Be it resolved that the Rutgers University Senate endorses the following vision statement written by the AAUP:

We are strongly committed to the vision of advancing Rutgers to the top echelon of public research universities.  We believe that to achieve this goal, or even to preserve the present quality and accessibility of its programs, Rutgers must

• recruit and retain an outstanding and diverse faculty
• recruit an outstanding and diverse graduate and professional student body
• recruit an outstanding and diverse undergraduate student body
• provide students outstanding classroom instruction and mentoring, to the fullest possible extent by full-time faculty members
• provide first-class facilities, infrastructure, and staff support for teaching, research, and service to the citizens of New Jersey
• build on our strengths in the liberal arts and sciences, the applied sciences, and the professions
• uphold, in all its actions, the core academic values of academic freedom and due process, intellectual honesty, shared governance, and respect for the rights and opinions of others
• foster an atmosphere of openness, collegiality, and trust in which all members of the university community work together to obtain the resources required to move Rutgers to the next level of excellence.