The Michigan Experiments
We altered very significantly the racial diversity of our students and faculty, thereby providing a laboratory for exploring the themes of the ìdiverse universityî.
We established campuses in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, linking them with robust information technology, to understand better the implications of becoming a ìworld universityî.
We launched major initiatives such as the Media Union (a sophisticated multimedia environment), a virtual university (the Michigan Virtual University), and played a key role in the management of the Internet to explore the ìcyberspace universityî theme.
We launched new cross-disciplinary programs and built new community spaces that would draw students and faculty together as a model of the ìdivisionless university.î
We placed a high priority on the visual and performing arts, integrating them with disciplines such as engineering and architecture, to better understand the challenges of the ìcreative universityî.
And we launched an array of other initiatives, programs, and ventures, all designed to explore the future.