"Leading the Way" - CAS Strategic Plan

​An outstanding faculty, committed to educating students and engaging them in research and creative activity, is the
basis for everything we do. Enhanced infrastructure and support mechanisms will facilitate research, scholarship and
creative activity.

​Recruit exceptional faculty members. Actively recruit excellent tenure-track and continuing non-tenure track faculty with racial, gender, cultural and intellectual diversity to build a robust learning and research environment. Continue to augment core disciplinary areas while developing interdisciplinary and emerging areas.

​Strengthen support for the faculty. Eliminate barriers and update policies to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching initiatives. Develop staff and financial support for exceptional learning opportunities and research initiatives, particularly those that extend outside traditional disciplinary boundaries. Foster the success of early-career faculty by expanding and strengthening our current mentoring system.

​Improve research infrastructure. Upgrade support for grant proposal preparation, including additional staff and improved coordination among departments and colleges. Expand and improve the college space dedicated to research, scholarship and creative activity, and provide systematic support to establish and strengthen core facilities and research centers.