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Preparing to Plan

Planning for Higher Education Journal

A Collaborative, Ongoing University Strategic Planning Framework

 Planners at Cleveland State University describe that institution’s highly communicative and participatory strategic planning process.
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A Guide to Planning for Change

 The enhanced planning model in this book recognizes the many internal, external, up, down, and sideways forces, challenges, and opportunities facing higher education
Planning for Higher Education Journal

A Guide to Planning for Change
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.
Conference Presentations

Bison Blueprint: Building An Integrated Planning Culture At Gallaudet

 A successful integrated plan requires the broad engagement within an institution.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Book Review: What Makes a Strategic Plan Strategic?
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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.
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Integrated Planning Competencies

 This toolkit details the competencies—knowledge, dispositions, and skills—an individual needs to perform integrated planning in higher education.
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.
Example Plans

Realizing “Envision TRU”

 This green paper (a preliminary report of proposals published to stimulate discussion) introduces the primary concepts and advantages of integrated planning, designating it as the approach that will frame the institution’s upcoming strategic planning process.
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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.
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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.