UW-Green Bay, Chancellor, The Growth Agenda

Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard presented "Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda" to the UW System Board of Regents Business, Finance, and Audit Committee on Thursday, April 6. The board held its April 2006 meetings on the UW-Green Bay campus.
	Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda What the Growth Agenda Means for UWGB What is driving the Agenda? The Growth Agenda...Why Now? UW-Green Bay Today It's About Our Region's Future A Region in Economic Transition Northeastern Wisconsin: A Rising Economic Star for Wisconsin Region in Demographic Transition Diversity Plan 2008 Phuture Phoenix Looking Even Deeper: Who succeeds at UWGB? UWGB...A University in Demand Connecting Learning to Life..."A Unique Education" What is Happening at UWGB? How will UWGB Grow? Partnerships: Public Higher Education, Private Higher Education, K-12, Private Sector Why Talk Growth Now? Office of the Chancellor David A. Cofrin Library, Suite 810 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: 920-465-2207 Comments to: Chancellor Web Manager Revised 04/07/2006 E-mail: shepardb@uwgb.edu

		It is Northeastern Wisconsin’s Growth Agenda. And, I must forewarn you: just as we have been challenged by our community, you will be challenged by what we are presenting. And, the challenge runs more deeply than the fiscal, political, and social barriers you will immediately perceive. We, as did La Crosse last month, are challenging the very core notion of what philosophy should drive the governance and leadership of a state higher education system in the modern age. What we want to do, what other campuses want to do are made difficult by the political and fiscal realities; they are made impossible if we continue with a governance philosophy oriented toward issues of uniformity and homogeneity, perhaps necessary at the time of merger. Today, 35 years later, though, there are new challenges, and the old approach is an impediment. Any large enterprise, if it is to succeed, must effectively institutionalize the capacity to differentially adapt and relentlessly change. One thing, though, is more relevant than ever: Mission.
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