Initial Questions Addressed by the Team
Rethinking the Public Research University
This theme provides an opportunity to engage the campus and the community in a more public conversation about the overarching theme of the study. The separate ideas encompassed within each of the terms “public,” “research,” and “university” are fundamental. This discussion is essential to the university’s self definition as the model of “the new public research university” under the auspices of the Wisconsin Idea.
- What will define the “new public research university” of the future?
- Who is our public?
- How is/can/should the university be of service to the public?
- How can the university be a public space?
- How can the university become more accessible and better serve Wisconsin citizens?
- How might the Wisconsin Idea guide our articulation of our future role and responsibility to a global society?