It was made available to the university's administration, faculty and student body a fortnight ago -- The Preliminary Report from the University Planning

 Committee for Science and Engineering

Among the Committee's major recommendations in the 97 page report were proposals to:

• Transform the University's undergraduate science education to make hands-on learning and engaging in real research a standard part of the curriculum;
   
• Make important new investments in the main campus and the university's Medical Precinct  to ensure that these campuses remain vital centers for science, engineering, and medicine;
   
• Maximize interdisciplinary research training for graduate students to drive innovation at the intersections of different fields, and to ensure that graduate students have the flexibility to follow their developing interests;
   
• Promote diversity in science and engineering by recruiting a more representative cross-section of scholars;
   
• Encourage and fund new collaborative research and promote new fields of research by establishing University-wide departments and interdisciplinary committees with powers to appoint faculty, and simultaneously support current departments and single PI labs and research efforts;
   
• Build xxxx as a new part of the University with a critical mass of interdisciplinary science - including new programs in regenerative medicine, systems biology, chemical and physical biology, microbial sciences, and biologically inspired engineering;
   
• Make xxxx a center for public outreach and education, with a collaborative initiative involving the Harvard Graduate School of Education and science departments, to develop innovative science curricula for public schools;
   
• Add 70-140 new science faculty over the next 10 years to expand science education and research at the University. This growth will allow it to draw upon the talent that resides in historically underrepresented sectors of scientists and engineers;
   
• Establish a permanent, faculty-led University Science and Engineering Committee to set policy and coordinate major investments in faculty and research facilities across all parts of the University.

Additionally, the committee recommended making major investments and upgrades in the University's research and instructional technical infrastructure, in order to better support both research and teaching efforts.

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The Full report is
also available(pdf).