Senator Moran worried that the train seems already to have left the station, forcing action within a very short period that would commit us for a very long time to come. We need to put adequate time into planning our long-term future and be concerned about reduction of student access. Senator Baulieu shared this concern. The Provost gave assurances that the train would not leave the station unless the university community was committed to it. Senator Lyon said he had been concerned about Kaye's challenge from the beginning.
Nothing is broken here.
We are a good university doing a very good job and don't need to re-invent ourselves to be distinctive. Logan responded that this does not seem to him a matter of fixing something broken but an opportunity to build on strengths. Kaye denied he had claimed that anything was broken. It is rather an opportunity to sharpen the focus of our mission and to gain support for identifying a distinctive role within the UW System. There is an understanding within the larger community and within UW System Administration that enrollment reduction could mean enhance the quality of our distinctive academic program.