To calm critics who might argue that his emphasis on winning today's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan put future American security at risk, Mr. Gates noted that his budget had shifted only 7 percent to 10 percent of spending to today's missions and needs, and that 40 percent would pay for weapons that can fight all types of wars.
By definition, the mission, goals, and needs of an academic unit are necessarily in competition with those of other units.
But it is easy to conjure up a conspiracy if you are unfamiliar with the facts -- namely, that in any institution regardless of size, the administration is composed of a collection of individuals each of whom represents a distinct constituency and an academic unit replete with its own specific mission, goals, and needs.
The fund has fulfilled its original mission, and it needs to meet new technological demands.
Yet it well serves Bard's documentary mission and the needs of scholars.
These are aimed at keeping students in school, and they should be balanced with your own policies, sense of mission, and students' needs.
For six years (six years!), the FHFA's Bush appointed Acting Director Ed DeMarco (who I've written about before before) has pushed aside the agency's mission and the needs of homeowners and taxpayers in the name of partisan ideology.
It is incredibly difficult to not only do and get through these days, but do it with an enthusiasm and positivity that is really hard to muster when your 18-month-old is using the hardwood to do her best Picasso impression and your 4-year-old is demanding to do a "Paw Patrol" mission and lunch needs to be made.
People may agree or disagree with particular positions that I have taken and that the University has taken, but I think most people agree that universities are institutions that need to have a service mission and they need to have a sense of values about what it is that they are doing.
