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              <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/future\/working-groups\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Working Groups<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <p><strong>The Committee will advise the President on positioning the University for strength in the coming decade by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using situational analysis, informed by research data, to identify institutional and college-level challenges and opportunities in the internal and external environment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prioritizing areas for short- and long-term investment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intentionally building an ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse healthcare workforce of excellence through collaborations and strategic partnerships to improve the quality and delivery of healthcare nationally and globally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing criteria and benchmarks for assessing progress toward WesternU\u2019s strategic goals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The committee will fulfill its charge by:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing a roadmap for WesternU\u2019s strategic path forward and setting the trajectory for college-level plans based on the challenges and opportunities of each academic 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Robin Farias-Eisner, President<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jill Ferreira, VP\/Chief of Staff to the President (Project Manager)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Paula M. 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