澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录

The most difficult question in any endeavor, particularly those that involve large organizations, is 鈥渨hat does success look like?鈥� It is certainly true in the case of Academic Futures, and it is the immediate question facing the Academic Futures Committee.

In two weeks, the campus will hear from members of the committee at the . People will have a chance to ask questions of the committee and get a real sense of how the committee is assembling and thinking about the ideas put forward by the campus.

Down the road, the committee has a unique challenge: offering to the campus not simply a narrative that says, 鈥淥kay, here鈥檚 what we 丑别补谤诲,鈥� but also a fairly detailed sketch of what success might look like for many of the transformative ideas presented.

Eventually, that sketch will become a rich and robust picture, arising from our campus conversations and informed by our campus data, as well as educational research and models from our peers.听It is a picture of what success is at 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥攈ow it would affect the campus and its communities, how it transforms our campus culture and how it moves our educational and research missions forward.

Importantly, the committee鈥檚 work won鈥檛 give us a how roadmap for creating success鈥攖hat鈥檚 for phase two听of Academic Futures and begins next fall after the report is submitted to the provost, the senior vice chancellor and the chancellor. But the what听the committee will put forward will give us a vision of detailed, transformative ideas and how they could work on our campus.

That鈥檚 a picture all of us would like to see!

Note to readers: In the weeks to come, "Notes from a great conversation" will feature short pieces by members of the Academic Futures Committee that will preview some of the ideas and issues the committee is considering and give a glimpse into how the committee is thinking about those ideas and issues. 听

Jeff Cox,
Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs
Convener of the Academic Futures Campus Conversation

Emily CoBabe-Ammann,
Director of Strategic Projects for the Research & Innovation Office
Facilitator of the Academic Futures Campus Conversation