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Five-Year Strategic Plan Logic Model 2015-2020
STRATEGIC FOCUS
Discover Solutions
1. Provide an incubator for novel approaches to environmental problems that cross disciplinary boundaries.
2. Facilitate and support interdisciplinary research teams that address environmental issues.
3. Recruit, mentor, retain, and engage first-rate faculty, scholars, and graduate students.
4. Compete successfully for multidisciplinary and multi- institutional public and private sector research grants.
Develop Leaders
1. Enhance development of intellectual leaders among faculty.
2. Develop innovative educational opportunities for students inside and outside the classroom.
3. Engage a diverse group of people and institutions in all of our programs and activities.
4. Serve as a go-to source of environmental knowledge for public and private sector leaders and citizens.
Forge Partnerships
1. Connect researchers with relevant decision makers to inform development of policy and management practices.
2. Foster partnerships with private sector organizations that provide opportunities for entrepreneurship, experiential learning, and “green” economic development.
3. Create opportunities for students and faculty to conduct leading-edge research around the world.
4. Improve financial stability through relationships with donors and philanthropic foundations.
FIVE-YEAR GOALS (2020)
Delaware Environmental Institute will have catalyzed multidisciplinary research leading to effective solutions to environmental challenges.
Delaware Environmental Institute will have contributed leaders to a growing international network of environmental experts, decision makers, and problem solvers.
Delaware Environmental Institute will have developed effective partnerships that fulfill emerging demands for environmental information, products, and services.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME
Individuals, organizations, and communities around the world will be able to meet human needs for
water, food, energy, and health without degrading the ability of the planet to meet the needs of future generations.
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