1. In an environment where State funds are limited, private investment in public education will continue to be an important asset that enables us to reach the goals we set.

2. To be the university of choice for talented students, investments in prestigious scholarship programs, including Meyerhoff Scholars, Center for Women and Information Technology Scholars, Humanities Scholars, Linehan Artist Scholars, Sherman Teacher Scholars, and Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars, will enable us to continue to attract
the best students to UMBC.

3. Our investments in undergraduate education will provide more seminar-type courses, more opportunities for hands-on learning through research and internships or study abroad, and an expanded role for academic advisors.

4. Additional support for graduate education will provide dissertation fellowships to build and diversify doctoral student enrollments and speed time to degree completion.

5. We will need additional faculty to accommodate overall enrollment growth, especially in the most popular majors, and to offer more seminar-size classes to larger numbers of students. Investments in our faculty also will make possible endowed chairs and faculty fellowships to enhance our ability to recruit and retain our best faculty.

6. Additional investment in our research infrastructure—from lab space, performance and exhibition space, computing and other technologies, to additional staff in grants management and physical plant—becomes more necessary as we grow as a research institution.

7. As more and more students live on
(and near) campus, increasing our investments in student life outside the classroom will enhance the social and cultural life of the University and will create more opportunities for students and faculty to interact with one another.

8. One of the University’s most significant investments in technology will continue to be the Delta Initiative, a multiyear, campus-wide project to redesign and improve business processes and information systems, including human resources, accounting, registration,
and data warehousing.

9. Enhanced library funding is critical to UMBC’s research mission. Investments in library resources include not only books and journals, but also enhanced online resources and services and funding to provide longer operating hours and additional staffing to accommodate the increasing number of users.

10. While the University has benefited tremendously by the construction
of several new buildings (including
residence halls) during the past decade, renovations to older academic buildings are long overdue.