Strategic Agenda Research and Economic Competitiveness Subgroup June 24 Meeting

AGENDA
COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2011‐15 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
June 24, 2010
1:00 – 4:30 pm, ET
Council Offices, Meeting Room A, Frankfort

Welcome – Nancy McKenney, CPE Member and Subgroup Chair

Strategic Agenda Progress Report – Lee Nimocks, CPE Chief of Staff

Identify Statewide Objectives for Research and Economic Competitiveness

• Increase research and development efforts to promote innovation.
• Encourage entrepreneurship as a driving force of job creation.
• Align colleges’ and universities’ degree production to the needs of the state’s economy.
  

Prioritize Strategies to Accomplish the Objectives

• Focused on state level
• Achievable within five years
• Cognizant of current and projected state budget resources