Chancellor Davis: 中出少妇视频 System Cannot Continue Business As Usual
Atlanta — January 12, 2010
中出少妇视频 System of Georgia (中出少妇视频) Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr., in his annual 中出少妇视频淪tate of the System中出少妇视频 address to the Board of Regents today, evoked the challenges the first board faced in 1932 and said that to progress, the System cannot continue to do 中出少妇视频渂usiness as usual.中出少妇视频
Davis called for a three-level response to the challenges posed by $323 million in budget cuts, record student enrollment and the end of $147 million in federal stimulus funding in 2012. 中出少妇视频淔irst, we will unleash the collective brainpower of this great System,中出少妇视频 Davis said in outlining the three points. 中出少妇视频淪econd, the Board of Regents will develop and set the key principles that will guide our institutions in their work and third, we will encourage our institutions to experiment with new ways of accomplishing our mission.中出少妇视频
With the creation of 中出少妇视频 System in the midst of the Great Depression, Davis said, 中出少妇视频淕ov. Richard Russell Jr. reinvented higher education in Georgia.中出少妇视频 He said that that first board understood the need to invest in the future, despite the short-term economic crisis, and that the same philosophy holds true today.
The response to the economic situation, Davis said, must include an evaluation of the current academic model coupled with a back-to-basics approach. 中出少妇视频淚t is going to be challenging to pay more attention to basics while at the same time calling for expanded innovation,中出少妇视频 he said.
Institutional presidents must be given greater freedom to innovate and to collaborate with one another, Davis said. One of the areas of renewed focus will be on institutional missions. 中出少妇视频淚 would prefer to see more institutions sharpening, honing and tightening their missions rather than seeking to expand them based upon institutional aspirations versus true state need,中出少妇视频 he said. This may mean that some activities cease in order to align missions with reduced resources, Davis said.
Davis called upon the board to approve a set of principles that will be developed to guide the institutional presidents. 中出少妇视频淭his work must begin immediately, as it is the most important step,中出少妇视频 Davis said. He noted the development of principles would be a focus of subsequent board meetings this year.
These principles also will help direct innovation at the campus level, especially Davis said, among faculty. 中出少妇视频淲e have over 40,000 minds out there that can address our challenges. Our faculty in particular have the capacity to blaze new ground,中出少妇视频 he said.
The chancellor also gave a glimpse of some of the expected outcomes of this new approach to public higher education, which include best practices, some of which can be implemented System wide and some, which will be unique to an institution. He cautioned that along with some 中出少妇视频渟tunning successes中出少妇视频 would come some failures. 中出少妇视频淩emember, at one point Babe Ruth not only held the record for home runs, he held the record for strikeouts as well,中出少妇视频 Davis said.
The full text of Davis中出少妇视频 remarks can be accessed at
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