An uphill trek to Health Services. A new admissions building on the north side. A completely carbon neutral campus.
These and various other proposed changes compose the latest iteration of the College’s five to seven year plan, which President Elizabeth Bradley and Dean of the College Carlos Alamo-Pastrana unveiled at the VSA’s weekly senate meeting on Sunday, Nov. 3. Over a year of groundwork from a 20-person Planning and Priorities Committee, supplied with input from four World Cafés, has culminated in a plan to push Vassar into the next decade.
The plan hopes to prioritize academic excellence, campus community and culture, and Vassar’s role in the world, and lists 32 goals in areas ranging from financial aid to mental health to career development. “It is not uncommon for the College to establish long-time goals such as these,” revealed Dean of Strategic Planning and Academic Resources Marianne Begemann in an email interview. “Especially,” she added, “when there is a new president involved.” If the time has come for President Bradley to create her legacy, it will not be anything less than concrete—perhaps literally, as the plan delineates a number of building projects that will make for a very different campus by the time it’s implemented." …
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