With spring upon us, it's a good time to update the campus on the work the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement is doing to continue progress toward making excellence inclusive.
This week, E. Scott Adler, professor of political science at CU Boulder, writes on behalf of the Academic Futures interdisciplinary teaching and research subcommittee.
Chancellor DiStefano set the stage for a reflection on the state of higher education and the university's approach to its future, inviting everyone to bring their most creative ideas of what CU Boulder could be.
This week, Sarah Krakoff of the University of Colorado School of Law offers thoughts from the Academic Futures subcommittee on keeping the public in public higher education.
The transformation of CU Boulder's academic experience is occurring on many fronts, and I wanted to give you an update on our progress across a few of them.
Orrie Gartner, director of operations and cloud infrastructure for the Office of Information Technology, speaks on the role of technology in the Academic Futures education mission.
The most difficult question in any endeavor is "what does success look like?" This is true in the case of Academic Futures, and it is the immediate question facing the Academic Futures Committee.
We don't need to guess about who we are. We don't need to "trust our gut" about what works. As Academic Futures proceeds, data will directly shape the paths we choose.
Who doesn't love a top 10 list? While the ideas and suggestions that folks have offered are in the hundreds, here are some of the consistent themes we've heard and that the committee is currently taking up.
The committee has started its work for the spring, sorting through the many ideas generated by campus, as well as collaboratively looking outward among the broader higher education community.