This master plan for 1993-98 is Patrick Henry Community College's (PHCC's) long-range planning document, designed to guide the college through the 5-year period. Section I provides background information on the history of the college; community characteristics; population trends in Martinsville, Virginia, and the surrounding counties of Patrick,…

Based upon a planning project initiated at North Idaho College (NIC) in 1981 and approved by the Board of Trustees in 1982, this long-range plan states the mission of NIC and specifies goals and objectives to be attained in the next 3 years. First, introductory sections consider the qualities of a good long-range plan, address the responsibilities…

A long-range planning committee was established in fall 1980 at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to coordinate planning efforts and develop specific projects and long-range plans for the college. After 11 meetings, during which past institutional goals were considered and various institutional reports were reviewed, two long-range goals were…

In 1988, College of DuPage initiated a project to give direction to the college. A Futures Committee was formed and charged to identify the college's strengths and emerging opportunities, develop a vision statement on what the college should become by the turn of the century, determine whether the American Association of Community and Junior…

The Germanna Community College (GCC) master plan describes the planning process and the components of the process used in evaluating and creating academic and service programs. Section I provides introductory information about the GCC master plan, indicating that the plan was created after numerous briefing and training sessions on planning,…

Information is presented reflecting the process of planning at New Mexico Junior College (NMJC). First, the NMJC mission statement highlights the college's goals of providing opportunities for individuals, communities, and business and industry within the framework of a comprehensive community college. Next, NMJC's continuous objectives and…

Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute's (CCC&TI's) long-range plan contains a description of the planning process and quantified objectives for the school for 1982 through 1990. Following information on the history, purpose, location, and accreditation of CCC&TI, the report explains the long-range planning process used at the school,…

The college planning processes at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) are described as they were initiated and have developed over the past two years. After acknowledging the biases of this case study, the paper explains how formal planning at the college grew from a need to coordinate staff projections for program and facility needs into a…

This article reviews the scenario planning process implemented at the College of Marin (California). Scenario planning is a creative process in which a group of people who share a common fate develop stories about different ways their future might unfold, and use these stories to make decisions about what path to take. The Global Business Network…

A description is provided of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) approach to institutional planning. After section I underscores the importance of strategic planning in an era characterized by limited growth, accelerating change, proliferating technologies, global competition, and socio-political pressures and challenges, section II offers a…

This Plan of Action is the seventh in a series of such plans for the development of Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School. Part I describes the history and mission of the college, focusing on changes at the college since its establishment in 1922, its location and service area, institutional mission, and educational…

This report by the President's Planning Commission at Elgin Community College (ECC) presents two visions of the college's future based on community and staff views of how the college should develop and provides goals to help realize these visions. First, the report presents the basic planning assumptions, or megatrends, on which the scenarios for…

In 1990-91, responding to the rapid growth and change of both community and college, New Mexico State University's (NMSU's) Dona Ana Branch Community College (DABCC) revised its 5-year plan which was adopted in 1989 to establish goals that would shape the actions, policies, and plans of the college. These goals included: (1) increase instructional…

A description is provided of the steps taken by Monroe Community College (MCC) between 1982 and 1986 to fulfill its current strategic planning process. Following an introduction and listing of strategic planning committee members, chapter 1 discusses what MCC hoped to accomplish through a formal planning process. Chapter 2 details the research,…

Monroe Community College (MCC) has been involved in strategic planning over the last 4 years. The following lessons have been drawn from these 4 years of experience: (1) all plans need to be seen as temporary; (2) no plan drawn up in the planner's office could be implemented if it ignored the fleeting, ambiguous nature of the college's and…