Administrative Units - Compact Planning Details

1. Administrative Units - Compact Planning Details

2. General Overview of Compact Planning

6. Compact Development and Negotiation Rounds • 1st Round - unit level • Focus on: • unit vision/mission, • unit goals, and • preliminary list of unit initiatives to achieve objectives Unit Compact • 2nd Round – divisional level • Focus on: • unit compacts refined with VPs formal input, and • divisional-level prioritization • initiate governance consultation • 3rd Round – university level • Focus on: • divisional compacts refined with president’s formal input, • VPs finalize divisional priorities • president prepares University compact, consults with faculty governance and the selective investment advisory committee Divisional Compact Divisional Compact

7. 4th Round – president selects initiatives to fund • President creates a university compact from negotiations with provost and vice presidents - • based on discussions with vice presidents, provost, faculty governance, and selective investment advisory committee, president selects initiatives to fund • all compacts revised to reflect funding decisions, and • all compacts are then signed. Divisional Compacts University Compact Departmental Compacts Unit Compact Divisional Compacts School/College Compact Academic Affairs Compact

8. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions See Handbook link at http://www.albany.edu/academic_affairs/cp/ • All compacts will contain the following elements: • Introduction to the unit - mission, goals, core activities, national rankings or locally derived benchmarks • Initiatives clearly described – what they are, how they fit with unit and university goals, summaries of steps to be taken, schedule of activities and progress reports, resource needs, measures of outcomes and results. And specifically:

9. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions…continued Each initiative 3 pages or less !!!

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11. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions…continued While initiatives need not be developed for each category, some categories carry stipulations beyond specifying initiatives that need to be addressed (e.g., enrollment planning in #3, assessment plans in # 4, unit fiscal context in # 6).

12. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions…continued • Initiatives Supporting University Goals/Priorities • Nine DRAFT goals/priorities for enhancing the university on the whole through the compact planning process have been identified as:

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17. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions…continued III. Initiatives Related to Enrollment Management and the Detailing of Enrollment Plans…continued – Screen shot of Enrollment Plan page available from http://www.albany.edu/academic_affairs/cp/

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20. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions…continued IV. Initiatives Addressing Performance Review and Aspirations …continued Assessment resources available at http://www.albany.edu/assessment/

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23. Unit Compact Unit Compact Instructions…continued • Initiatives Designed to Enhance Revenue…continued • Required Component for all Units: All-Funds Budget Template • See the Forms link at http://www.albany.edu/academic_affairs/cp/ • Other revenue/expenditure categories solicited are: DIFR, UAS, UAF, and Restricted Current Fund • Data available from: • departmental records, • school/college budget officer, • All-Funds reporting system, and • other University offices

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25. Subsequent Rounds - Compact Instructions

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28. Subsequent Rounds - Compact Instructions Divisional Initiative Resource Summary See the Forms link at http://www.albany.edu/academic_affairs/cp/ This form should be included with all school/college and divisional compacts. At their discretion, deans and vice presidents may require their units to use this form in creating unit compacts.

29. Compact Planning Timeline Sept 8 Oct Nov 4 Nov 23 Unit draft compacts due to vice president Directors and staff develop unit compacts Divisional draft compacts due to president, UPC

30. Compact Planning Timeline…continued Jan 23 Feb 28 Mar 31 Apr 28 May 5 President provides written feedback to vice presidents Vice presidents finalize their priorities Proposed initiatives to Selective Investment Committee Provost’s recs to president President selects initiatives to fund

31. Resources to Help • Compact Planning Handbook • Website: http://www.albany.edu/academic_affairs/cp • Provost’s Office: All senior staff • Director of Assessment • Institutional Research • Other University offices, as needed

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