Monthly Archives: May 2023

Incorporating Changing Reality into College Strategic Plans: Part 5: Extending Boundaries

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller My last blog finished with a promise that this blog would propose ways to incorporate attempts to understand accelerated global changes into the strategic plans of local schools. Again, I will focus on my school. … Continue reading

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Incorporating Changing Reality into College Strategic Plans: Part 4: Incorporated Research

Physics laboratory at Brooklyn College This blog tries to deliver on last week’s blog’s promise to look at the broader impacts of research in the Brooklyn College (BC) Strategic Plan. As I’ve mentioned in earlier blogs in this series, universities … Continue reading

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Incorporating Changing Reality into College Strategic Plans: Part 3: How Do We Evaluate “Broader Impacts” in Research?

The picture above was taken from my favorite T-shirt, which features my favorite quote. It is also the main reason that I chose an academic career: to get a license to experiment. When I wear the shirt, it often triggers … Continue reading

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Incorporating Changing Reality into College Strategic Plans: Part 2: Matching Students’ Expectations

This series of blogs started around Earth Day (April 25, 2023 post), with a question of how best to incorporate Earth Day’s aspiration on a local level. I decided to focus on my own college and university: Brooklyn College (BC) … Continue reading

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Incorporating Changing Reality into College Strategic Plans: Part 1

Last week’s blog focused on the celebration of Earth Day, ending with a promise that this week’s blog would focus on a local effort. The natural local effort for me to address is my place of work: the City University … Continue reading

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