This paper summarizes recent strategic planning activities at Clemson University, focusing on outreach and extended education goals at the university. Specific benchmarks for outreach and extended education include: (1) by May 1994, each department will develop an operational definition of its public service mission, an action plan to integrate…

This book explores the history and evolution of six innovative colleges, examining how these institutions have adapted and transformed themselves in today's social, political, and economic environments. The book contends that these institutions, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, can serve as models today. Case study chapters describe the…

In 1972 each campus of the University of Wisconsin system was directed to develop a 10-year academic plan by the end of 1973. The response of UW-Green Bay to this mandate is presented, with special reference to the preplanning activities at the system level, and to the organization and implementation of comprehensive planning procedures at the…

Staff actions are set forth that are involved in proposing increased adjustments in salary levels for female-oriented occupations. Some oversights and miscalculations are detailed that seem to have affected the decisions of the policy body, the board of trustees, of the California State University and Colleges. (LBH)

Southwest Missouri State University's efforts toward a major change in institutional role and toward increasing admissions requirements are examined as they affect each other. (MSE)

A major change is underway at the University of Michigan as a new telecommunications network is being installed to become the central focus for information technology on the campus as voice communication, mainframe, minicomputer, and microcomputer installations all become part of the network. (MLW)

The search process for a new president at Salisbury State University (Maryland) yielded lessons for other institutions operating under open meeting (sunshine) laws. Factors found important in the process include search committee cohesiveness, committee leadership viewed by constituencies as open and objective, a single voice speaking for the…

The concept of program life-cycle management is applied to college fund raising. Program life-cycle stages (introduction, take-off, maturation, saturation, decline) and fund-raising steps (identification of objectives, targeting of markets, estimate potential for contribution, organization, strategy development, fund-raising performance…

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Chemical Sciences undertook a comprehensive review of management practices in three phases: (1) internal business office procedural review; (2) user opinion survey; and (3) external assessment by campus business and personnel administration. The substantial year-long effort was justified by…

In this paper, we describe the outreach and engagement movement in the United States and explore the implications of this movement for university continuing education units in Canada. Across the United States, major universities have adopted the vocabulary of "outreach and engagement" to foster a shift in the relationships of those…

Implementing an incentives-based budget system at a large public research university significantly redirected internal funds while producing notable organizational and financial surprises. For example, units did not increase their "hoarding" of students, contrary to some expectations. The findings point to several issues for further…

General fund resource allocation and utilization in 27 academic departments at the University of California, Santa Barbara, during 1977-1984 were examined. A two-step research methodology was employed to provide a comprehensive analysis of possible budgetary determinants. The first step entailed a pooled multivariate regression analysis with eight…

As part of a project studying intrainstitutional planning, management, and evaluation, four case studies were undertaken in 1976 of academic planning at Villa Maria College, Kansas City Metropolitan Community College District, West Virginia University, and Western Washington University. The case studies were part of an ongoing project, the…

A rapidly emerging, traditionally Black university--North Carolina Central--examined its goals in a study that shows how the results were used by the institution to improve itself. Reasons for the study, procedures used, and the results are discussed. (Author/LBH)

A campus report criticizes the University of Massachusetts' handling of a racial brawl after the 1986 World Series. It was the most violent of several racial incidents reported on college campuses this year. The report called for administrative and educational changes to improve the quality of life for Black students. (MLW)