Provost Kliger's Priorities for 2008-09

Strategic Academic Plan Implementation

bullet Strategic Academic Plan (February 2008)
bullet Action Plan (September 2008)

As a result of consultation during 2007-08, a number of near-term actions have been identified to put into place or to strengthen the building blocks necessary to achieve the following key campus goals:

bullet Maintain and further improve the campus’s leadership position as a top-ranked research university, and for showcasing existing academic excellence;
bullet Establish and maintain a strong and sustainable foundation for the undergraduate educational experience;
bullet Improve the infrastructure supporting campus goals for research, scholarship, and graduate education; and
bullet Address long-standing foundational elements with respect to work-life issues and the need to diversify the campus resource base.

 

Two-Year Campus Goals

bullet Campus Goals Statement (December 2008)

The focus of the campus’s near-term (i.e., during 2008-09 and 2009-10) priorities is on what can be accomplished to lay the foundation for continued excellence. The five priorities listed below are aspirational in that they correspond to near-term milestones along our pathway toward the vision elements of the Strategic Academic Plan; they are also aggressive—particularly in an environment of constrained resources—and span academic program development and improvements to the educational experience to our efforts to establish a Silicon Valley Center.

bullet Continue to explore opportunities for new academic program development—particularly in the six areas articulated in the Strategic Academic Plan where our existing core disciplines intersect—and target faculty recruitments in disciplines consistent with those plans;
bullet Explore new professional programs—that address needs of our State and that prepare the individuals who will innovate, serve humanity, and tackle challenges facing society and our world;
bullet Build on and enhance UCSC’s distinction and achievements as an outstanding undergraduate institution;
bullet Move forward planning for the campus’s Silicon Valley Center in order to increase collaborative research, develop graduate and professional programs, accommodate student demand and promote academic preparation for UC, and promote intersegmental cooperation; and
bullet Augment and diversify the campus’s resource base—specifically by increasing total philanthropic support to the campus and preparing for UC Santa Cruz’s first comprehensive fund-raising campaign.

 

Budget Development

bullet Budget Updates (Web page updated on an on-going basis)

The prospect of a sustained downturn in the State’s economic health—including the seriousness of mid-year cuts UC is facing during 2008-09—will force the campus to reassess how quickly we can make progress toward the goals articulated in our Strategic Academic Plan.

bullet Should the fiscal situation continue to deteriorate, our primary goal will be to guide the campus through the process of restructuring as we seek to create a sustainable campus on a smaller budget that is positioned to move forward aggressively as the economy improves.