The Challenges: At the Institutional Level
Resource Allocation
- Funds for facilities, cost sharing, IT upgrading, etc.
Recruitment and Retention
- Space and other support are often more important than salary
Reading the Pulse of Science and Technology
- Being prepared to respond to emerging areas of study; new areas of emphasis on the part of sponsors.
- New Centers and Institutes Within and between Schools and Colleges/under OVPR
- Maintaining the “Universality of the University”
- Dealing with Federal Rules, Regulations, Protocols, etc.