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RESOLUTION
TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THE ADOPTION OF THE WINTHROP UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN
WHEREAS,
Winthrop University, unique in the combination of its values,
accomplishments,
and historic character, has since 1886 attracted a
high-achieving and socially responsible student
body through offering a national caliber curriculum and an
educational experience rooted in service,
excellence, diversity and community; and
WHEREAS, Winthrop has consistently followed a planning process
in the Vision of Distinction
that sets forth its long-term goals, consistent with the values
of the University, to direct the
allocation of resources into annual initiatives; and
WHEREAS, in
1996, the Board of Trustees reviewed the impact of higher
education reform
legislation on Winthrop’s mission and goals, and authorized
the President to initiate a comprehensive
review of the mission and to develop an updated strategic
planning process that would continue to
move the University forward while meeting the requirements of
the new statewide performance
funding model; and
WHEREAS, four
campuswide planning teams were formed which included members
from
throughout the University community, who were charged to study
the areas of academics,
enrollment, facilities/ support services, and community
relations; to gather information via public
forums, surveys, discussions and other means in order to design
recommendations for strategic
directions over the next three to five years; and to report
their findings to a broader Coordinating
Committee which represented every division of the University;
and
WHEREAS, the
first stage of these efforts resulted in a revision of the
mission statement for
Winthrop University, to reflect the requirements of performance
funding, which was adopted
by the Board of Trustees in June of 1998; and
WHEREAS, after
including goals from the Board of Trustees’ Distinctive
Directions initiative
begun in spring 1998, the Coordinating Committee designed a plan
which sets forth the University’s
enduring strategic values, three-to-five-year strategic
directions, and annual strategic initiatives; and
WHEREAS the
Coordinating Committee shared multiple drafts of the complete
strategic plan
with the campus community for comment; the final draft was then
endorsed unanimously by the
Faculty Conference in the spring of 1999; and the president then
endorsed the strategic plan
and forwarded it to the Executive Committee with his positive
recommendation; and
WHEREAS the
Executive Committee has reviewed the strategic plan and finds
that it represents
a carefully articulated plan of action to maintain and enhance
the program array, faculty and staff
development, and technological infrastructure that will best
serve Winthrop’s needs; and
furthermore commends the administration for a process
characterized by extensive
communication and widespread involvement;
THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT the Executive
Committee recommends to the full Board of Trustees that the
Winthrop University Strategic Plan be adopted as the formal
planning document for the University.
April
16, 1999
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