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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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Learning Resources
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Conferences & Programs
Upcoming Events
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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!
Mission / Vision / Identity
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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
Assessing Institutional Capacity for Mission-Fulfillment and Student Success
Planning for Higher Education Journal
Balanced Scorecard Implementation in a School of Nursing
Implementing the balanced scorecard measurably improved the overall effectiveness of planning activities and increased individual involvement in and understanding of the strategic planning process.Conference Presentations
Cathedral
This session will present the cathedral model as a tool to analyze how our institutions can support lifelong learning, the academic portfolio, and vibrant community outreach.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Components of a Strategic Plan
Each element of a strategic plan serves a purpose. But what are those purposes? And how do the elements connect?Planning for Higher Education Journal
Data Collection as a Means for Integrated Higher Education Change
Six institutions measured the community impact of their anchor mission efforts along several social and economic dimensions using the Anchor Dashboard data tool.Report
Designing and Developing Mature, Mission-Aligned Online Academic Programs at Jesuit Institutions
This is a SCUP Fellow Research Project Final Report for the 2019–2020 program. Online education should not be perceived as a distraction of the mission—rather, an enhancement of it.Planning for Higher Education Journal
Developing a Mission Statement for a Faculty Senate
The mission statement stakes the faculty’s claim in the institutional decision-making process.Conference Presentations
How Integrated Planning and Partnerships Drive Engaged, Innovative Learning Enterprises
Planning for Higher Education Journal
Integrating Board, System, and University Planning and Performance During a Period of Rapidly Declining State Funding Commitment
Even in the most difficult financial times, integrating planning and budgeting throughout the organization creates opportunities for success.Example Plans
Mission and Governance Web Page
Mission, governance, and values statements for the library.Example Plans
Mission and Values
The college’s mission, vision, and values statements.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.Example Plans
Mission, Vision, and Values
Example Plans
Mission, Vision, and Values
Planning for Higher Education Journal
Realizing the Distinctive University
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Reviewing and Updating Your Mission Statement
This toolkit will walk you through the steps of evaluating your current mission statement, facilitating the key conversations and decisions that underpin an effective mission statement, and writing a mission statement that serves your institution.Conference Recordings
SCUP Fellow Presentation | Designing and Developing Mature, Mission-aligned Online Academic Courses
In this session, we’ll: 1) explain how process maturity and instructional design interact, 2) review basic elements of institutional missions, and 3) consider ways that mission statements get translated into instructional strategies.Example Plans
Shaping What’s Next
The university’s detailed strategic plan, which includes goals focused on student success, diversity and equity, and increasing its presence as a research center.Example Plans
Strategic Plan 2019
This strategic plan for a state system of community colleges defines its contribution to the state's workforce development goal.Example Plans
Strategic Priorities 2014–2019
A high-level document enumerating the institution’s five strategic goals and strategies for achieving each goal.Example Plans
The Tuskegee Trajectory
The university’s strategic plan details five broad goals with supporting strategies and measures for success. Focus centers on student success and leveraging technology for the 21st-century learning experience.Example Plans
Vision, Mission, and Goals
Vision, mission, goals, and value statements for the institution’s school of pharmacy and health sciences.