The approval process includes campus-wide discussion and numerous opportunities to recommend changes, deletions, and additions. The President will assign people and resources, establish timelines, and establish criteria and measurements of success. The attainment of annual goals is linked to budgeting process. The Strategic Planning Committee will revise and update the Plan every two or three years. Passage of plan.
Internal survey reveals high awareness of plan and planning process.
The President establishes and charges a budget planning task force, and by March 1 he establishes the principal budgetary and linked strategic objectives for the next fiscal year. The budget task force organizes hearings involving principal budget holders and others as appropriate. The Vice President for Administration and Finance issues budget projections, the Associate Provost for Enrollment Management issues enrollment projections, and the Vice president for University Advancement projects revenue from private sources. The budget task force makes recommendations to the President by June 1. The annual budget must be balanced from its inception, with total allocations equal to available revenue.