Process and timeline

September – December 2020

Preliminary Planning Steps

• Conversation with the Board of Trustees regarding strategic planning
• Conversation with the Forward Thinking Group regarding strategic planning
• President Iuliano’s “Living Our Promise” address
• Strategic planning structure designed
• Strategic planning committees populated

January 2021

Framing and Information Gathering

• Committees start meeting (Note: The Curriculum Review Committee started meeting in Fall 2020)
• Committees clarify key questions
• Committees review existing planning documents and data
• Committees identify and start collecting additional data as needed

February – May 2021

Discussion and Consultation

• Committees discuss key questions
• Committees analyze data
• Committees broadly consult constituents
• Committees formulate and prioritize recommendations
• Committees submit draft reports

June – August 2021

• Strategic Planning Committee discusses draft reports and provides feedback to committees

September - October 2021

• Committees share emerging recommendations to solicit feedback
• Committees refine reports
• Committees submit final reports

November - December 2021

Integration and Prioritization

• Strategic Planning Committee integrates and prioritizes recommendations
• Strategic Planning Committee shares emerging recommendations and drafts to solicit feedback
• Strategic Planning Committee submits report to the President

January - February 2022

Final strategic plan submitted to the Board of Trustees for review and approval

April 2022

Board of Trustees approves the College’s Strategic Plan

February 2023

The College situates the Strategic Plan within other institutional priorities to develop the College’s Strategic Direction