Clear Direction, part 2

The UT system president swung by campus yesterday chock-full of news about his "Strategic Plan." The press release is here (warning: pr and bureaucrat-heavy language).

Here's one of the key items:

Among plan goals being considered, Petersen discussed raising the number of high school graduates entering college in Tennessee from the current 35 to 60 percent. Once in college, the graduation rate for students who enter and graduate from a single UT campus could rise from 51 to 65 percent.

Wow. Lots to ponder about there. Like, where the heck are we going to put all those students, who will be teaching them, and who'll be paying the tuition? Better start buying those lottery tickets!

I jest because I care. The proof will be in the specific mandates coming from what is necessarily an overly-general strategy.