Learning Resources

Planning for Higher Education Journal

Planning for Diversity

From Volume 45 Number 2 | January–March 2017

Exploring new ways to accommodate space needs for transgender people, nursing mothers, and nondenominational serenity environments.

Planning for Higher Education Journal

A Framework for Planning Organizational Diversity

Applying Multicultural Practice in Higher Education Work Settings

From Volume 46 Number 3 | April–June 2018

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.

Planning for Higher Education Journal

Welcome to Campus

Planning for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

From Volume 47 Number 1 | October–December 2018

Creating and sustaining a more welcoming and inclusive campus environment positions both institutions and students to succeed in a more diverse world.

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Do you call it a “goal,” “objective,” or “priority”? The terms used to describe planning vary from campus to campus. That’s why it’s critical that your college or university creates a shared language around planning that everybody understands. Start here.

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Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement Toolkit

Published 2019

This toolkit includes recommendations and worksheets to help you analyze your stakeholders and determine how to meaningfully engage them in the planning process.

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5 Ways to Use Environmental Scanning

Published October 11, 2019

The practice of environmental scanning is often a first step in the strategic planning process. Typically, planning teams engage in an exhaustive analysis of the internal and external forces acting on the institution to set the planning context. But should scanning the internal and external environment be limited to the early phases of strategic planning?

Planning for Higher Education Journal

If Tuition Rises . . .

. . . Does Racial and Ethnic Minority Student Enrollment Plummet?

From Volume 48 Number 1 | October–December 2019

When the cost of American higher education goes up, access to economic opportunity, social mobility, and positive academic outcomes are, subsequently, restricted for students of color. Campus admissions and retention planning professionals are first witnesses to the inequality.