Chancellor Martin said UMD's 2 overriding priorities are to be a first-class undergraduate university with selected graduate programs and to provide support for faculty as teachers and researchers and students as learners and researchers. She described a strong advising initiative, integration of freshman seminars with the successful Intro to College Learning class, a technology initiative, and student research opportunities. Crookston has successfully expanded its mission to be a 4-year polytechnic campus, Chancellor Sargeant said. We must be doing something right. Campus makes strong use of technology, with notebook computers for all students, e-discussions, Web pages for every course, and classes offered on line.
Campus is also employer influenced, and all degrees require internships.
UMC is the only open admission campus in the system. Morris has as its overarching goal to be the best public liberal arts college in America, said interim Chancellor Schuman. We believe this is both an ambitious and a realistic goal. Average course load is 16.2, compared to 13.9 for the U as a whole. Faculty are drawn to the campus because of the chance to work with extraordinary students, Schuman said.