeholders and will re-engage the campus community by hosting several faculty and staff town hall-style meetings during the month of April and early May. The Campus Digest will provide dates and details.