Cornell is on the brink of historic decisions as its infrastructure undergoes a massive restructuring, and nothing is more integral to the University’s strategic plan than its budget, officials say.

As part of Reimagining Cornell’s tri-pronged approach, a strategic plan designed to improve and ensure the University’s future is currently being written. On Jan. 27, a working outline of the document was uploaded to the Reimagining Cornell website.

The School of Continuing Education provides education to some 7,500 registered students, all of whom could be affected in some vein by the task force report released last semester regarding the school’s budget cuts and efficiency measures.

A few years from now, it might be more apt to refer to the Architecture, Art and Planning College as the Architecture, Art and Design college, if the full range of suggestions listed in the AAP’s strategic planning task force report are implemented.

Built upon the goal of strengthening its position as “the school for hospitality leadership” worldwide, the School of Hotel Administration’s strategic planning report mostly outlines channels by which the school can expand its revenue, such as growing its undergraduate, master’s and executive education program.

The College of Human Ecology Task Force Report, while noting important changes for the college’s future, also extensively outlines past steps that have helped secure the college’s financial position.

The Arts and Sciences Reimagining Cornell Task Force Report, released on Nov. 6, outlined potential plans that could alleviate the college’s financial burdens as well as improve the quality and efficiency of its teaching and research.

“Last winter there were too many questions. Now there are clearer things to work on,” Dean Peter Lepage said.

Faculty members who had been eager to see the University’s strategic planning task force reports got their wish last Friday when Provost Kent Fuchs released the documents to the public. Most faculty members have praised the decision as a giant step towards greater transparency in the “Reimagining Cornell” process. According to the Dean of Faculty’s Office, approximately 27 people have read the reports thus far — at least 13 of whom were University faculty members.

The University is making public the 20 reports from the tasks forces that have recommended ways on how to restructure Cornell’s academic operations to cut costs, Provost Kent Fuchs will announce today.

As administrators, faculty and staff discuss the proposals of the Reimagining Cornell initiative, the first signs of major change were evident in President David Skorton’s announcement last week of the pending upper-level administrative rearrangement.