Charge
The Princeton University Task Force on Health & Well-Being
will be composed of undergraduate and graduate students and
members of the faculty and staff. It will be co-chaired by
Janet Dickerson, vice president for campus life, and Robert
Durkee, vice president and secretary of the University. The task force
will formally begin its work in the fall of 2003 and is expected
to complete its report during the spring semester of 2004.
The charge to the task force is to recommend answers
to the following three questions:
- How should Princeton meet the needs of its students for
medical and mental health care, and to what extent should
it also meet health care needs of members of its faculty
and staff?
- What programs, services and facilities should the University
provide to promote the health and well being of its students,
faculty and staff, including programs of preventive health,
health maintenance, nutrition, recreation, stress management,
etc.?
- How can the University improve the balance between family
and work, for example, by offering additional day care
and other family support services to members of the University
community?
Each of these is an important question in its own right,
but each needs to be answered in the context of a comprehensive
plan for enhancing the health and well being of all who study
and work at the University and of achieving appropriate standards
of excellence.
While the task force will necessarily have
to make a careful assessment of existing programs, needs
and facilities, its focus should be on developing recommendations
to meet needs currently not being met and needs likely
to emerge in the years ahead.
It is expected that the task
force
will examine leading health and wellness programs at
other universities; that it will consult closely with other
medical
service providers in the local community; and that it
will coordinate its work with other campus task forces and
offices
including the University Health Services, the Four Year
Residential College Task Force, the Office of Human Resources,
and others. |
