 | Creation of the Flagship Agenda
As a result of LSU’s five-year planning effort, a campus-wide discussion about the University’s future began in fall 2002. This discussion, known as the National Flagship Agenda, focused on how LSU could improve its research and educational enterprise to make it more nationally competitive. According to the University’s core values of collegiality and open dialogue, this Flagship Agenda is the culmination of discussions and debates among the faculty, staff, students, and friends of the University. A few of the signal events that unfolded during the last year are listed on the right.
Signal Events of 2002-2003
| 9/17/02 | The Chancellor met with the University Planning Council (UPC) and the LSU Reaffirmation of Accreditation Leadership Team to discuss the major points of the Flagship Agenda. |
| 9/19/02 | LSU Board of Supervisors Flagship Committee established. |
| 10/15/02 | Vice chancellors and the UPC responded to questions from the Board’s Flagship Committee. |
| 10/17/02 | The UPC outlined the process to begin dialogue on the National Flagship Agenda. |
| 12/5/02 | Chancellor Emmert began discussions with deans, department heads, the Faculty and Staff Senates, and the Student Government officers. Break-out groups responded to questions posed by the Board’s Flagship Committee and the Chancellor. |
| 12/12/02 | The Web site, www.lsu.edu/flagship, started posting information and hosting discussions. |
| 1/15/03 | The Chancellor presented key issues to an open meeting of faculty and staff. |
| 2/20/03 | The first draft of the Flagship Agenda was posted to the Flagship Web site. The campus commented on-line and through formal bodies, including Vice Chancellors’ Council, Deans’ Council, UPC, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, and the Flagship Committee of the Board of Supervisors. |
| 2/27/03 | John Lombardi, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, consulted with deans, faculty, and board members, and conducted a public lecture on the role of a national research university and how to measure its success. |
| 3/17/03 | Divisions, colleges, schools, and departments began dialogues about the National Flagship Agenda. |
| 3/27/03 | The Chancellor presented a revision of the Flagship Agenda to the Board of Supervisors’ Flagship Committee. |
| 5/26/03 | Vice chancellors and deans began discussing Flagship Agenda plans with the Provost. |
| 10/30/03 | Plans were finalized and incorporated. |
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