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Planning to succeed

The planning process included three distinct areas, the steering community, working group and work product.

Our planning process

Steering Committee

  • Data-driven
  • Collaborative
  • Campus-wide

Working Group

  • 21 Working Group members
  • Diverse
  • Feedback loop to all areas

Work Product

  • Curated inputs
  • Wrote the plan
  • Shared widely
  • Achieved consensus

Each Working Group member provided critical insights from their respective backgrounds and positions on campus, ensuring that the Steering Committee, comprised of our University’s senior leadership, received robust and comprehensive recommendations for key decision points. Most importantly, the Working Group’s thoughtfulness resulted in a strategic plan that represents the entirety of the University’s community and reflects a road map that is simultaneously challenging and achievable, while laying the groundwork for our University’s long-term success.

Plan structure

Our strategic plan consists of five components:

â–  Our vision, mission, and values articulate who we are and what we stand for as a University; provide a vivid, realistic and credible description of the University’s aspirations; and serve as pillars for our success.

â–  The goals establish the critical elements that must be delivered for the University to achieve our strategic priorities and fulfill our vision, mission and values.

â–  Strategies that support these goals represent principal areas of focus to identify and organize underlying actions.

â–  Actions detail the specific efforts that will guide the execution needed to achieve the University’s goals.

â–  Directional metrics establish a means to quantify our progress toward expected outcomes and measure our collective success throughout the execution of our plan.

This plan is action-oriented, comprehensive and inclusive, where all University stakeholders can identify how this plan directly affects their individual and collective futures. Additionally, individual University colleges and units will create supporting unit-level strategic plans that align to the University’s strategic plan and guide unit-level activity.

Strategic planning timeline

Planning Phases

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Phase 1: Mobilize

Sept.-Oct. 2021

Kick-off the project and identify key stakeholders for steering committee and working group

Phase 2: Assess

Sept.-Dec.2021

Conduct a situational analysis to assess external environmental trends and internal capabilities, differentiators, and challenges

Phase 3: Ideate

Oct. 2021-Jan. 2022

Develop and share initial goals, strategies and actions

Phase 4: Iterate & Design

Nov. 2021-Mar. 2022

Engage the University community to collect and respond to feedback for refinement of the strategic plan

Phase 5: Recommend

Mar.-June 2022

Finalize the draft strategic plan for submission to the NSHE Board of Regents for review and approval

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