Strategic Planning Manual - History

In October 2003, President Joanne Glasser appointed a University Strategic Planning Committee to update and revise the EKU strategic plan. The University 2003-2006 Strategic Plan built on the foundation of previous strategic plans and set out to delineate the mission, values, vision, goals, strategic directions and indicators of performance. The plan addressed the role of Eastern Kentucky University in Kentucky’s higher education reform as outlined in the strategic plan of the Council on Post Secondary Education—Vision 2020.

The 2006 - 2010 Strategic Plan builds on the 2003 - 2006 Strategic Plan, what we have learned from implementing the 2003 - 2006 Plan, how our environment has changed, and what our environment is going to look like in 2010. The primary goal of the strategic plan is to position EKU for its future so that the University will be prepared to respond effectively and proactively in a rapidly changing higher education environment. Although we are dedicated to accountability, we also recognize that a strategic plan must be a fluid and dynamic document: Refinements must be made as we meet new challenges and formulate new goals, always seeking to improve EKU as an institution and to contriubute to the enhancement of the quality of life for members of the EKU community. As campus-wide planning is continually implemented, modifications to the university strategic plan will be made as opportunities arise to refine and revise our vision, mission, institutional goals, and strategic directions.

The university strategic plan is the framework within which the planning groups and reporting units of the university develop their particular goals, strategies and performance measurements for the next several years. These relationships are tracked and made clear through the use of TracDat, a software package which allows for university-wide documentation of planning and assessment activities. The combined unit plans contribute to and support the overall mission, directions and goals of the university. Taken together with the university strategic plan, these unit plans form a comprehensive university plan—which establishes the major strategic directions of the university.