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- Planning Types
Planning Types
Focus Areas
-
A framework that helps you develop more effective planning processes.
- Challenges
Challenges
Discussions and resources around the unresolved pain points affecting planning in higher education—both emergent and ongoing.
Common Challenges
- Learning Resources
Learning Resources
Featured Formats
Popular Topics
- Conferences & Programs
Conferences & Programs
Upcoming Events
- Community
Community
The SCUP community opens a whole world of integrated planning resources, connections, and expertise.
Get Connected
Give Back
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Access a world of integrated planning resources, connections, and expertise-become a member!
Adaptable Plans
Conference Recordings
A Mountain Climber’s Guide to Scrambling Through Change
This session will discuss how to take key climbing skills—assessing a changing environment and determining which tools, resources, and expertise are needed to manage change—and apply them to higher education.Webinar Recordings
Creating a More Adaptive Institution in the Wake of COVID-19
This interactive panel discussion will bring together different institutions’ perspectives from facilities, technology, student services, and finance to understand the impact of COVID-19 on institutions and their student experience. The discussion will be organized in three parts, each with a prompt to inform the discussion, a poll to take the pulse of the audience, and an open discussion among panelists.Webinar Recordings
Destination 2030
Conference Recordings
Howard Forward
Come learn from Howard Forward, Howard University's targeted campus planning effort, how you can apply strategies from our focused campus planning to positively impact your institution's short and long-term resilience.Conference Recordings
Pivot! Planning During a Pandemic and Staying on Course
In this session, we'll share best practices and lessons learned in virtually adapting the cycle of planning and budgeting processes to an uncertain, volatile, and virtual environment.Conference Presentations
Planning and Leading Through Positive Turbulence: Kean’s Pursuit of R2 Status
In order to meet the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education's requirements for an R2 Research Institution designation, Kean University created the University Planning Council (UPC), an inclusive university-wide body with representatives from every constituency within the university community.Conference Recordings
Post-Pandemic Pivots
In this session, we’ll explore how to step back from moments of crisis and see them in perspective, as moments also brimming with opportunity to regroup, rethink our strategies and refocus our resources to lead.Conference Recordings
President’s Panel
In this session, three college and university presidents from the United States, Canada, and Europe will reflect on how we can transform and reimagine higher education for the future.Conference Recordings
Strategic Plan Implementation in a VUCA Environment
In this session, we'll share how Lakehead University developed a phased strategic approach to guide implementation of its strategic plan.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Teetering on the Demographic Cliff, Part 3
Higher education has faced major changes for some time—COVID-19 accelerated that volatility—and now we’re anticipating the demographic downslope in student enrollment. How and when should institutions mobilize for the difficult work of planning in the face of wrenching change?Planning for Higher Education Journal
Tell Us What You Think
More than 1,600 students and alumnae provided input through online mapping tools and in-person workshops. Staff and faculty were interviewed in person and via phone. And Instagram was used to reach 6,400 members of the campus community.Conference Recordings
The Paradigm Shift for Higher Education
Join us to discuss the postsecondary education paradigm shift and its potential impact on our educational infrastructure, ecosystem, and role.Webinar Recordings
Transform Existing Planning and Implementation Processes
Join us as a panel of experienced leaders provide an overview of a systematic approach for getting started on transformation.Blog Post
What Is a Bridge Plan?
A bridge plan allows a college or university to continue to pursue defined strategic pathways during times of uncertainty or rapid, unpredictable change. It’s also a good solution for when faculty and staff are overwhelmed due to a highly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.