“There hasn't been a comprehensive strategic plan ever in place at the University. It's a major new initiative, and simply getting many different people onto the same page about what we need to do and how we're going to do it is all work that needs to get done.”
“The goal is to understand what's going on in terms of competition and then carefully assess what you do well and what you're not as good at and put together a set of plans.”
“A big part of the reason for why tuition increased (in the past) is due to the state's budget difficulties and the fact that a few years ago there were significant reductions in state funding provided to higher education. Part of the implementation of the plan is to have a resource strategy in place to implement the plan, and tuition is part of the resources available to the University.”
