• December 1999: Launch environmental scan/consideration of values/priorities
o Issues identification/environmental scanning/values clarification
o Forums/speakers/"hearings"/surveys
o Draft presentation of issues and priorities by Jan. 31, 2000

• February-March 2000
o Priorities established
o Task groups charged to forge objectives and a broad, University-wide action plan
o Units charged to develop plans addressing priorities

• February-October 2000
o Forums continue on and off campus

• October 15, 2000
o Departments/units present plans which inform the University Strategic Plan
o Task group recommendation to planning group

• February-April 2001
o Draft plan presented/recommended changes considered

• May 2001
o Publish Strategic Plan
o Implementation plan finalized through summer of 2001
o Data collected/continuously analyzed