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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

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, 1999

Benchmarking: A New Approach to Space Planning

By: Ira Fink

An alternative approach uses space benchmarking and faculty head count for predicting space needs.

From Volume 27 Number 3 | Spring 1999

Abstract: Examines traditional assumptions underlying space management and proposes an alternative approach to projecting space use. Specifically, the author recommends making projections based on space per faculty rather than space per student, and then comparing these projections with the space allocation at peer institutions. Problems with traditional methods of space allocation are discussed, as is the process of implementing this approach and identifying comparable institutions.

Institutions Mentioned: Georgia Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University-Main Campus, University of California-Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, The University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University
Planning Types: Campus Planning

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
December 1, 1997

How to Protect the Privacy of Students

By: Mary Doyle

From Volume 26 Number 2 | Winter 1997–1998

Abstract: Book Review: Privacy and the Handling of Student Information in the Electronic Networked Environments of Colleges and Universities. CAUSE, 1997.52 pages

Institutions Mentioned: Cornell University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Planning Types: Information Technology Planning

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