In January 1993, James C. Renick was inaugurated as her replacement as the university's fourth chancellor.[32] In fall 1995 and again in fall 1996, the university achieved new total enrollment records (8,214 and 8,324, respectively).[33] In March 1997, UM–Dearborn inaugurated the first graduate program in its College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters (CASL), a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree.[34] In March 1999, the university's FUTURES Planning Resource Council released its recommendation that UM–Dearborn's "top priority is being nationally regarded as an excellent regional university" and argued this should be achieved by "developing interdisciplinary centers of teaching and research excellence".[35]