Administrator Relationship IDENTIFIERS *Faculty Attitudes

This report presents an examination of the use of a participative model in the strategic planning process at a publicly-supported, comprehensive institution in the middle Atlantic region of the United States. Specific attention is given to the process of developing the vision statement, an undertaking of approximately 15 months preceding Board of Trustee approval. This particular institution had undergone dramatic and unsettling strategic planning activity and change four years earlier that resulted in improved financial status and program development. Because of this past experience, this new strategic planning initiative for the 21st century was met with great skepticism by faculty. A survey was sent to 264 faculty members during the development of this new vision statement to determine their participation in its development; 86 responded, of which only 1