>In seeking brevity I fear we will only end
>up with some pap about serving the people of Tennessee. To be truly useful,
>the statement needs to specify our objectives and to define our institution.
>Since our "university" is complex in nature, encompassing multiple colleges
>and programs and serving a diverse population, we should prepare ourselves
>for an equally complex mission statement... even if that contradicts wisdom
>currently in fashion in the corporate world.
>
>Gavin Townsend

I agree. We need to develop a mission statement that will be
incomprehensible to the citizens of this state.  What good is a
comprehensive university if its mission is, in fact, comprehensible to the
average person?   I find this reprehensible propensity for comprehensive
receptivity to be insensitive to the synchronicity of non-prehensile
duplicity.

But, I could be wrong.

Lee D. Harris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cadek Department of Music - 1451
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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Chattanooga, TN  37403

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