PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT DECADE	These overlapping themes -- the learning experience, the learning community and the learning environment -- are the foundation upon which we can develop our vision for the university and plan the strategies we
	can use to reach that vision. Several strategic priorities must be addressed as we think of this future. Once these are considered and developed further, agreeing upon specific strategies to meet the priorities will be a challenge we all can address. I see the following to be among the most critical of our priorities.

MAINTAINING OUR RESEARCH PREEMINENCE.

Throughout this century, we have maintained our status as one of a very small group of preeminent research universities in the world. In large measure, this is a reflection of the fact that, in research and scholarship, "excellence attracts excellence." Future competitive success in maintaining our position will come only if we confront the exponential growth of knowledge by analyzing our strengths and weaknesses, and making needed changes even in the face of apparent short-term disadvantages to some programs. Choosing priorities from among tough choices, restructuring where needed to meet new intellectual challenges, and avoiding complacency all are necessary if we are to maintain our preeminence in research.

RETHINKING OUR ORGANIZATION.

Our current academic structure, including academic departments, degree programs, and their locations within schools and colleges, should be subjected to a fresh analysis and changed to meet the needs of the future. We must then test the validity of our judgments against concrete results and be prepared to make further adjustments in a process of continuous analysis and improvement. Our current organization is based not on comprehensive planning, but rather is the product of incremental change, ad hoc decisions, and gradual accretion. To be prepared for the demands of a world in which knowledge is being quickly transformed, our organizational structure needs flexibility to keep pace.

RECONCEPTUALIZING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATE.

In the past five years, we have made impressive progress in modernizing registration, improving class access, upgrading advising, and better integrating teaching and research opportunities. To be a leader in the 21st century, we need to do more than reform our curriculum. We must take full advantage of an environment in which students will learn from one another, and do so in residential settings and other venues outside the traditional