To reflect UW-Stout’s commitment to align
campus initiatives with its mission and values, this annual report is
organized around the university’s five-year strategic goals.
Digital Learning
Goal 1
Academic Programs
Goal 2
Active Learning
Goal 3
Academic Excellence
Goal 4
Promoting Diversity
Goal 5
Campus Climate
Goal 6
Improved Facilities
Goal 7
Educational Support
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of Budget, Planning and Analysis. |
We
just finished an interesting academic year, meeting our goals through
many accomplishments. We successfully completed the first year of our
e-Scholar program. In August of 2002, more than 1,300 freshmen received
laptops, a historic first for UW-Stout and the UW System. Our surveys
of freshmen indicate a high rate of approval for the program. Faculty
really stepped up and adapted their courses and teaching styles to this
new tool. In my opinion, we will see significant changes as the program
continues. In three years, UW-Stout will be a campus where every undergraduate
student will have a laptop. Everyone can be extremely proud of the great
strides made by the many dedicated faculty, academic staff and support
staff.
As the only university to be awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award, UW-Stout also remains at the center of the quality movement for
education, nationally and internationally. We have made well over 100
presentations, and spoken to more than 11,000 people about the positive
impact this program has for higher education.
Still, we experienced such accomplishments while dealing with the worst
fiscal crisis in the history of Wisconsin and the UW System. The budget
cuts we were required to make (a 25 percent base cut to the UW System)
were indeed difficult. Fortunately, the state has permitted tuition to
increase $250 a semester, so that we could manage the cut in a way that
preserved the core mission of instruction. Clearly, the historic social
compact between the states and public higher education that has always
guaranteed high access at affordable rates is changing rapidly. This trend,
I think, will have very negative consequences in the long run.
This 2002–03 annual report represents the range of activities we
are involved in daily. It focuses on our seven strategic goals—for
these drive our agenda, provide clarity in vision and mission, and reflect
our core values. We invite you to not only read the report, but to respond
to it with questions, suggestions or comments. We want and need your involvement.
If we are to remain the School of Choice for the 21st Century, we must
provide the programs and services our stakeholders require.
Charles W. Sorensen
Chancellor |