We have learned a lot. We tracked some indicators that gave us very good information, and they were thus very helpful. In our first foray into this type of tracking, we also discovered that there were some indicators that have not been so valuable. I am committed to our process of strategic planning. It not only gives us information that we need to provide the best teaching, research, and service we possibly can, but such planning also gives us credibility in the eyes of our supporters and benefactors, as well as hard information to back up our claims of success.
Strategic plans come and go.
But they are necessary to track change over time, and they are crucial to keeping our aims on a straight course. Strategic planning works hand in hand with our Core Values, the essence of what we're about. Core values do not, and should not, shift radically over time. Bridges to the Next Horizon . I offer my thanks to everyone involved in developing both our old and new plans, as well as those who have compiled and presented the indicators in this report.