Among the many issues they discussed were the role of the Greek system, faculty-student interaction, and the spiritual component of campus life. As Dr. Brazil methodically continues meeting various campus constituents, he tends to listen more than he speaks. A third priority that will occupy much of this inaugural year is the search for three administrative positions to fill the vacancies left by Vice President for Academic Affairs Ed Roy, who stepped down this year, and Vice President of Student Affairs Coleen Grissom and Director of Admissions George Boyd, both of whom will retire next May. For example, he points out that in some ways higher education is in danger of becoming a commodity. While most educators are grappling with such issues, there are others on which Dr. Brazil is perfectly clear.
Diversity is one.
Technology will have, and continue to have even more than it has today, an impact on the way we learn, the way we teach, what we learn and what we teach. And I mean that in both the financial and intellectual sense. Student recruitment and retention will also receive renewed attention as Dr. Brazil anticipates increasing competition for a relatively unchanging pool of highly qualified students and for the resources to support them. Demographics will figure prominently in the recruitment effort as Dr. Brazil notes most demographic growth is going to be among populations that traditionally do not send their children to college. He also says Trinity is not for everybody.