Pillar 2: Engaging in Research of Enduring Consequence
We will support, incentivize, and reward research that is valued both within the academy and by the marketplace through quality research output and PhD/Doctoral programs.
Goal 2: Be highly recognized for research that matters to the academic, business and alumni communities.
| Objectives |
Actions |
Measures |
| 2.1 Support and promote rigorous, relevant research |
2.1.1 Increase systemic support for research by faculty and students |
- Increase support for research grants
- Improve per capita research published in top tier journals
- Improve position in top tier research rankings (Business Week, UT Dallas, Financial Times)
- Improve citation impact of faculty research
- Improve faculty satisfaction with research support
- Align faculty incentives to research productivity
- Increase # of media hits about WSOM research output in select publications
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| 2.1.2 Consistently assess research activities for both rigor and relevance to effectively incentivize research production |
| 2.1.3 Elevate awareness of research output through media outreach |
| 2.2 Advance PhD/Doctoral Research |
2.2.1 Implement the redesign of DBA |
- Enhance the number and quality of DBA students
- Enhance the quality of incoming PhD students
- Increase # and proportion of PhD students placed in peer institutions
- Increase # of scholar-practitioner research presentations, projects, book chapters, and papers
- Increase # of top-tier publications (solo and co-authored with WSOM faculty) by doctoral students
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| 2.2.2 Improve doctoral student engagement in research by increasing opportunities for research assistantship and standardizing teaching and service commitments across disciplines |
| 2.3 Improve research collaboration within WSOM, across campus and with external partners |
2.3.1 Incentivize interdisciplinary research |
- Increase percentage of funded interdisciplinary projects and seminars
- Improve faculty awareness about funding opportunities
- Increase number of faculty funded by industry and foundations
- Create and sustain three new endowed Centers of Excellence
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| 2.3.2 Support development of industry partnership and funded research |
| 2.3.3 Support ongoing hubs of collaboration by supporting new and existing Centers of Excellence |
