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Sept. 27, 2023
Dear faculty, staff, students and administrators,
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ R1 Steering Committee invites you to fill out the following survey to share
your ideas and submit nominations for working groups.
One of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½â€™s strategic goals is to achieve R1 research status by 2027. R1 is the highest
classification of research activity defined by the Carnegie Classification system.
Being an R1 university would place ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ within the top 4% of U.S. universities with
respect to research.
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ has consistently ranked as an R2 (high research activity) university and as of
2021 was only nine (out of 280 R1 and R2 universities) positions away from being R1.
In 2020, as part of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½â€™s Strategic Plan, a committee of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ faculty, staff and students
identified mechanisms to help ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ achieve R1 status while maintaining ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½â€™s core values.
This report can be found on the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Strategic Goals website.
This past spring, with University of Alaska Board of Regents encouragement, Chancellor
White revitalized this goal and formed ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½â€™s R1 Steering Committee. This committee
is now recruiting members for working groups that will work toward refining, prioritizing,
and implementing the proposed mechanisms to help ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ achieve R1 research status.
If you are interested in volunteering your time or ideas to help ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ achieve our goal
of R1 research, or if you know someone who would be an asset to one of our teams,
we encourage you to please complete the above survey prior to Oct. 6.
We are hoping to accept between 5-7 people per working group for a total ofÌý approximately
65 unique ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ faculty, staff, student and administrator perspectives from across all
campuses on the various R1 committees. Thank you in advance for your time and service
to ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½!
Sincerely,
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ R1 Steering Committee
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