EDUCAUSE | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Institutional Management

A Provost and Librarian Walk Into a Meeting...

ckeller — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:06:40 -0500

"Speaker after speaker in the audience posed variations on that scenario Monday at a session of the American Library Association’s annual conference that was part roundtable, part “Ask Amy.” During “The Art of Persuasion: Strategies for Effective Communication with Chief Academic Officers,” organized by the Association of College and Research Libraries, the provosts and vice presidents for academic affairs on the panel shared a list of their do’s and don’ts when approaching new college officials in their positions. "

The Making of a Majority

drupal — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:55:37 -0500

"Third draft of report wins support from many members of federalhigher ed panel. but ACE chief holds out."

A Stinging First Draft

drupal — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:03:28 -0500

The article gives a summary of the 27-page preliminary Spellings report on the state of higher education according to the U.S. Department of Education. The report is considered to be primarily critical of U.S. higher education.

Designing the University of the Future

drupal — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:10:56 -0500

These authors identify transforming trends in society that are affecting the mission of universities, analyze the impact of those trends on the institutional and spatial structure of universities, and then summarize the factors that planners should be paying attention to in the future design of their institutions.

A Strategic Planning Primer for Higher Education

drupal — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:25:29 -0600

This article provides an overview of the strategic planning process. It is intended to help you understand the concept of strategic planning, the need for strategy in higher education, and the dynamics of the university-based strategic planning. It includes a brief history of strategic planning, emerging challenges in higher education, basic models and steps of a strategic planning process, adapting strategic planning to unique needs of higher education, and a look into the strategic planning at the California State University system. A glossary of terms and an annotated bibliography are included