Baker@150.CAS.Progress.0212
March 2, 2005
CAS Strategic Plan a “Living
Document”
Feedback from BOT and
campus community reflected in March 1 draft
The CAS Strategic Plan “Shaping the Future” is a
“living document” that will evolve as we activate our plans.
The March 1, 2005 version of the CAS Strategic Plan (see attached) reflects a
few editing changes, some of which were suggested by the Board of Trustees when
they endorsed the documents last fall and others suggested by members of the
CAS community. The changes are non-substantive, yet represent
needed refinements.
Based on the Board’s recommendation, we removed the redundant use
of the word “diversity” in initiative number four. The
statement now reads “Develop
an increasingly diverse learning community that accents the importance of
understanding multiple perspectives, as well as the ability to live and work
effectively among different groups of people.”
We also modified the narrative explanation for initiative number five
in ways that make it clear that a “safe, attractive, state-of-the-art
environment” includes state-of-the-art technology.
Please print the current version of The Plan to use during your
department-level planning efforts. And, be sure to let the SPLT members
know if you have additional suggestions for improving our planning documents.
It’s not
sitting on a shelf somewhere
Plan Provides Direction for Program
Development and Resource Allocation
Some people were skeptical when they heard that our new strategic plan
would not be just another document full of lofty platitudes that sits on a
shelf. But, they were wrong.
The Plan establishes our institutional priorities and provides
strategic direction for program development. Academic and service
departments are now in the process of using The Plan as a guide to formulate
their own work plans. And, at the institutional level, resource
allocation decisions are starting to reflect the goals and initiatives outlined
in The Plan.
If we are to realize our vision, we simply must allocate resources in
ways that are most likely to influence progress toward our collective goals.
Nearly all departments have now been trained to utilize the Planning
Template as a tool to guide their unit-based plans. The goal is to have
unit-based plans completed by July 1, 2005. This deadline will allow us
to incorporate funding requests associated with departmental plans into the
next College budgeting process so that departments can more easily implement
their plan-of-work.
Resources will be allocated first to essential programs and services
and then to those programs and activities that are most closely aligned with
the new College mission and strategic initiatives outlined in The Plan.
Committee Jumps on “The
Bus”
Joyce and Flaherty
lead the way
The CAS Program Evaluation and Outcome Assessment (PEOA) Committee has
embraced our new mission and strategic planning initiatives and used them as a
guide for start revising our general education learning outcome goals.
This approach to committee work is exemplary and serves as a great model
for all campus committees to follow.
All units, departments, committees and task force groups can help bring
our goals to fruition more quickly by using The Plan to guide how they approach
their work.
The SPLT offers a special “thank you” to PEOA for jumping
on the bus!
Review CAS Strategic Planning
Process and Supporting Reference Documents at http://www.bakeru.edu/splt/splt.html
This is volume two, number two of
the electronic bulletin designed to chronicle the planning process and
organizational development within CAS as we join the rest of the University in
the Baker@150
campaign for campus-wide growth and improvement. Baker@150.CAS.Progress is produced by Dr.
Jamie Comstock, Vice President and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, in
collaboration with the Strategic Planning Leadership Team