Academic Master Planning

Catherine Wehlburg, Ph.D., serves as President at Athens State University. She has served in several different roles in her over thirty years of higher education as a tenured full professor, department chair, associate dean, dean, associate provost, and provost. In each of these roles, she has focused on enhancing student learning, strategic decision making, and assessment of learning.

• 1. What is Academic Master Planning?.- 2. The Five Phases of Academic Master Planning.- 3. Phase 1 – Introducing the Academic Master Planning Process.- 4. Phase 2 – Considering the Mission and Vision of the Department or Program.- 5. Phase 3 – Developing Core Principles.- 6. Phase 4 – Creating Specific Initiatives.- 7. Phase 5 – Identifying Timeline and Needed Resources.- 8. Applications for Different Institutional Types.- 9. Using the Academic Master Plan.