Deans give positive responses to plan

The University's response to the strategic plan has been overwhelmingly positive, as evidenced by these comments from school administrators.

The School of Agriculture

"I believe the focus on increasing the instructional environment and the quality for students is critical to us; it will help every student.

"I'm especially excited about the engagement components of the strategic plan. I believe it's very important for Purdue University to engage with stakeholders, citizens and users of our research and our educational system all across the state."

-Dean Victor Lechtenberg

The School of Consumer and Family Sciences

"I appreciate the fact that the plan is very student-focused, it challenges us to make the educational mission for students even better.

"I think it also challenges us to be engaged with the state and nation in ways that help the state and nation move forward, and therefore help Purdue be more useful and effective in using our resources."

-Dean Dennis Savaiano

The School of Education

"The School of Education has had its own personal strategic plan for a number of years. Now, with one for the University, this gives us an opportunity to go back and rethink our position within the University.

"I think (the strategic plan) is a very good fit with our mission and vision and the goals of our faculty."

-Interim dean Jerry Peters

The Schools of Engineering

"We're very excited about both the plan and the planning process that tries to establish some priorities and directions and gives guidance. It's an approach that has identifiable metrics and quantifiable benchmarks, those are things engineers live by in terms of projects.

"It says Purdue is going to be a preeminent institution and that in that preeminence it's going to build on areas of traditional strengths in scope and reputation. We certainly think the Schools of Engineering have to do their part to make it a preeminent place."

-Associate dean Larry Huggins

The Krannert School of Management

"The strategic plan highlights the technology and quantitative excellence of the University, that's the same niche we have described for Krannert with regard to other business schools. We've always cast ourselves as being somewhat distinctive than most business schools in that we emphasize the management of technology and the more quantitative elements of management."

-Dean Richard Cosier

The Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences

"It's always been our goal to be as good as we can possibly be and preeminence sounds good to us. With the vision expressed in the plan … I think having everybody focused on the same goals across schools will help get us focused.

"It is especially helpful in interdisciplinary programs … and to have the funding mechanism specified clearly is also helpful."

-Dean Charles Rutledge

The School of Technology

"I think the president and committee have done an outstanding job of laying out a road map for the University to move ahead at a very rapid rate. We see ourselves playing a key role in the future of the University and we're excited about it.

"We see this as a real benchmark to move the school ahead, as well as the University in the next couple years."

-Acting dean Frederick Emshousen Jr.

The School of Veterinary Medicine

"I think (the strategic plan) has an excellent vision statement and I think it will truly help the University in focusing what it needs to do to become a preeminent university.

"I think that for the School of Veterinary Medicine, we are very much involved in all of the missions of a land-grant university — engagement, discovery and learning."

-Dean Alan Rebar

The School of Science

"It's going to make a big change in the way things are done on campus, it's a big step in that sense.

"Science is a unique school on campus in that we do a lot of teaching and a lot of research … I think it's going to be good for the school in both ways. I think and hope we're going to have even more really good students, which every professor enjoys seeing."

-Assistant dean Nicholas Giordano

The School of Liberal Arts

"I like the new vision statement a lot. This final draft is much more inclusive, it sort of invites all of us into the enterprise.

"I do think it's a much more inclusive vision statement and it will encourage all of us to be the best that we can."

-Dean Margaret Rowe

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