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An Update on CSN’s Strategic Plan: Bridge Planning & the Development of CSN’s 2026-2030 Strategic Plan
Dear CSN Colleagues, As most of you likely know, CSN’s 2019-2024 strategic plan is about to come to an end. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is excited to commence the planning process for our next Strategic Planning Cycle. The next three years of Planning at CSN will be an integrated and collaborative experience to achieve our goals collectively and contribute towards student success. Amid CSN presidential leadership change, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness will undertake three major projects for AY 2024-2026 under the guidance of the Acting President, Dr. William Kibler, and Dr. James McCoy, Vice President of Academic Affairs: 1. Close the 2019-2024 Strategic Plan by reviewing and documenting the performance over the last year of the 2019-2024 Strategic Plan. The scorecards and annual reports will be presented at different forums at the college and will be published on the website in Spring 2025. 2. Develop a Bridge Strategic Plan for March 2025- June 2026: The CSN Office of Institutional Effectiveness is in the process of curating an initial draft of a Bridge Plan for the College of Southern Nevada, which will extend CSN’s current Strategic Plan 2019-2024 in a specific way. For those that may not be as familiar, “a Bridge Plan is a short-term strategic plan that “bridges” the gap between strategic plan cycles. A bridge plan only covers a 1–2-year horizon and takes about 3–5 months to create. Often, a bridge plan is best designed as an extension of the existing plan. It is more streamlined and focused than a regular strategic plan and focuses more on tactics aligned with an existing strategic focus. (The Society for Colleges and Universities Planning, 2022) The Office of Institutional Effectiveness will adhere to the following timeline (shown below) for the Strategic Plan Bridge Plan: |
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The CSN Institutional Effectiveness team will create a rough draft Bridge Plan by December 10, 2024, and will share it with our college-wide Shared Governance Groups as well as at a general CSN listening session for feedback. Feedback will be integrated throughout the drafting process and the Bridge Plan will be presented to the CSN Executive Leadership team and the CSN Cabinet for final approval. This Bridge Plan aligns with the NWCCU Mid-Cycle Self Study 2025. 3. New Strategic Plan 2026-2030: To develop the new Strategic Plan for the College of Southern Nevada, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness will lead the planning and implementation efforts in academic year 2025-2026. A ‘Strategic Futures Taskforce’ will serve as the Steering Committee for supporting the Strategic Planning and Initiatives at the College. The Strategic Futures Taskforce will be responsible for the creation of the College of Southern Nevada 2026-2030 Strategic Plan. The task force will be comprised of sub-committees supporting the Strategic Planning and Implementation process. A call for participants to engage in the Strategic Futures Taskforce will be sent by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness by April 2025. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is excited to embark on this planning process to support the mission and vision of the college. Ms. Jyoti Senthil and Dr. Shari Peterson, under the guidance of Dr. James McCoy, will lead the Strategic Planning Initiative at the College. For more information or any questions, please contact Ms. Jyoti Senthil: Jyoti.senthil@csn.edu Dr. Shari Peterson: sharon.peterson@csn.edu |
