A strategic approach to institutional planning is proposed that integrates three usually isolated planning efforts as a means of making planning more manageable and of minimizing turf problems, favoritism charges, and other threats to morale and commitment to decisions. The approach includes breadth of representation on the planning team and…

Oberlin College in Ohio recently undertook a building-by-building survey of its entire physical plant, emerging with plans to recycle 17 campus structures. (Author)

Increasingly, colleges and universities are using debt financing to respond quickly to new needs and for capital initiatives that will produce long-term benefits. The borrowing process is complex and subject to a variety of government tax regulations and legal limits. Recommends that both small and large institutions work with an experienced…

Strategies for dealing with preservation of historic buildings on college campuses, both architecturally distinguished structures and buildings that are part of a historically important area, are discussed. The rationale for preservation efforts, new trends and considerations in preservation, and master planning and costs are examined. (MSE)

The consideration of space adequacy can be divided into two major areas: (1) adequacy from the point of view of the physical attributes of the space and (2) the suitability of the space for activities of the occupant. A survey method is reported with a physical analysis rating system appended. (LBH)

Reports the results of a Ford Foundation grant for physical planning consulting services to predominantly black institutions administered by Educational Facilities Laboratories (EL). (Author)

An effective collegial and relatively noncompetitive approach to integrated planning developed at King's College is discussed. The development of a structured system of intensive oral communication; an organizational design integrating planning, budgeting, marketing, and evaluation, and a modified matrix management system are described. (MLW)

Concurrent with the rise of the new land-grant universities at the end of the nineteenth century, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-93) introduced ideas about campus planning and landscaping in the United States that still animate much of contemporary university planning. While he never established rules or guidelines, his various reports reflect five…

Presents a case study of the Virtual Retina project (an instructional CD-ROM for ophthalmology students) at the University of Alberta as an example of strategic dissonance in an educational technology unit. Offers methods to analyze the external competitive environment and internal capabilities of educational technology units. (EV)

Describes the application of strategic-planning principles at Gainesville College (Georgia) in the 1980s, the commitments the college made to both specific and general planning objectives, and the results over time as reflected in enhanced institutional effectiveness. Concludes that any strategic plan must be implemented daily and must be…

Introduces a new, comprehensive planning and change concept for universities, "change creation," that encompasses both strategic planning and a transition process for the organization from "what is" to "what should be." After exploring change, why it often fails, and the tenets of change creation, presents its steps. A few are: leadership team…

To address its unique academic needs and goals, the University of California, Irvine, has created a flexible land-use and planning model that assures campus control of third-party development on its land and encourages interface between the private sector and academe. (MLW)

Camden, New Jersey, a city of 80,000 located directly across the Delaware River from center-city Philadelphia, is, by any index of urban decay, one of the nation's most distressed urban centers. While severely ineffective, the city houses the essential building blocks of future recovery: branches of four colleges and universities and two major…

The balanced scorecard, introduced by Robert Kaplan and David Norton, has evolved from an improved performance measurement system to an integrated strategic planning, implementation, and scorecarding system. Simple yet powerful second-generation balanced scorecards depict the organization's strategy through a series of strategy maps and scorecards…

Factors in college plant and equipment management that have evolved in the last few decades are identified. Possible approaches for institutions to take in short-range and long-range planning for them, including financial quantification techniques and administrative structures and procedures, are suggested. (MSE)