The "Rensselaer Plan 2024" included a research portfolio target of $250 million. RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson in December 2012 updated the university's strategic plan. The institution's research environment is "especially alarming," with faculty describing a lack of support and cumbersome processes, he said. Respondents said diversity, equity and inclusion issues aren't being sufficiently addressed, according to Deutsch. More lecture halls and classrooms are needed, he said. RPI's IT infrastructure and support fall far short of the campus' needs and its buildings are inadequate and poorly maintained, according to the survey results. More than 70 percent of faculty and staff, 1,085 in total, completed the survey, according to Deutsch.īased on the survey results, Deutsch describes a "fear-based, unhealthy, stifling culture across the RPI campus."
Talks with the university began in 2020 but the actual survey was delayed a year because of the pandemic, he said. He observed that many alumni had negative things to say about their alma mater and offered his services. A graduate of the class of 1969, Deutsch said he offered to conduct the survey free of charge when he ran into an RPI classmate who is now a trustee at their 50th reunion in 2019.
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