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Building (or Writing) the Plan

Planning for Higher Education Journal

A Model for Creating a Campus Sustainability Plan

 Institutions of higher education have a special obligation to lead sustainability efforts in order to provide the next generation of young adults with the information and tools needed to take on the challenges of the future.
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A Practical Guide to Strategic Planning in Higher Education

 A resource for anyone engaged in college or university strategic planning, and an excellent primer for planning committees. This second edition also contains new strategies for using an institution’s strategic plan during times of institutional upheaval, and additional techniques for jump-starting various parts of the planning process.
Conference Presentations

Bison Blueprint: Building An Integrated Planning Culture At Gallaudet

 A successful integrated plan requires the broad engagement within an institution.
Example Plans

Campus Strategic Sustainability Plan
Conference Presentations

Charting the Future of Education: Expedited, Experiential Strategic Planning

 As higher education operates in an increasingly complex world, charting a path forward requires a clear vision. An inclusive, comprehensive strategic planning process for educational programs is both just and necessary for institutions to stay relevant.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Collaborating, ‘Speed Dating,’ Celebrating, and More

 University colleagues share techniques and tools they find effective in their strategic planning process—and in fostering participation and intentional conversations.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Developing a Four-Year Baccalaureate Degree in Applied Psychology

 What does it take to plan for and move from a two-year to a four-year institution and implement a baccalaureate degree in applied psychology? Here’s how Kwantlen University College (BC) did it.
Blog Post

How Strategic Is Your Strategic Plan?

 Today, strategic planning in colleges and universities is more crucial than ever. Yet many strategic plans in higher education lack a clear strategy, instead resembling a long-range plan.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Leveraging Data to Engage Our Community

 Success in strategic planning requires decision-making that reflects the collective vision of diverse constituents.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Redesigning a Budget Model with a Grassroots Approach

 While redesigning a campus budget model could happen relatively quickly from a technical standpoint, time spent in extensive engagement, collaboration, and conversation is key to successful implementation.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Strategic Planning for the Uncertain Road Ahead

 A public liberal arts institution began an integrated, collaborative, and future-focused strategic planning process during COVID-19, enrollment declines, and financial shortfalls. Committed leadership, listening to stakeholder voices, and studying best practices from other universities paved their strong path forward.
Webinar Recordings

Strategic Planning That’s Truly Strategic

 What do strategic plans do? What does it mean to be “strategic”? These are among the questions addressed in a recent year-long study of 108 active college and university strategic plans. Hear directly from the researchers as they highlight a few important insights they discovered during their analysis, like how to avoid the many pitfalls of strategic planning and ensure a process focused on strategy and outcomes.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

What Is Your Crisis ‘What If’?

 The Medical College of Wisconsin planned strategically, engaged executive leadership, and operationalized an Administrative Response Team to navigate critical incidents impacting the university.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Why Strategic Plans Aren’t Working in Uncertain Times

 The author’s approach to his research-based Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times Fieldbook began with a sampling review of 50 strategic plans. What emerged was the development of an organizational learning cycle used as a template to assess the effectiveness of strategic plans on more than 250 college and university websites.