REVISED 2022 SIX-YEAR PLAN NARRATIVE (Part II) - Virginia Cooperative Extension & Agricultural Experiment Station (VCE/VAES)

Sep 20, 2026

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Revised 2022 Six-Year Plan Narrative (Part II) for the Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station (VCE/VAES) defines institutional mission, vision, goals, and strategies across six years and aligns them with state themes. It states that the mission will not change, while ongoing effectiveness assessment will refine strategies. The plan outlines strategies for equitable access, affordability through cost savings, and transformative prosperity, including workforce diversification and resilience-building through general fund requests, research support, and reduced internal reallocations.

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Section B: Institutional Mission, Vision, Goals, Strategies, and Alignment to State Goals

Strategies: Part 3 – Academic-Financial Plan

Strategies: Part 4 – General Fund Requests

Section C: In-state Undergraduate Tuition and Fee Increase Plans

Section D: Tuition and Other Nongeneral Fund (NGF) Revenue

Section E: Other Budget Items

REVISED 2022 SIX-YEAR PLAN NARRATIVE (Part II) INSTITUTION: Virginia Cooperative Extension & Agricultural Experiment Station (VCE/VAES) Section B. Institutional Mission, Vision, Goals, Strategies, and Alignment to State Goals: Provide a statement of institutional mission and indicate if there are plans to change the mission over the six-year period. Provide a brief description of your institutional vision and goals over the next six years, including numeric targets where appropriate. Include specific strategies (from Part 3 – Academic-Financial Plan and Part 4 – General Fund Request) related to the following state themes and goals: • Equitable: Close access and completion gaps. Remove barriers to access and attainment especially for Black, Hispanic, Native American and rural students; students learning English as a second language; students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds; and students with disabilities. • Affordable: Lower costs to students. Invest in and support the development of initiatives that provide cost savings to students while maintaining the effectiveness of instruction. • Transformative: Expand prosperity. Increase the social, cultural and economic well-being of individuals and communities within the Commonwealth and its regions. This goal includes efforts to diversify staff and faculty pools. Strategies also can cross several state goals, notably those related to improved two-year and four-year transfer, and should be included here. If applicable, include a short summary of strategies related to research. The description of any strategy should be one-half page or less in length. Be sure to use the same short title as used in the Part 3 and Part 4 worksheets. If federal stimulus funds will fund activities and are included in Part 3 as reallocations , please note how they will be used. RESPONSE: The Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station — the two organizations that make up Virginia Agency 229—play integral roles in Virginia’s land-grant system. The mission of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station is to perform basic and applied research on agricultural, environmental, natural, and community resource issues related to the future needs of Virginia, the region, the nation, and the world. The Virginia Cooperative Extension helps lead the engagement mission of Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, the commonwealth’s land-grant universities. Building local relationships and collaborative partnerships, the VCE helps people put scientific knowledge to work through learning experiences that improve economic, environmental, and social well-being. These missions are not expected to change over the six-year period, though continued assessment of the agency’s effectiveness will inform the underlying strategies to ensure that VCE/VAES continues to make a positive impact on the Commonwealth’s citizens and economy. Strategies: Part 3 – Academic-Financial Plan The VCE/VAES is a General Fund agency which generates limited nongeneral Fund revenue. The agency’s nongeneral fund share of ongoing costs such as salaries, fringes, and current operations are displayed in Part 3. Strategic initiatives to advance the agency’s impact are detailed in Part 4 as General Fund requests. Strategies: Part 4 – General Fund Requests Building resilience in our communities across the Commonwealth is fundamental to the mission of the Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station (VCE/VAES) . Supporting the economic prosperity, furthering research and discovery, and educating our citizens leads to greater prosperity in communities that have struggled to keep pace in an innovation-based economy. Virginia’s ability to transform ideas into new enterprises relies upon public investment in targeted initiatives that catalyze research, development, and commercialization. Incremental support provided by the 2022 General Assembly will allow the a

FAQs

What institutional missions does VCE/VAES describe for the six-year period?

The plan describes the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station mission as performing basic and applied research on agricultural, environmental, natural, and community resource issues. It also describes the Virginia Cooperative Extension’s engagement mission through learning experiences that improve economic, environmental, and social well-being.

How does the plan address the state themes of equitable, affordable, and transformative goals?

Equitable strategies focus on closing access and completion gaps by removing barriers for Black, Hispanic, Native American, rural, English learners, economically disadvantaged students, and students with disabilities. Affordable strategies emphasize lowering costs through initiatives that provide cost savings while maintaining instructional effectiveness. Transformative goals focus on expanding prosperity and improving social, cultural, and economic well-being, including diversifying staff and faculty pools.

Why does the plan emphasize general fund support and reducing internal reallocations?

It notes that inflation will increase utilities and operating costs during the planning period. As a general fund agency with limited ability to generate non-general fund resources, receiving the traditional state share (95 percent) reduces the need for internal reallocations and supports the agency’s contributions to the Commonwealth’s agriculture and natural resources economy.

Sep 20, 2026

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