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Planning Alignment

No one wants their college or university strategic plan to sit on the shelf, collecting dust. So how do you make sure your plan is implemented and serves as a dynamic guide to decisions across campus? Alignment. Integrated planning emphasizes alignment, both vertically (from the institution’s mission to day-to-day activities) and horizontally (across departments and processes, especially those related to budget and resource allocation). In higher education, we realize potential when we bring planning together.

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Managing the Tensions between Strategic Planning and Decentralized Budgeting

Aligning a plan’s decisions with resource allocation is critical to achieving your college or university’s goals. But for institutions with decentralized budgeting, alignment can seem impossible. Learn practical tips and insights for aligning your strategic planning and decentralized budgeting models.

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Integrating Board, System, and University Planning and Performance During a Period of Rapidly Declining State Funding Commitment

 Even in the most difficult financial times, integrating planning and budgeting throughout the organization creates opportunities for success.
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 The numerous benefits of these processes can be realized only when the institution recognizes and plans for the different, sometimes conflicting perspectives they bring to high-stakes discussions.
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Disruptive Transition to an Integrated Organizational Planning and Resource Allocation Model

 This is the story of how Glendale Community College in Arizona took intentional steps to integrate its strategic and operational plans with resources and assessment to develop a holistic approach to planning and implementation.
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The Creation of an Integrated Services Division to Advance University Strategic Initiatives

 Combining the typically siloed services required to support the strategic work of universities into one department results in more effective integrated planning and institutional advancement.
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Succeeding at Planning Survey Report

 SCUP partnered with the Baker Strategy Group in 2015 to conduct a study with more than 2,200 leaders who plan at colleges and universities. Several themes emerged around planning challenges and how to respond, which are explored in this report.
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No-Brainer or Brain-Twister?

 While there is no one right way to link planning and budgeting, there is good practice: what works to influence behavior in the direction of institutional goals, supported by strong leadership.
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Conferences, Courses, and Workshops of Interest

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SCUP 2023 Annual Conference

 July 30, 2023 - August 1, 2023
Cleveland, OH
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Alan Cox

Why I’m a SCUP Member...

"SCUP has pushed the concept of planning and integrated planning into higher education, providing sound training and creating a strong network of planning professionals and a resource for planning insights and trends."
Alan Cox
Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives
Georgia Gwinnett College



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