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1. Defining and articulating core strengths and essential identity.

a. Identifying those national and international priorities that should become part of the CSU's core identity.

b. Affirming and assuring the vitality of the values of shared governance in an environment of student participation and collective bargaining.

2. Identifying and revising as necessary those policies at every level that hinder strong definition / articulation of core strengths and essential identity.

3. Engaging key state and national policy-makers in dialogue about CSU's future

a. Inviting input to the definition and articulation of essential identity.

b. Encouraging policy-makers to embrace CSU's vision for itself

c. Successfully marketing CSU vision and achievements to policymakers to ensure that funds needed for success will be available on a predictable basis

d. Developing consensus (with policy makers and others) about the roles and responsibilities of the CSU.

4. Addressing the issue of affordability within the context of access, excellence, individual campus mission, and state and individual/family responsibility.

5. Assuring that demand and capacity are in appropriate balance for every campus, and every region of the state.

a. Thinking strategically about appropriate growth trajectory in the context of current and future demographic realities

b. Assuring that smaller campuses with important regional missions may thrive.

c. Ensuring the distinctive missions of individual campuses, and envisioning those distinctive missions within the CSU essential identity.

6. Assuring appropriate balance among undergraduate, graduate, credential, and non-degree programs

7. Addressing demands and opportunities arising from the arrival of the "digital age," including appropriate development of on-line and distance learning