Goal 1:
Exemplary faculty dedicated to teaching,
research, and scholarship
Core Initiative: Increase faculty to at least 425
1.1
recruit and retain excellent faculty
Increase number of faculty and number
of endowed chairs
achieve diversity in all areas
1.2
Facilitate multi-disciplinary cooperation
make boundaries between departments
and schools easier to cross
Develop and add critical areas of
intellectual inquiry
1.3
Increase postdoctoral fellows and visiting
scholars to foster diversity and globalization
Goal 2:
Stronger graduate education
Core Initiative: Foster improvements that
match recent efforts in undergraduate education,
including building an endowment
2.1
Bring the best graduate students
Ensure diversity, coordinate recruiting
efforts, offer competitive support packages
2.2
Better prepare graduate students for
successful careers
Encourage cross-school collaborations
Improve mentoring
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Executive Summary Goals
Goal 3:
Expanded undergraduate opportunities
Core Initiative: Create a unified college
3.1
Build a strong sense of intellectual
community
Develop a liberal arts core for undergradu-
ate education
Develop powerful learning experiences out
of the classroom including internships and
study abroad
3.2
assess and improve learning
Broaden senior capstone experiences to
include more undergraduate research
Use empirical research to improve
our understanding of learning
3.3
Support and strengthen innovative and
challenging teaching
3.4
Ensure all prospective students have access
to Washington University by increasing
financial aid endowment
Goal 4:
Leadership and service within local
and global communities
4.1
Develop leadership within our undergraduate
and graduate students
4.2
Encourage leadership from our faculty
4.3
Contribute to the strengthening of the
St. Louis community
Continue the development of
University College
4.4
Engage alumni, parents and friends
in the life of arts & Sciences
4.5
Expand international initiatives
Infrastructure
We need a powerful, flexible infrastructure in order to meet these goals:
Strengthen University Libraries' resources and services;
renovate historic Buildings, such as Busch, mcmillan, Crow, Compton and Cupples;
Provide administrative infrastructure (including technology) to support scholarship and teaching; and
recognize the importance of an excellent Staff