Frequently Asked Questions
What is strategic planning all about?
- What is strategic planning?
- I know nothing about the process of strategic planning; can you recommend a short reference guide?
- What are the four planning goals of the college and what do they mean?
- Who developed the goals?
- What does Pre-eminence mean?
- What are the Trustees’ Eight Indicators of Pre-eminence?
- Why is strategic planning important?
Why is strategic planning important to the college?
Why should I care about strategic planning?
- What are the benefits of planning for my program, department or unit?
- What is the commitment to planning at the President’s, Provost’s and deans’ levels?
- Will the strategic planning process really affect my program or unit in a meaningful way?
- Is this just another plan we are doing to satisfy the accrediting body and will it be put on the shelf?
Who knows what is happening with strategic planning?
- Who has to submit a plan?
- What is the role of the Strategic Planning Committee in developing the plans?
- What is the role of the Faculty Senate in planning?
What has the Strategic Planning Committee been doing for the past year?
- Who are the members of the Strategic Planning Committee?
- How were they chosen?
- Who chairs the committee?
- How often do they meet?
- What has the Strategic Planning Committee accomplished?
- Who is my representative on the Strategic Planning Committee?
What is the process?
- What is the role of faculty members in developing plans?
- Who will actually write the plans?
- What is the role of the vice-presidents and deans in planning?
- How will the committee members work with the deans and vice-presidents?
- How should faculty and staff work with deans and vice-presidents?
- What is the review/ approval process for plans?
- What is the relationship between program/department plans and those of the school?
- What is the relationship between unit plans and the plans for a particular vice-presidential area?
- If I am involved in planning in my department or unit, where do I go for help?
- What is the Toolbox?
- Where can I find the Toolbox?
- Will the administration rewrite the plan that my colleagues and I develop?
- What are the deadlines for submission of plans?
- How will the plans be used in allocating resources?
- What role do the four year college planning goals play in the budget process?
- How do I find out what the high-priority college priorities are?
- In spring 2008, President Jordan will be proposing the budget for the next fiscal year. How will I know if my initiative is a priority?
Strategic Planning Frequently Asked Questions
Prepared November 2, 2006
Approved by Strategic Planning Committee November 7, 2006
Revised December 15, 2006