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The university’s detailed strategic plan, which includes goals focused on student success, diversity and equity, and increasing its presence as a research center.

Planning Types: Strategic Planning
Resource Types: Strategic Plan, Strategic Planning Website
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Experiential Learning, Goals, Graduate Degree Program, Mission / Vision / Identity, Strategies and Tactics, Student Success, Teaching and Learning, Workforce Development

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Published
May 31, 2022

Strategic Plan

Public (British Columbia, Canada)

A high-level document enumerating the institution’s five strategic goals and strategies for achieving each goal.

Abstract: A high-level document enumerating the institution’s five strategic goals and strategies for achieving each goal. The goals are framed as increasing and enhancing each of the following qualities:

Student Success
Intercultural Understanding
Research Capacity
Entrepreneurial Capacity
Sustainability

Planning Types: Strategic Planning
Resource Types: Strategic Plan
Tags: Academic Planning, Alignment, Climate Change, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Entrepreneurship, Goals, Mission / Vision / Identity, Racial Equity, Strategies and Tactics, Student Success, Sustainability (Environmental)

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Example Plans

Published
February 2, 2022

Example Plan

Private Baccalaureate College (Wisconsin, United States)

This short-duration strategic framework describes goals and very specific action steps to guide the institution through the current, globally tumultuous era.

Planning Types: Strategic Planning
Tags: Attracting and Retaining Underrepresented Students, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Enrollment Management, Goals, Racial Equity, Strategies and Tactics, Student Recruitment

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Conference Recordings

Published
July 20, 2020

2020 Annual Conference | July 2020

This recording is available to conference registrants and SCUP members only.

Keynote: The Empowered University

Shared Leadership for Academic Success and Crisis Management

By: Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Rick Straka (Moderator), Minnesota State University-Mankato

Freeman A. Hrabowski III has led a transformation of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) from a young, regional institution to an innovative research university. In our opening keynote, he discusses how—by taking a hard look in the mirror, understanding strengths and weaknesses, assessing opportunities and challenges, and engaging in difficult conversations—an empowered campus can innovate in course redesign, group-based and experiential learning, entrepreneurship and civic engagement, academic inclusion, and faculty diversity.

Abstract: Freeman A. Hrabowski III has led a transformation of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) from a young, regional institution to an innovative research university. In our opening keynote, he discusses his new book, The Empowered University, which probes the ways in which an empowering culture and shared leadership enable a campus to tackle tough issues when times are good and manage challenges when crises emerge. He discusses how—by taking a hard look in the mirror, understanding strengths and weaknesses, assessing opportunities and challenges, and engaging in difficult conversations—an empowered campus can innovate in course redesign, group-based and experiential learning, entrepreneurship and civic engagement, academic inclusion, and faculty diversity.

Institutions Mentioned: University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Planning Types: Academic Planning, Strategic Planning
Tags: COVID-19, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Leadership, Organizational Culture, Presidential Leadership, Racial Equity, SCUP 2020 Annual Conference

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Example Plans

Published
February 26, 2020

Unit Plan

Private Doctoral/Research University (Massachusetts, United States)

The ten-year goals and strategic unit plan for the chemistry department at the university.

Planning Types: Academic Planning, Strategic Enrollment Management Planning, Strategic Planning
Resource Types: Unit Plan
Tags: Enrollment Management, Goals, Metrics, Science / Engineering, Strategies and Tactics, Unit Planning

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A Framework for Planning Organizational Diversity

Applying Multicultural Practice in Higher Education Work Settings

By: Jeffery L. Wilson

Cox’s model is used to determine whether a unit is on its way to becoming an effective multicultural organization, highlighting strengths and areas for improvement.

From Volume 46 Number 3 | April–June 2018

Abstract: The study described in this article investigated diversity in a unit within a postsecondary institution using the model described by Cox in Creating the Multicultural Organization by verifying the unit’s view of diversity, examining existing strategies used for diversity, evaluating consistencies, and identifying areas of improvement. The study included an analysis of unit employees to verify broad diversity by race and gender and an interview with senior leadership about the strategic plan for the unit on matters related to diversity. Overall analysis showed that the unit is doing better than most peer institutions in hiring female and minority candidates for positions. However, there are gaps in the unit’s approach to diversity that impact its ability to be an effective multicultural organization.

Planning Types: Strategic Planning, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Planning
Tags: Athletic Department, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Organizational Culture, Original Research, Racial Equity, Unit Planning

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