Preparatory Meeting

• Defined the scope and expectations of SEP.
• Defined the SEP process, objectives, and timelines.
• Aligned the SEP process with UM’s other strategic planning processes.
• Identified those who will participate in the initial stages of the SEP process.
• Identified preliminary planning assumptions, key performance indicators (KPIs), and data needs.

• Working groups participated in a conference-style launch of the SEP process.
• Working groups identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in their respective focus areas and prepared for the development of situation analyses.
• Revised the necessary data needs based on the working groups’ discussions.

• Discussed each working groups’ situation analysis.
• Identified potential SEP strategies.
• Identified additional data needs.
• Reviewed the action planning process and tools.

• Incorporated enrollment-related PFAs into the SEP framework.
• Solidified the alignment of academic planning and decision-making with the SEP process.
• Identified the strategies to move forward to SEP action planning.
• Identified the strategy action planning teams.
• Equipped faculty and staff to utilize the SEP action planning tools.

• Reviewed and sharpened the second set of SEP strategy action plans.
• Considered revisions to the first set of SEP strategy action plans.

• Reviewed and considered the third set of SEP strategy action plans.
• Considered revisions to the first and second set of SEP strategy action plans.
• Preliminary prioritization of SEP strategies.

• Considered revisions to all SEP strategy action plans.
• Prioritized the strategies to recommend to leadership for implementation.
• Discussed the transition from planning to implementation.

• Leadership considered the strategies and the steering committee’s recommendations.
• Leadership determines what strategies will move forward to implementation.