Strategic Initiatives

Many months into Academic Futures, while the committee strongly believes the process will produce important recommendations for the campus, they also see the process itself as an important victory.

Join Vice Provost Mary Kraus for open forums this coming month to hear about the preliminary recommendations for improving the first-year undergraduate student experience.

In the final video of the five-part Academic Futures series, subcommittee member Sarah Krakoff asks for campus feedback on ideas that include prioritizing public-spirited research, better serving the public and more.

Last week, student teams from the Program for Writing and Rhetoric presented on the future of education to the Academic Futures Committee, continuing to weave the voice of students into the conversation.

In part four of the Academic Futures video series, subcommittee member Fernando Rosario-Ortiz asks for campus feedback on ideas that include recruiting diverse faculty, reimagining how faculty are evaluated and more.

In part three of the Academic Futures video series, subcommittee member Jennifer McDuffie asks for feedback on ideas that include classes taught in various timelines, integrating academic environments with student engagement in programs and more.

In part two of a multipart video series, Academic Futures subcommittee member Jon Leslie asks for feedback on ideas that include unifying online and distance education, as well as the thinking, financial models and operational approaches to the technology that support it.

In part one of a multipart video series, Academic Futures subcommittee member Shelly Miller asks for your feedback on ideas to establish interdisciplinary teaching partnerships, build a diverse workforce and find funding models on campus to support interdisciplinarity.

At the heart of the Academic Futures discussions is finding a path that allows our students and our campus to embrace discovery at the core of their experiences.

As Academic Futures articulates our collective campus mission and guiding values, as an institution of learning and discovery, how do we ensure faculty can succeed in all of their roles?