Rice: The Next Century
Report of the Strategic Planning Committee
Goals and Initiatives
- GOAL 1:
ENHANCE OUR STUDENTS' EDUCATION THROUGH INITIATIVES THAT SHARPEN THEIR
CRITICAL THOUGHT, BROADEN THEIR INTELLECTUAL HORIZONS, AND DEEPEN THEIR
KNOWLEDGE.
- GOAL 2:
MAKE A RICE EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE ORIGINS AND WITH
DIVERSE OUTLOOKS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL MEANS, IN A RESIDENTIAL
SETTING CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING.
- GOAL 3:
SUBSTANTIALLY STRENGTHEN OUR PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH, AND PROFESSIONAL AND
GRADUATE STUDY.
- GOAL 4:
MORE FULLY INTEGRATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION AS WELL AS TEACHING
AND RESEARCH.
- GOAL 5:
SUBSTANTIALLY STRENGTHEN OUR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
IN SUPPORT OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH.
- GOAL 6:
INCREASE OUR INVOLVEMENT AND PRESENCE IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT BOTH CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMON GOOD AND INCREASE
THE RECOGNITION OF THE UNIVERSITY.
- GOAL 7:
TO OBTAIN THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS
WHILE MAINTAINING PRUDENT, CLEAR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES CLEARLY
ARTICULATED TO ALL CONSTITUENCIES OF THE UNIVERSITY.
- IMPLEMENTATION
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Office of the Provost at Rice University. Last updated: 06 May 1997.