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A framework that helps you develop more effective planning processes.
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Discussions and resources around the unresolved pain points affecting planning in higher education—both emergent and ongoing.
Common Challenges
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- Planning Types
Planning Types
Focus Areas
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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.
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Access a world of integrated planning resources, connections, and expertise-become a member!
Implementation
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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.
Planning for Higher Education Journal
Book Review: How to Implement Your Campus Strategic Plan
Example Plans
Campus Strategic Sustainability Plan
Planning for Higher Education Journal
Designing and Implementing Systemic Academic Change
The Hiram College president offers a constructive and realistic example of systemic change designed to help liberal arts institutions not only survive but thrive in the face of 21st-century challenges.Example Plans
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Enhancements
Annual updates on academic affairs’ progress made toward the diversity, equity, and inclusion plan.Conference Presentations
Does Roll-Out Matter?
Planning for Higher Education Journal
Flexing Beyond the Pandemic
The IT division at Minnesota State University, Mankato— working as part of a campus-wide collaborative effort—quickly and successfully installed new tech in more than 100 classrooms within months of COVID-19 first appearing. Outcomes of the large-scale project are seen as a key attractor for incoming students, regardless of where they are learning.Webinar Recordings
From Surviving to Thriving
Join us to learn how you can create a culture of strategy execution to prioritize tactical daily work with your institution's overall strategy, leading to greater stakeholder investment in your shared vision.Conference Recordings
Higher Education’s Financial Trajectory
Moody's will discuss the financial outlook for the higher education sector over the next two years and beyond.Conference Recordings
Improve Implementation and Innovation With Project Management
We will share how University of Illinois has introduced project management tools and processes to help stakeholders implement plans and use resources more effectively.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Leveraging Institutional Planning to Benefit Latinx Students
How can institutional planners make a difference for underrepresented minority students? Senior administrators at East Los Angeles College addressed inequities in Latinx student transfer rates with data-backed culturally-relevant strategies.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Mission-Aligned Online Academic Programs at US Jesuit Institutions
A custom survey measured the process maturity involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating online offerings that reflected the principles of Ignatian Pedagogy.Conference Presentations
Strategic Implementation
By engaging employees as “owners” in the strategic planning process, they can actively manage the forces and operational processes during plan implementation, monitoring, and controlling.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
Systemness
This article traces the launch of a substantial reorganization of public higher education in Connecticut through the lens of “systemness”. The case study details the dynamics and challenges of implementing “Transform CSCU 2020” in a period of turbulence and change with a concluding focus on lessons learned.Example Plans
UCF Collective Impact
The implementation planning document for the university’s strategic plan.