The 2023 Strategic Planning Steering Committee comprises a diverse assortment of interdisciplinary professionals and campus leaders charged with working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to support the creation of the University’s next Strategic Plan.
The committee will adopt the Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence (BFPE) to develop and implement a campus-wide plan. BPFE methodologies provide systematic assessment tools for measuring the extent to which EIU defines key processes and how well these processes are managed throughout the university. BFPE focuses on four factors, shortened as ADLI: Approach, Deployment, Learning, and Integration.
Benchmark assessments will occur where Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) already exist, and ADLI methodologies will inform the creation of purposeful KPIs for new initiatives or enhancements to existing practices. This approach will create meaningful process roadmaps for EIU stakeholders across the institution.
To submit strategic planning feedback to the task force, email suggestions or ideas to strategicplanning@eiu.edu. Your submission will be reviewed and included as part of the University’s qualitative data set.
Dr. Michael D. Gillespie
Dean of Student Success Office: 2230 McAfee - Old Main2230 McAfee GymnasiumPhone: 217-581-6690
Phone: 217-581-6690
Email: mgillespie@eiu.edu
Website: https://mdgillespie.substack.com/
INTRODUCTION
Michael D. Gillespie is Dean of Student Success and Professor of Sociology at Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Gillespie has previously served as the Director of the Faculty Development and Innovation Center .
Working with a diverse group of students and faculty who have their own biography, struggles, and passions is inspiring. When these worlds collide, as Carl Sagan writes, ‘something incredible is waiting to be known’.
"I am hopeful, not out of mere stubbornness, but out of an existential concrete imperative" ~Paulo Freire