Tumblr (3.0; @uvaprofessor)http://uvaprofessor.tumblr.com/<p><div>Strategic Dynamism 101</div> <div>Spring 2012</div> <div>University of Virginia</div> <div>Prof. Teresa Sullivan</div> <div></div> <div>Final Exam</div> <div></div> <div>Part I: True / False</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>At the time of President Sullivan’s appointment, she was instructed to do a strategic plan for the academic program.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>UVa faculty and schools continue to be ranked among the best in the nation.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Mr. Jefferson wanted the University of Virginia to follow the path set by other universities.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Part II: Multiple Choice</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>1. The team responsible for implementing President Sullivan’s dynamic strategy has been in place:</div> <div>A. 20 years</div> <div>B. 10 years</div> <div>C. 5 years</div> <div>D. nearly an entire academic year</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>2. The University of Virginia’s core principles include:</div> <div>A. short-term return on investment</div> <div>B. bowing to pressure from rich and powerful alumni in the name of strategic dynamism</div> <div>C. egregious mismanagement that’s secretive, misguided, and without clear public rationale, according to the head of the AAU</div> <div>D. excellence, honor and self-governance, innovation and collaboration in the pursuit of knowledge, leadership for the public good, and providing a vibrant breadth of academic offerings within and across our schools.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>3. UVa has chosen to emphasize</div> <div>A. scale</div> <div>B. quality</div> <div>C. neither of the above</div> <div>D. none of the above</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>4. To compete with other institutions for top-tier faculty, UVA must</div> <div>A. stop caring about quality teaching</div> <div>B. leverage our strengths through innovate cross-disciplinary programs to keep UVA intellectual challenging</div> <div>C. sell out the soul of the University in the name of raising enough money to offer gold-plated packages</div> <div>D. stop trying altogether. After all, we are a public university with diminishing resources</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>5. To address our curricular issues in undergraduate education, we must</div> <div>A. turn all first and second-year instruction over to Education Management Corporation</div> <div>B.  hire Bain consultants and ask them what to do</div> <div>C. nothing</div> <div>D. a fundamental redesign toward hybrid courses and problem-based approaches in the first and second years, and create vertical research teams with undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>6. Examples of bold strategic innovation already underway include</div> <div>A. The Quantitative Collective in the College</div> <div>B. The Center for Contemplative  Studies</div> <div>C. All of the above</div> <div>D. There has been no bold strategic innovation in recent years</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Part III:  Essay</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>“Everyone involved has been a class act.” Discuss.</div></p>http://uvaprofessor.tumblr.com/post/25106973930http://uvaprofessor.tumblr.com/post/25106973930Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:42:00 -0400University of VirginiaTeresa SullivanHigher Education