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WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US NOW ABOUT
F IV E MIN U TE S W I TH THE STRATEGIC PLAN?
David Figlio We will focus on the University’s deep, broad, and
wide excellence as a scholarly and creative hub. First,
we must make sure that the areas where we have
Provost and Gordon Fyfe Professor
of Economics and Education established distinctions, as well as emerging ones, are
as strong as possible. We also need to identify new
AS PROVOST AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, areas where we can be particularly consequential.
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE UNIVERSITY’S TOP
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES? Second, we must continue to create, preserve,
A university’s role is to enable boundless possibility for and disseminate knowledge and develop robust
people within its community. That’s why our goal from educational programs. This means considering what
an academic perspective must be to make sure our could be possible if we had no constraints. We need
students, faculty, and staff find that this is a place not to be the model for the 21st century for the residential
only to study and work, but to truly thrive. research university so that our graduates can continue
to flourish and lead.
The University’s new strategic plan—which we will
communicate more about early next year—aligns A third area involves our relationship with the City of
with this thinking. In it, we will outline how we Rochester and our region. We benefit from a vibrant,
will create conditions for people to achieve their healthy, and successful Rochester, and as the region's
highest aspirations. Central to this is figuring out the largest employer and with our myriad partnerships, we
infrastructure needed to do that and looking at what’s play a large role in contributing to Rochester's success.
getting in our way. Our strategic plan embraces this relationship.

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