Chief of Staff Andrea Roumell Dickson was interviewed by WDET's Quinn Klinefelter about the university's five-year strategic plan, which was unveiled Thursday. Officials say the plan includes many things the university has promoted in past plans: Recruiting excellent faculty members, increasing the number of students who live on campus and expanding the use of technology. Roumell Dickson acknowledged that the goals are made more difficult given the state's struggling economy, noting that these are challenging times economically for non-profit organizations and for higher education. She said increasing the university's endowment is one way to become more financially viable for the future.