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2010 Strategic Thinking Committee:  the Charge

The 2010 Strategic Thinking Committee was drawn from recommendations made by deans, directors, department heads and other members of the campus community. The Committee will be co-chaired by Professor David Perry (College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs / Great Cities) and by the Vice Provost for Planning and Programs.

The charge to the UIC 2010 Committee is to help the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) develop a vision for the campus to inform and to guide strategic development of all aspects of the campus over the next seven years.

The Committee should serve as a periscope toward the future, analyzing state, national, and international trends that will influence the opportunities for UIC and identifying themes and areas for emphasis that will propel UIC to greater academic excellence, compelling institutional value to Chicago and Illinois, and enhanced national and international prominence.

The vision should encompass the strengths and potentials of the east, west, and south campuses, culminating in broad recommendations to be of value to campus decision-makers until the year 2010 and beyond. Key recommendations are insights and ideas that can be interpreted flexibly, so they can be modified and adapted in response to changing conditions over time.

The Committee's report will: situate UIC in a broader academic, social, cultural, and economic context; identify critical areas and salient features; integrate multiple dimensions of campus thinking and planning from the departments, institutes, colleges, and divisions; propose new initiatives without evident UIC antecedents, as appropriate; and promote campus thematic unity.

The Committee deliberations will result in a clearly written document laying out UIC’s present strengths on which to build and weaknesses that must be addressed, important UIC opportunities as well as threats to UIC’s future, and UIC’s competitive advantages as a high-quality public research university in a unique urban setting.