Provost David E. Shulenburger shared the podium and described aspects of the strategic planning initiative, which will take place in the next year. Laurence R. Draper, president of the Faculty and University senates and Council, also spoke. Included in the platform party were Barbara W. Meador, president of the Unclassified Staff Association, and Thelma M. Simons, president of Classified Senate. It means this human community coming together to arrive at an agreed- upon strategy for KU in the 21st century.
Strategic planning places the long-term vitality and excellence of a university first.
Strategic planning is not a collection of departmental plans compiled and edited. A strategic plan is something more than a list of individual wants and aspirations. Strategic planning is people acting decisively and roughly in concert to carry out a strategy they helped devise. Two committees will be formed based on the Freshman-Sophomore Experience Report. Diana Carlin, associate professor of communication studies, will chair a committee to form a plan to deal comprehensively with freshman-sophomore advising.