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Often many types of plans that do not appear to be related are developed. And frequently, planning occurs without sufficient budgeting information. With the university's ten year reaccreditation (self-study and team visit) by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools scheduled for 2003, the university must make sure that all processes work together and support each other. For this reason, a long-range planning process integrating planning, budgeting and assessment and a planning guide have been designed for use by each academic program and administrative unit.
When the final proposals for budget requests for departments, offices, colleges and divisions are drafted for FY 2001 to FY 2006, they will contain statements of purpose, analyses of current enrollment and personnel data, assessment plans that include outcomes and assessment measures as well as budget requests and rationales. The proposals will be connected to the university's mission and strategic goals; data required for the proposals will also be linked to academic program reviews. Instructions for developing and integrating planning, budgeting and assessment are outlined in a planning guide which was piloted in the spring of 1999 by six university departments. A working draft of the planning guide was first made available in July 1999 for all units to use in developing budget requests for FY 2001. |
