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Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

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Strategic Planning AY 2004-2005 Timeline

June 2005

  • Chancellor holds retreat with Senior Administrative Team; they discuss next steps in the planning process (i.e., involvement of other University units).
    Status: Completed
  • Chancellor/SVCAA/VCIANR respond to college/unit enrollment plans; work with ad hoc committee to plan enrollment management retreat.
    Status: Completed

August 2005

  • August 5, 2005—Chancellor/SVCAA/VCIANR respond to overall strategic plans and hiring priorities; request colleges to submit revised priorities statement by September 1 for web posting.
    Status: Completed
  • August 5, 2005—Campus-wide enrollment management retreat.
    Status: Completed
  • August 16, 2005—SVCAA reviews strategic planning process for AY2005–2006 with Deans Council.
    Status: Completed

September 2005

  • September 7, 2005—SVCAA charges Academic Planning Committee to work with the Interdisciplinary Task Force to review posted strategic plans (available September 15), identify cross-cutting themes, hold discussions, and give recommendations for developing cross-cutting themes by November 2.
    Status: Completed
  • September 9, 2005—Revised Core Values posted on Academic Strategic Planning website. Chancellor announces second phase of strategic planning in State of the University Address.
    Status: Completed
  • September 15, 2005—Strategic Planning website goes live at http://www.unl.edu/svcaa/planning/.
    Status: Completed

October 2005

  • October 3, 2005—Academic Affairs posts revised college and program strategic priorities on Academic Strategic Planning website.
    Status: Completed
  • October 4-5, 2005—SVCAA/VCIANR/Chancellor hold retreat with Deans to discuss iterative planning process for AY 2005–2006.
    Status: Completed
  • October 11, 2005—Final Strategic Planning templates distributed at Deans Meeting.
  • October 14, 2005—Space Planning Team generates a list of questions and issues about plans that require clarification.
  • October 15, 2005—SVCAA sends progress letter to campus announcing website and planning process.
  • October 26, 2005—Space Planning Team meets to review/discuss Space and Equipment Plans

November 2005

  • November 30, 2005—Space Team presents draft findings and questions to SAT.

December 2005

  • December 15, 2005—Deans submit plans for implementing 2% budget reduction.
  • December 15, 2005—Chancellor/VCIANR/SVCAA hold Leadership Retreat with Deans and Chairs. Emphasis on:
    • Leading for excellence
    • Developing entrepreneurship
    • Budgetting for success
  • December 18, 2005—Space Planning Team finalizes report/questions and forwards them to SVCAA.

January 2006

  • January 15, 2006—Deans/Directors identitfy positions for elimination, as applicable.
  • January 16, 2006—SVCAA provides Space Planning Team questions to respective Deans.
  • January 31, 2006—Plans due from department chairs to deans for those units in which departments are submitting separate plans.

March 2006

  • March 15, 2006—Strategic plans due to Chancellor/SVCAA/VCIANR. Budget re-seeding requests due and budget revenue generation plans due.

April 2006

  • Strategic Planning Hearings

May 2006

  • Chancellor/SVCAA/VCIANR approve budget plans

June 2006

  • June 1, 2006—Enrollment/revenue generation targets set for each college/unit with direct report to Chancellor/SVCAA/VCIANR.