Changes

<span id="docs-internal-guid-80fcdbe9-2cd2-d402-20f0-f5fa55167bc8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Even with successful and innovative programs, about 20 percent of the university’s population may not fully accept change. However, experience provides a helpful ameliorative blueprint. Consistency and a clear articulation of the president’s vision usually earn the respect of skeptics. ASU’s quest as a New American University has also been helped by the President’s intuitive understanding of internal constituencies, and an ability to maintain enough dynamism to make concessions where necessary. President Crow has also built a capable and competent senior leadership team. Most importantly, ASU’s leadership team recognizes that innovation, by necessity, means not being constrained by conventional thinking. Thus with creativity, there are no obstacles that cannot be managed.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-80fcdbe9-2cd2-d402-20f0-f5fa55167bc8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Below is an enumeration of ASU’s programs and initiatives that support the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university commitment letter.</span></span>