For the university as a forest Integrating Simplificationfarm, we need a space where both short-cycle and long-cycle knowledge can grow and where disruptive inquiry is cultivated alongside immediate relevance. Yet for such a forest to thrive, the ecosystem that sustains it must be both coherent and adaptive with care at its center manifested as care for oneself, care for each other and care for nature. To institutionalize this ethosLogos, Ethos, Pathos, Telos, we turn to the care sector for inspiration, where such relational integrity is already operationalized. In particular, the Buurtzorg ModelBuurtzorg Model offers a tested and coherent approach to integrating care with governance through simplification. This leads us to Integrating Simplification, an approach to institutional design based on care that harmonizes complexity without resorting to reductionism, and that integrates epistemic, ethical, and operational dimensions into a coherent whole. The premise of this chapter is simple but profound: universities have become overburdened by bureaucratic distraction, fragmented governance, and Strategic DriftStrategic Drift. As our systems and structures grow in complexity, they often obscure rather than support the university’s core role. Integrating Simplification, as used in this chapter, refers to a design philosophy for relationally integrating diverse institutional functions, values, and epistemic commitmentsEpistemic Commitments. Unlike reductionism, it preserves systemic integrity while clarifying purpose. This approach aims to realign university governance and operations with a higher institutional dharmaDharma (Epistemic, Institutional, Relational): the cultivation of knowledge in service of society and human flourishing.