Central Washington University Board of Trustees February 21, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Integration of Division and Overall Strategic Plans
CWU is engaged in a review of the university’s mission and core themes and the development of divisional plans for Academic and Student Life, Business and Financial Affairs, Operations, the President’s Division, and Strategic Enrollment Management. This work will culminate in a comprehensive, university-wide strategic plan in July 2020. CWU’s accrediting agency, The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) recommended that CWU integrate department strategic plans within their divisions, and the divisional plans into a comprehensive university strategic plan tied to institutional core themes and assessment data. Accordingly, this project established four primary goals: 1. Engage the university community in the review of mission and core themes (goals); 2. Align divisional and cross-divisional plans with University Strategic Plan core themes and objectives; 3. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track intermediate and end-state achievements; and 4. Implement a system and processes to track and document progress toward core theme achievement and mission fulfillment. The project began by designing and disseminating to all division heads a strategic planning model and template, which follow this executive summary. The project team worked with each divisional vice president and his/her direct reports to develop divisional strategic plans. All initial plans were submitted, reviewed, and imported into a CWU built tool using Microsoft Office 365 Power Apps. This tool was selected due to reductions in development time and the wide accessibility of the tool. It provides a view of the stand-alone plans and views of how the plan contents map to our Core Themes and Institutional Priorities. As the system is further developed, divisions will have the opportunity to refine their plans. In addition, open forums, focus groups, surveys, and cross-walks of divisional plans continue to inform mission and core theme refinement. Project progress is updated on the Project Management Office SharePoint site and the CWU Strategic Planning website. A detailed university strategic plan will be presented to trustees in May, with a request for endorsement of the final plan in July. Between now and July, the project team will continue to solicit feedback from the Cabinet, the Faculty Senate, the Academic Department Chairs Organization (ADCO), the Graduate Council, the Exempt Employee Association, the Classified Staff Employee Council, the Associated Students of CWU (ASCWU), faculty and staff, alumni, and other stakeholders.
Submitted:
Approved for submittal to the Board:
Andreas Bohman VP Operations
James L. Gaudino President
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