CRITICAL CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD

• State and federal funding challenges (e.g. Title III, USDA)
• The changing role of technology in higher education (e.g. online education, classrooms of the present)
• The rapidly aging composition of our personnel
• Heightened pressure for salary equity and market demands
• Issues of staff workload versus the quality of the student experience
• Securing philanthropic gifts and program grants
• Research funding and scholarly productivity
• Increasing demands for external accountability and record keeping
• Increasing importance for seamless and omnibus communication