SCUP Planning Institute

Whether you are new to the field or are an experienced professional, you will find the institute is a concrete way to create an effective network of planning colleagues, learn best practices, and grow in your career. This intensive, three-step program on integrated planning in higher education is designed to develop the following six competencies in participants:

• People—the ability to understand and identify the players who are or should be part of the planning process and their roles
• Language—the ability to use a common planning vocabulary to interpret and translate the ideas of all players
• Process—learn how to create and facilitate an integrated planning process; provide guidance and leadership through all stages of planning, including managing change
• The Plan—the ability to recognize and produce the elements of an integrated plan that can be implemented and evaluated
• Planning Context—the ability to collect and filter relevant information of the internal and external environment
• Resources—the ability to identify alternative and realistic resource strategies and align them to stated plan priorities, thus grounding the plan in fiscal realities.

Taken in sequence, the SCUP Planning Institute Steps I, II, & III, represent a unique merging of the knowledge of experts in planning with a dedication to using assessment to continuously enhance each workshop’s outcomes for participants. Institute faculty members are drawn from across the country and the world, from all types of institutions. They facilitate learning through engaging exercises, small group work, and analysis of the SCUP Walnut College case study.

Why Integrated Planning (PDF)

On Campus Offerings

Interested in bringing the planning institute to your campus?

Contact Sadie Wutka at sadie.wutka@scup.org or 734.669.3293.

SCUP Walnut College Case Study Available For Purchase

The SCUP Walnut College Case Study can now be purchased for use in professional development/course work sessions or as the basis for creating an enhanced case study focusing on specific aspects of the college. For more information on licensing Walnut College, please contact: Sadie Wutka at sadie.wutka@scup.org, 734.669.3293. Cost $10 USD