2008 Woodie Awards
Fingerhut talks Strategic Plan
Josh Martin
Issue date: 7/7/08 Section: News
Speaking before a standing room only crowd in the Law School Auditorium, Ohio's Chancellor of Education Eric Fingerhut outlined his Ten Year Strategic Plan for Ohio on June 17 and its implications for the future of UT.
The presentation, which focused primarily on the "centers of excellence" part of the plan, was conducted in a roundtable format. Along with the chancellor, the participants included UT President Lloyd Jacobs, Owens Community College President Christa Adams, Senator Mark Wagoner (R-OH), State Representative Peter Ujvagi (D-OH), Betsy Yeary , a senior majoring in theatre and film, Mike Betz, a UT alumnus, Robert Savage, co-founder of Savage & Associates and board member of the UT Foundation and Jim Tuschman, member of Ohio's Board of Regents and former UT Board of Trustees member.
Fingerhut's plan calls for the establishment of the University System of Ohio - a system where the 13 public universities, medical centers, 23 community colleges, 41 adult career centers and 118 adult basic and literacy education centers from across Ohio increase collaboration and focus on academic centers of excellence.
Concentration on centers of excellence is designed to attract talented faculty and students in those respective areas to specific institutions, boosting quality research across all fields, while saving state financial resources normally wasted on institutional competition.
According to Fingerhut, this will bring increased investment from corporate interests in the university-driven research and in the budding workforce centered around each university. The relationship between these up-and-coming students will be further cemented with the businesses through increased university sponsored internships and co-ops.
Increased corporate investment in Ohio's regional economies will then serve to encourage college graduates to stay in Ohio - preventing "brain drain" - as well as attract graduates to Ohio from across the nation.
The presentation, which focused primarily on the "centers of excellence" part of the plan, was conducted in a roundtable format. Along with the chancellor, the participants included UT President Lloyd Jacobs, Owens Community College President Christa Adams, Senator Mark Wagoner (R-OH), State Representative Peter Ujvagi (D-OH), Betsy Yeary , a senior majoring in theatre and film, Mike Betz, a UT alumnus, Robert Savage, co-founder of Savage & Associates and board member of the UT Foundation and Jim Tuschman, member of Ohio's Board of Regents and former UT Board of Trustees member.
Fingerhut's plan calls for the establishment of the University System of Ohio - a system where the 13 public universities, medical centers, 23 community colleges, 41 adult career centers and 118 adult basic and literacy education centers from across Ohio increase collaboration and focus on academic centers of excellence.
Concentration on centers of excellence is designed to attract talented faculty and students in those respective areas to specific institutions, boosting quality research across all fields, while saving state financial resources normally wasted on institutional competition.
According to Fingerhut, this will bring increased investment from corporate interests in the university-driven research and in the budding workforce centered around each university. The relationship between these up-and-coming students will be further cemented with the businesses through increased university sponsored internships and co-ops.
Increased corporate investment in Ohio's regional economies will then serve to encourage college graduates to stay in Ohio - preventing "brain drain" - as well as attract graduates to Ohio from across the nation.
Be the first to comment on this story