“Anchor institutions are enduring organizations that remain in their geographic places and play a vital role in their local communities and economies.” 

Dr. David J. Maurrasse, Founder & President of Marga, Inc., and Director of the Anchor Institutions Task Force

Georgia Tech’s Anchor Institution Mission and Strategy

To advance the Institute’s research, education, and operation enterprises through sustainable development, inclusive entrepreneurship, social innovation, and economic opportunity in support of enduring community partnerships.

Georgia Tech's Strategic Plan

In 2020, Georgia Tech’s President Ángel Cabrera unveiled a 10-year strategic plan with an ambitious vision to amplify our impact, champion innovation, connect globally, expand access, cultivate well-being, and lead by example.

We aim to realize the Institute Strategic Plan’s vision for campus to serve as an anchor, collaborator, and convener for our students, faculty, and staff, and help reduce disparities and advance equity in our surrounding communities and throughout the state.

Learn more about the 2020- 2030 Strategic Plan, explore our focus areas, and track goal progress.

Guiding Tenets

By connecting new and existing efforts across the academic, research, and operation enterprises across the university, we coalesce our Anchor Institution strategies into a common vision for greater, more strategic impact. These are the guiding tenets of Georgia Tech's Anchor Institution strategy:

1. Reduce disparities in lower income communities on Atlanta’s Westside
2. Ensure wellbeing of first-generation students and low-income students and staff
3. Apply global influence on a local level
4. Address systemic challenges with consistent university resources
5. Promote engaged research, teaching, and learning across the Institute
6. Amplify grassroots voices and community-led solutions
7. Co-create clear and transparent metrics

Anchor Institution Coordinating Council (AICC)

The AICC is a cross-institutional committee comprised of 15 departments or centers. The committee streamlines and maximizes communication, coordination, and collaboration across community-related initiatives to ensure the Institute is employing best practices in community engagement and achieving maximum community impact. Council members include:

• Office of Institute Relations  
• Office of Commercialization  
• Office of Sustainability   
• Office of Experiential and Engaged Learning  
• Office of Undergraduate Admissions
• Office of Minority Educational Development (OMED)
• Student Engagement and Well-Being
  • Center for Student Engagement
    • Civic Engagement
  • Division of Arts, Belonging, and Community
• Arts @ Tech/Arts Square 
• Division of Lifetime Learning
  • Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)
  • Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U)
  • GT Atrium
• Interdisciplinary Research
  • Brook Byers Institute of Sustainable Systems (BBISS)
    • Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE)
  • Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)
• Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR)
  • Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN)
• Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)