Academic Programs
Improvement in national rankings
Restoring support for LS&A
Strengthening the basic sciences
Strengthening the health sciences
Achieving competitive faculty salaries

 Education
Achieving a recommitment to undergraduate education
Undergraduate Initiatives Fund
UG Facilities (classroom renovation, Shapiro Library, Angell-	   Haven, Media Union)
Thurnau Professorships for outstanding undergraduate teaching
Stressing important of teaching in faculty promotion and tenure
Revisions of introductory courses
Gateway Seminar series
Undergraduate research opportunity program
Community service
Living/learning communities
Professional curriculum redesign
Continuing education and distance learning
International education (MUCIA, International Institute, overseas 	   campuses)

Research
Improving the research climate on campus
Leadership in national research policy
Research incentive program
Technology transfer (intellectual product policies)
Policy development (research misconduct, conflict of interest)
Public-private sector partnerships

Diversity
The Michigan Mandate
The Michigan Agenda for Women
Access for the Physically Challenged
Bylaw 14.06
Economic diversity
World University themes

Campus life
Campus safety initiatives
Student Rights and Responsibilities Code
Substance Abuse Task Force, Task Force on Violence Against 	   Women
Student living/learning environment
Intercollegiate Athletics

Financial Strength
Cost containment measures
Asset management strategies
Development of alternative sources of revenue
Achievement of Aa1 credit rating by Wall Street

Private Support
Tripling private giving to $150 M/y
Increasing endowment five-fold to $1.4 B
Achieving 90% of $1 B Campaign for Michigan goal (with two 	   years to go)

Financial and organizational restructuring
New budget strategies (PACE, ACUB)
M-Quality
UM Hospitals Transformation
Asset management programs
Value-Centered Management (responsibility center management)
Measures of cost-effectiveness
Restructuring of auxiliary enterprises (e.g., Housing, Athletics)
Human Resources reorganization

Rebuilding the university
Medical Center Transformation
Completion of North Campus
Renovation of South Campus
Rebuilding of the Central Campus
East Medical Campus development
Deferred maintenance program
Re-landscaping the campus
UM-Flint
UM-Dearborn

Information Technology
ÒWiring the campusÓ
NSFnet Ñ> Internet
Mainframe Ñ> Client-Server Technology
Student access (Fall Kickoff Sales, Rescomp Program, Computing 	   Clusters)
Digital library project (and ÒThe New SchoolÓ)
Multimedia facilities (the Media Union)

Strengthening the bonds with 
external constituencies
State relations restructuring
Federal relations restructuring
Public and media relations
Community relations

Transformation of the UM Medical Center
Completion of RHP effort
UMH Transformation Plan
M-Care
Merging clinical service plans with UMH operations
Michigan Health Corporation
Alliances with other health care providers

Intercollegiate Athletics
Alignment with academic priorities
Mainstreaming of student-athletes and coaching staffs
Policy development
Restoring financial stability
Rebuilding athletics facilities (Michigan Stadium, Yost, 	   Weidenbach)
Building new facilities (Natatorium, Keen Arena, Tennis Center, 	   soccer/hockey fields)
WomenÕs athletics
Big Ten Conference/NCAA leadership

Cultural Changes
Student Culture
Diversity
Athletics
Faculty Culture

New Initiatives
Media Union (ITIC)
Institute of Humanities
Institute of Molecular Medicine (Gene Therapy)
Center for the Study of Global Change
Community Service/Americorps
Flat Panel Display Center
Tauber Manufacturing Institute
The School of Information (SILS)
Living/Learning Environments
21st Century Project
WISE
Davidson Institute for Emerging Economicies
New Music Laboratory
Institute for Women and Gender Studies
Rescomp/Angell-Haven
Direct Lending
RCM/VCM
M-Quality
Incentive compensation experiments
Presidential Initiative Fund
Undergraduate Initiative Fund

National Leadership
Quality of programs across all academic and professional disciplines
Quality achieved per resources expended
Faculty salaries (among publics)
Research activity
Financial strength (among publics)
Information technology environment
Intercollegiate athletics
Health care operations