Enabling Change 9. Full Version Text-Only Town Meeting Videos 8. Achieving Rensselaer's goal requires a systemic and relentless commitment to change. Meaningful change, of course, must be driven by well-based and meaningful plans. Thus, as The Rensselaer Plan enables change, change enables The Rensselaer Plan.
People are the principal enablers.
Rensselaer's communities, discussed above, must have the business processes, information infrastructure, physical facilities, and financial resources to do the job. A university's programs and initiatives are actualized through administrative processes. The Rensselaer Plan requires that we achieve high performance levels in key administrative processes. We will transform, outsource, or sunset processes that are not essential. Execute each chosen process with excellence, emphasizing access, simplicity, outcomes, and appropriate uses of technology at every step.