Guidelines for planning and operating a Senior Colleague Advisory Network (SCAN) team visit are presented, based on the experiences of participants in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) SCAN project. Guidelines for the institution cover: determining the need for a consulting visit, the need for presidential involvement, defining and communicating the visit's purpose, choosing team members and dates, previsit contact with team members, the initial meeting, and the structure of sessions. Guidelines for visiting colleagues are also included. The prime objective of each consulting visit is to provide assistance to an AASCU institution by a team of colleagues to help clarify an institution's mission in conjunction with a decline in institutional resources. SCAN teams help institutions facilitate the establishment or refinement of internal goals and plans. In addition to suggestions offered the host institutions by the SCAN team, the visits provide an opportunity for university officials to meet and exchange views with senior colleagues from other institutions. Included are a sample schedule for the actual colleague visit and a list of the sequence of activities by the host institution, including the preparation for the visit. (SW)