The committee is just getting underway. Mr. Newman has heard repeatedly that fundamental strategy is missing. This committee is high-powered and eager to take on the challenge in its charge. The committee acknowledges that additional funding for information technology is required. Technology will radically alter pedagogy.
Technology presents an opportunity and a danger.
The danger is that Brown won't be competitive if it does not do technology well. The opportunity is that it allows us to get ahead of our competitors. Brown's strength is that we are not smug or set in our ways. Brown's limited resources force us to make better decisions early. The ad hoc committee intends to work with faculty and the administration to set this movement in motion.