Completed Strategic Plan

The May 10, 2002, draft of the plan was endorsed by the Board of Trustees at its June 2002 meetings. The completed plan is therefore the same as the May 10 version, except that the word "draft" has been removed and the date has been changed to June 28, 2002:
Download Completed Plan *

May 10, 2002, Draft Incorporating Additional Suggestions for
Revision
Download Draft *

March 27, 2002, Draft Incorporating Board of Trustees Suggestions for Revision

The attached draft incorporates revisions suggested by the Board of Trustees at the March 14, 2002, Board meeting, as well as a few additional revisions:
March 27, 2002, Draft Goals and Strategies *

March 14, 2002, Board of Trustees Suggestions for Revision

The Board of Trustees met on March 14, 2002, and made suggestions for revising the draft goals and strategies. The Board's suggestions are noted in red in the attached file:
March 14, 2002, Goals and Strategies *

To see the previous (March 5, 2002) drafts, see the next section on this page.

Revised Goals and Strategies, March 5, 2002

In late February and early March 2002, members of the Steering Committee revised the draft goals and strategies created by the strategic planning subcommittees. The revised drafts eliminate some of the repetition from section to section and separate goals and strategies from the more specific objectives.

The revised versions appear in two formats at the links below:
(1) the "short" format, which includes draft priorities, goals, and strategies without supporting objectives (this is the format that will go to the Board of Trustees for discussion in March), and

(2) a "long" format, which includes a partial set of objectives in addition to the draft priorities, goals, and strategies. These objectives (i.e., the items preceded by three numbers separated by periods, such as 1.1.1) are representative examples only, not a comprehensive list. Additional objectives will be added as we develop an action plan.

You may send comments about the revised drafts to bkbowers@cc.ysu.edu. (If you responded to previous drafts, your comments are on file and you don't need to send the same comments again.)

February 2002 Revisions of Goals and Strategies

Between January 24 and February 18, 2002, subcommittees revised the drafts of goals and strategies brainstormed at earlier meetings. If you sent comments about earlier drafts, they were given to the subcommittees. You can see the original draft and subcommittee revisions at the links below:
Early Draft of Goals and Strategies *
Subcommittee Revisions of Early Draft *

December 2001 Revision of Critical Issues

In December 2001, the Board of Trustees revised and reprioritized the Critical Issues and Priority Statements. You can see the revised version at the link below:
Critical Issue *

December 16, 2001, Revision of Core Values

In response to a Board of Trustees request, the Strategic Planning Steering Committee revised and shortened the list of Core Values. You can see the revised version at the link below:
Core Values *

December 6, 2001, Board of Trustees Discussion

At a retreat on December 6, 2001, the YSU Board of Trustees revised and prioritized the Strategic Planning Critical Issues and Priorities Statements. You can view the revisions at the link below:
Critical Issues/Priority Statements *

November 14, 2001, Board of Trustees Discussion

At a retreat on November 14, 2001, the YSU Board of Trustees revised the Strategic Planning Defining Principles and YSU Core Values. The Core Values were again revised in December 2001, but you can view the November 14 versions at the links below:
Defining Principles
Core Values

November 7, 2001, Report to Academic Senate

Report to the Academic Senate 7 November 2001
Bege Bowers, Chair, Strategic Planning Committee

In his September 12 address to the Academic Senate, Provost Tony Atwater reported that the University would soon begin a strategic planning process. He noted,

The timetable will be tight. We will work significantly over this semester and a small portion of spring semester. We want a draft of the strategic plan to go to the Board of Trustees in time for the Board’s March 2002 meeting. This timeframe drives us to identify our priorities, assess them, and move forward. The working title of the plan is "Designing Our Future in the 21st Century: The Centennial Strategic Plan of Youngstown State University." The process is focused on helping the University advance into and beyond 2008, the centennial anniversary of the University.

Since the September Senate meeting, the planning process has begun in earnest. The Strategic Planning Steering Committee has met almost every week, and the Strategic Planning Committee has met twice. The 37-member Strategic Planning Committee includes faculty, staff, students, bargaining-unit representatives, administrators, Board of Trustees members, and community members.

The Steering Committee and Planning Committee have drafted "Defining Principles" and "Core Values" to guide the planning process, asked a variety of groups to identify critical issues they feel the University should address, appointed a publicity subcommittee to keep the campus and community informed about the planning process, assembled a research team to gather data, and begun to identify priorities and goals. We are asking the Senate, at the November 7 meeting, to provide additional information that will be helpful to the committees as we continue the planning process.

We are also attaching to the agenda a variety of appendices to keep you informed about the planning process:

[Note: Some of the documents referred to in this Senate report were later revised. Links to the revised versions appear above.]

Appendix SPC I: List of Strategic Planning Committee Members

• Appendix SPC I: List of Strategic Planning Committee
  Members *
• Appendix SPC II: Defining Principles for the Strategic
  Planning Process*
• Appendix SPC III: Core Values (Non-prioritized) *
• Appendix SPC IV: List of Critical Issues* Identified by Participants in Information-Gathering Sessions

Although we do not plan to discuss the the Defining Principles, Core Values, and Critical Issues at the November 7 Senate meeting, we invite you to e-mail comments about any of these items to Bege Bowers at bkbowers@cc.ysu.edu and especially to identify any critical issues that you feel are missing from the list.

The Strategic Planning Committee appreciates your comments and will continue to solicit input and feedback from campus and community constituencies throughout the planning process.