BIG PICTURE

• Institutional Objectives
     Local, regional, national, international
     Community commitments
     Working partnerships
     Substance and style
• Department Objectives
     Strengths, weaknesses: an honest assessment
     Direction: Where do faculty members want to go?
     Direction: What do students need to know?
     Digital divide? Keeping up with technology
     Curriculum
     Local to international
     Timeframe
     Benchmarks
• Teaching: ethic and values
     Philosophy
     Hands-on, practical
     Serious power, serious responsibility