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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
- Learning Resources
Learning Resources
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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!
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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 Recordings
Actionable Data
This session will share how Binghamton University has established an integrated data collection and tracking process and the ways in which the pandemic has affected this process and shifted institutional priorities.Conference Recordings
Developing Shared Metrics to Guide Multi-level Institutional Planning
This session will focus on the development and use of consistent metrics through the program review process and other key university processes to support integrated planning at the department, school, and university levels.Example Plans
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan
The college’s diversity plan, including detailed strategies and metrics.Conference Presentations
Green Gauges
Come learn how to use the green gauges methodology at your institution and discover the cost per metric ton of avoided carbon over the operation life of a particular strategy.Blog Post
Higher Ed’s Missing Link: Turning Your Big Data Into Institutional Change
Most think there’s a tension between access and excellence—you have to choose one of the two. Not so, according to two planners from University of Texas El Paso (UTEP). Read this short recap from their presentation at the SCUP 2019 Annual Conference.Conference Presentations
Innovative Data Tools That Support Capital and Facilities Planning
In this session, we will discuss data strategies for capital and facilities planning that enable real-time mobile access to planning tools, automated project tracking, metrics, and building transparency in order to support the planning and execution process.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Quickly Building a Bridge
Executive leadership changes at Northern Michigan University led the interim president, interim provost, and Board of Trustees to call for a bridge plan to clearly articulate strategic work happening throughout campus. This article describes how the university was able to develop an interim strategic plan with broad campus engagement in less than half a year.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.Example Plans
Strategic Plan for the Department of Chemistry
The ten-year goals and strategic unit plan for the chemistry department at the university.Example Plans
Strategic Plan for the School of Public Health 2020
Conference Presentations
Student Success
We'll focus on tools and solutions that your institution can incorporate into its facilities planning process to ensure your learning spaces contribute to student success.Example Plans
Success 2030
The institution’s 2020–2030 strategic plan.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Transforming Data into Meaningful Information
Leaders in two different accreditation regions share best practices and lessons learned from their integrated planning evolution and its impact on operational efficiency and student learning.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Using Big Data
Over the last three decades, the University of Texas at El Paso has refined its planning system and integrated metrics within a comprehensive planning framework—to produce dramatic outcomes.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Using KPIs to Start Planning
Some institutions now begin their planning in a different way.Example Plans
Utah Board of Higher Education Strategic Plan 2021
Strategic plan for the university system developed by the state’s board of higher education.