Making A Difference:
The Strategic Plan for Duke University
Making a Difference was approved as the strategic plan for Duke University on September 29, 2006 . The plan defines a distinctive vision for Duke University that can further assure our place among the small number of institutions that define what is best in higher education. The University plans to invest $1.3 billion to bring the plan to fruition.
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Making a Difference (the entire document)
Duke and the Changing Landscape: A Planning Prologue
Chapter 1 - Building Distinction at Duke: Past, Present and Future
Chapter 2 - Challenges and Opportunities of the Current Planning Environment
Chapter 3 - Duke's Enduring Themes
Chapter 4 - Academic Goals and Strategies to Build Distinction
Chapter 5 - Transforming the Campus: Central, West, and East
Chapter 6 - Durham , Regional, and Global Strategies
Chapter 7 - Strategic Investment Plan
Appendix I - Executive Summaries of School Plans
Appendix II - Executive Summaries of Signature Initiative Plans