The Division of Student Affairs at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor engaged in an iterative strategic process to create and implement a set of long-range goals. This strategic journey continues to evolve, uniting a guiding framework of strategic planning steps, a reflective process with an assessment component within each step, and a group…

Multi-campus Southern Illinois University centralized its campus-based management information centers using long-range planning through comprehensive situational analysis and critical success factors methodology. The impact of the resulting strategic directions on the planning process allowed the institution to reach its organizational goals. (MSE)

Trends in college foreign language education include growth in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction, greater emphasis on spoken language, increased use of technology, more intensive instruction, integration with other academic programs, new kinds of academic appointments, and revised promotion and tenure requirements for language…