Strategic Planning Timeline and Events
- March 23, 2022 - Initial Meeting
- Led by the Jay Gatrell, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, discussed leadership’s expectations for how the committee should move forward. Details were shared on the creation of primary and sub-goals, and the importance of a creating an online dashboard to track progress.
- April 8, 2022 - Meeting
- The committee discussed progress timelines in more detail and brainstormed high-level objectives for systems implementation including better connecting internal constituencies, improving customer service operations, increasing inclusivity, and incorporating students into University business practices. Also discussed: Creating a standardized methodologies framework for plan feedback, as well as the creation of an accountability framework for Strategic Plan development.
- April 27, 2022 - Meeting
- The committee discussed summer outreach initiatives amongst and the identification of meaningful off-campus constituencies, the formulation of 5 to 7 broad goals to send the President’s Council (PC) for early fall 2022 review and feedback, various other internal timelines to regulate the committee’s overall progress, and other fall initiatives including October Town Hall meetings, various community engagement activities, and the delivery of an online survey tool to gather stakeholder feedback and a variety of institutional assessment data.
- Summer 2022 - Outreach
- To select off-campus constituencies for feedback and assessment.
- Summer/Fall 2022
- Development of a Systems Portfolio subplan and the creation of an assessment methodologies outline using a standardized ADLI approach.
- August 2022 – Outreach and Feedback
- Surveys distributed to external and internal stakeholders to assess and evaluate EIU’s current position across diverse areas.
- September 2022
- Five to seven broad institutional goals submitted to PC for review and feedback.
- Fall 2022
- Continued outreach to off-campus constituencies for feedback and assessment; internal outreach for process feedback and assessment, if needed. Development of online survey tool.
- Strategic Planning Task Force Meetings occurred throughout the semester to share feedback and progress and to evaluate relevant feedback from stakeholders and select campus leadership groups.
- October 2022
- Two Town Hall events to highlight the high-level results of the Summer/Fall 2022 external and internal surveys. Results will assist in identifying priorities to move forward to an initial proposed draft. Campus constituencies and public partners can provide additional written feedback via email at strategicplanning@eiu.edu. Submissions will be reviewed and included as part of the University’s qualitative data set.
- Emergent themes and initiatives created and shared for further stakeholder feedback.
- November 2022
- Ad-hoc subgroups assembled to further improve draft themes and initiatives language based on holistic feedback.
- November/December 2022
- Campuswide survey being planned to evaluate current iteration of themes and initiatives drafts, and to begin prioritizing identified thematic initiatives.
- February 2023
- Internal outreach for process feedback and assessment continues.
- March 2023
- Two Town Hall events highlighted more finalized and streamlined versions of the plan themes and prioritized initiatives, and offered an initial set of KPIs supporting each of the initiatives.
- Spring 2023
- Combine standardized feedback from constituencies, analyze collected process mechanisms for alignment with overarching institutional goals.
- April 2023
- Collected data organized into first draft of EIU’s 2023 Strategic Plan for initial review by EIU's Board of Trustees.
- June 2023
- Board of Trustees approved Plan 2028
- August 2023
- Tasks planner established for tracking of progress.
- March 26, 2024
- Town hall update on the Progress of Plan 2028.
The Strategic Planning Committee Task Force invites and encourages participation from any member of the campus community who wishes to assist the University in creating or enhancing the University’s strategic planning model, or in meeting/measuring the University’s strategic initiatives.
If you have questions about EIU’s Strategic Planning process, or wish to learn more, please email Josh Reinhart, Public Information Coordinator, at jdreinhart@eiu.edu.