PLANNING PROCEDURES

Each year, the University prepares and updates the University Plan for the next three years. The President requests from the planning units proposed University wide goals and unit goals. Every unit is encouraged to involve faculty, staff and students. The President’s Planning Group reviews and adopts University-wide goals so that are considered by the individual units in the development of their unit goals. The unit goals are prioritized. The budget process is incorporated in the review process to insure that the unit goal and objectives have identified resources. The updated information is included in the revised University Plan.

Update Process

The Savannah State University family affirms that an effective process should include broad-bases involvement of faculty, administration and students. The University must maintain a continuing process of identifying expected educational goals and results and evaluating the extent to which these goals have been achieved. A summary of this review process follows:

· all administrative units clarified their objectives and identified the "expected results" for each objective;

· all objectives and expected results were reviewed by the President, Vice Presidents, and others in the planning process;

· surveys were conducted of faculty, students, graduates, staff, and administration;

· faculty asked for input in the development of a purpose statement and in defining goals and objectives;

· curricular changes were based on the updated University purpose, educational goals, and objectives.

The annual assessment cycle includes three activities: (1) review of the previous year's assessment activities, (2) refinement of the assessment procedures, and (3) feedback through the administrative and academic channels to the President. The review of the previous year’s assessment activities begins at the departmental level and then moves upward through the channels as indicated on the accompanying figures.

CAMPUS PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1996-97 BUDGET

 

· Budget Development should be college-wide in scope.

· Budget Development must be goal-oriented and culminate in appropriate-funded activities in the context of both external and internal constraints and University priorities.

· Budget Development must be sensitive to academic and demographic trends, allow for opportunities and initiatives, encourage efficiency and economy, and provide for contingencies.

Budget Formulation Considerations

Governor's 5% Budget Redirection

University System Policy Directions

FY 1996-98 Planning Objectives

University Plan

FY 1997 Campus Planning Priorities

Student Enrollment - Current & two-year Projections

Federal Legislative Impact (Student Aid, Title III)

Budget Submission Date to Board of Regents