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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
June 1, 2002

Implementing the Strategic Plan

By: Daniel J. Rowley,Herbert Sherman

The biggest challenge in planning is making the plan work!

From Volume 30 Number 4 | Summer 2002

Abstract: One of the major issues in strategic planning is moving the academic strategic plan from planning to implementation. This article suggests that there are several effective implementation methods: using the budget, using participation, using force, establishing goals and key performance indicators, working within the human resource management system, using the reward system, using faculty and staff development, working with institutional culture, working with or around tradition, developing and using change champions, and building on systems that are ready for or are easily adaptable to strategic change.

Institutions Mentioned: University of North Carolina at Asheville, Colorado State University-Pueblo, West Texas A & M University, Westminster College-Utah, University of Louisville, University of Central Florida, Pennsylvania State University, Clemson University, SUNY at Geneseo, The University of the Highlands and Islands

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
December 1, 2001

How to Build a Residential College

By: Robert J O'Hara

From Volume 30 Number 2 | Winter 2001–2002

Abstract: The quality of campus life in large universities has declined over the years as faculty have given up responsibility for student life outside the classroom and institutions have become ever more bureaucratized. To solve this problem, universities should establish systems of small, decentralized academic communities modeled ultimately on the residential colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. In the United States, Harvard and Yale Universities first adopted this residential college model in the 1930s, and it is now spreading to many institutions, public and private, large and small.

Institutions Mentioned: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Yale University

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
December 1, 2001

The Journeys Toward Utopia

By: Pablo Campos

The architecture of a higher education institution must be oriented toward achieving the objectives of utopian educational ideals.

From Volume 30 Number 2 | Winter 2001–2002

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to emphasize the concept of utopia, which universities have used throughout history in developing their “spaces of knowledge.” This concept should continue to be an objective in the 21st century as universities look for paradigms in the architectural layout of their institutions. The implicit principle of this article is that good architecture is a necessary component in achieving educational excellence.

Institutions Mentioned: University of Bologna, University of Cambridge, University of Alcalá, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Virginia-Main Campus, Stanford University

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
April 1, 1998

New Tools to Evaluate Program Growth

By: Martha L. Casey

Here's an effective analytical framework for evaluating new and low-enrollment programs.

From Volume 26 Number 3 | Spring 1998

Abstract: Describes the quantitative analysis of program array at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in an attempt to evaluate new and low-enrollment programs in a period of shrinking financial resources. The analysis is designed to compare a college or university with its peer institutions. The resulting information can form the basis of policy development for low-enrollment majors, assist in evaluating the need for new programs, or aid in analyzing resources and developing new, consolidated, and/or collaborative programs.

Institutions Mentioned: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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