This page provides links to the text of Making a Difference, which you can read in its entirety or by chapter. It also offers executive summaries of the strategic plans for Duke's schools and selected university initiatives. The text of the different sections is available in HTML or PDF, both of which are searchable. The entire document can be downloaded in PDF format.
Making a Difference - PDF of entire document
Duke and the Changing Landscape: A Planning Prologue | PDF
Chapter 1
Building Distinction at Duke: Past, Present and Future | PDF
Chapter 2
Challenges and Opportunities of the Current Planning Environment | PDF
Chapter 3
Duke's Enduring Themes | PDF
Chapter 4
Academic Goals and Strategies to Build Distinction | PDF
Chapter 5
Transforming the Campus: Central, West, and East | PDF
Chapter 6
Durham, Regional, and Global Strategies | PDF
Chapter 7
Strategic Investment Plan | PDF
Appendix I
Executive Summaries of School Plans (PDF only)
Appendix II
Executive Summaries of Signature Initiative Plans (PDF only)
Executive Summaries of School Plans
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Executive Summaries of Signature Initiatives Plans
Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Social Science Research Institute
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Creation of the Sanford School of Public Policy