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Upon approval, each of the plan’s priorities is assigned to a cabinet member who serves of the president’s executive team who will serve as its point person. As point person for a priority, the cabinet executive team member will coordinate efforts across the university in support of the priority (in some cases, in conjunction with another member of the team). The point person is responsible for developing a measurement and evaluation plan for the priority (metrics, data collection plan, etc.) in collaboration with the institutional research office.
Each year the point person is responsible for preparing a progress report reports to the president and board of trustees for the priority. Annual These progress reports often are incorporated into regular (three times per year) reporting that is incorporated into the docket of materials for each board of trustees meeting. At a minimum, annual reports on each of the strategic plan priorities are completed over the summer, distributed to campus in the early part of the fall semester, inform the president’s annual report, and are included for review by the board of trustees at its November (annual general) meeting.
As reports are being completed each summerThree times each year, usually at the conclusion of the fall, spring and summer terms, the president’s cabinet also formally considers meets to evaluate progress on the priorities and to consider whether adjustments to the plan are necessary based on internal or environmental considerations. Any adjustments to plan are shared with the campus community at the opening of the fall semester.
In the third year of the plan, the president’s cabinet convenes a new strategic planning task force to begin preparing the next three-year plan.
Academic Program and Administrative Department Planning Timeline
Each year, individual academic programs and administrative departments engage in a localized planning process that considers two academic/fiscal years simultaneously and consists of the following components:
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