• Chart 1 (top down/bottom up)
• Chart 2 (strategic plan pyramid)

1. At the fall meeting of the University Council, President launches planning process designed to elicit input from all stockholder groups. President appoints a Planning Group to participate in the planning process.

2. Campus forums and regional forums are hosted by the Planning Group. Planning Group conducts focus group discussions on values clarification and identification of priorities.

3. Planning Group presents to Senates, Council of Deans, a small set of proposed priorities. Planning Group considers and identifies 4-6 priorities which are then submitted to the President. President charges campus units to develop responsive unit plans addressing these priorities.

4. Departments, colleges, and other units develop strategic unit plans. The Planning Group establishes several task groups, one group per priority, to recommend goals and action strategies at the University level.

5. Planning Group takes input from the task groups, and from the unit plans, and drafts the Strategic Plan.

6. Draft out for review and reaction.

7. Planning Group and President finalize plan for adoption and present plan to University Senate and other groups for endorsement.

8. Final plan printed and distributed. Presentations of plan made to civic and other groups.