A new year, time for new thinking and new approaches. While this coming January may feel different than others, it still is that time to pause and reflect and define the goals for the coming year. If ...

Goals in the Division of Student Affairs stem from the overall mission of Western Michigan University and in keeping with the WMU 2022-32 strategic plan. They are carried out in the context of our ...

The Office of Assessment, Accreditation, and Strategic Planning fosters a culture of continuous improvement and institutional effectiveness grounded in collaboration, transparency, and data-informed ...

For the past two years, the Institutional Planning and Assessment Committee (IPAC) has considered feedback from over 50 meeting, surveys, and discussions with campus stakeholders, reviewed feedback ...

Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecasts perform about as well as dart-throwing chimpanzees? Cognitive science and behavioral economics scholars have conducted research on ...

In order to effectively manage complex litigation, you need to know what success looks like. There are different measures of success beyond the outcome of the litigation and it’s important to identify ...

It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...

To better understand the need for strategic planning in the fire service, let's look at some very basic topics. First, it is critical to develop an understanding of strategic planning. Once we ...

Research on college student development shows that the time and energy students devote to educationally purposeful activities is the single best predictor of their learning and personal development.