Update

• The Research, Scholarship and Creativity working group launched an intensive investigation of Dartmouth’s research profile, including an extensive program of engaging colleagues and students across the institution to collect ideas and assessments regarding scholarly endeavors at Dartmouth. 
• We analyzed trends in research, scholarship and creativity globally, making comparisons between Dartmouth and a broad set of peer institutions, and engaging over 150 faculty, staff and students from 40 departments and programs across the institution.
• Our work will culminate in a report to the strategic planning steering and advisory committees in late spring 2012.

Overall Approach

The faculty strategic planning advisory committee (F‐SPAC) launched its planning efforts by focusing first on the core aspects of our dual roles as scholars and teachers – scholarly and pedagogical excellence. The goal of this working group is to look deeply into issues relating to support and expansion of faculty scholarship, research and creative practice necessary to continue Dartmouth’s leadership in higher education in the coming years. We welcome your ideas about enhancing the productivity and impact of research and creative production at Dartmouth at any time during this process, either on our survey or on the questions below.