Campus Long-Range Planning and Resource Allocation Process
As UC embarks on a trajectory of profound growth, UC Santa Cruz has a unique opportunity to shape its future. Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Simpson has asked for long-range plans from each
dean and vice chancellor that
outlines the programs and strategic direction envisioned for their division by 2005-06 and by 2010-11. These divisional plans will be reviewed widely and refined during the 2000-02 academic years.
Keep apprised of this long-range planning and resource allocation process by visiting this page or any of the following campus web sites:
- Provost's Advisory Council (PAC). In order to foster improved communication among the individuals and groups involved in planning and to better integrate those efforts, the Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (EVC) has established a number of key planning groups. Agendas, meeting notes, and resource materials are posted.
- Budget Office. Planning and Budget provides the Chancellor, Campus Provost and EVC, and principal officers with fiscal management, space management, planning and analytical support for the campuswide long-range planning process. Information about and a timetable for the 2000-02 planning and resource allocation processes can be found on that site.
- Currents online. The campus' weekly on-line periodical will make note of significant milestones for and publish summaries of decisions coming out of the campus' long-range planning process.
This site will serve as a repository for the key planning and resource documents.
Planning Submissions
Deans and vice chancellors will submit executive summaries of their
divisional plans (including programs planned for the Silicon Valley Center
and an expanded State-supported summer quarter) by March 15, 2001. Any
related 2001-02 resource requests and faculty recruitment proposals are due
March 30, 2001. Finalized plans are
due December 3, 2001.
| Executive Summary (March 2001) |
Final Plan (December 2001) | |
| Arts Division | Arts | Arts |
| Humanities Division | Humanities | Humanities |
| Natural Sciences Division | NatSci | NatSci |
| School of Engineering | Engineering | Engineering |
| Social Sciences Division | SocSci | SocSci |
| Graduate Studies | Grad | Grad |
| Undergraduate Education | UGEduc | UGEduc |
| University Extension/Summer Session | UNEXSS | |
| Library | Library | Library |
| Office of Research | Research | Research |
| Business and Administrative Services | BAS | BAS |
| Campus Provost Units | Provost | Provost |
| Student Affairs Division | StudAff | StudAff |
| University Relations | UnivRelns | UnivRelns |
These plans will be discussed (and advice and feedback provided) within the Provost's Advisory Council and its committees, by Senate advisory committees, and campuswide through spring quarter 2002.
Commentary on Divisional Executive Summaries
As part of the spring quarter 2001 review process, the following
analyses/review were submitted:
- Academic Planning Committee (APC)
- Academic Support Planning Committee (ASPC)
- Senate Committee on Planning and Budget (CPB) [ Academic Programs | Academic Support Programs ]
- Student Union Assembly review of the Undergraduate Education Executive Summary (SUA)
The executive summaries were also discussed at three PAC meetings:
- Joint PAC/APC/ASPC meetings of April 10 and April 24, 2001
- PAC meeting of May 22, 2001
In addition, the following summaries were prepared by the Office of Planning and Budget:
- New academic programs proposed in the Executive Summaries
- Interdisciplinary themes for academic programs in the Executive Summaries
- Excerpts of proposals related to the proposed Silicon Valley Center
- Excerpts of proposals related to State-support summer instruction
Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Simpson prepared an update and context for the planning process as of spring 2001, an overview of the issues related to the growth and programs anticipated in the divisional executive summaries, and some general guidance for principal officers on the development of their comprehensive December 2001 submittals:
- Planning for the UC Santa Cruz of 2010, an update from the Campus Provost dated July 31, 2001
After reviewing the final divisional plans, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Simpson prepared an update that provides feedback and puts forward ideas and directions intended to provoke the campus to think broadly and strategically about its future:
- A framework for moving forward and issues that require more thought and discussion, an update from the Campus Provost dated March 1, 2002
As a capstone to the campus' two-year planning process, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Simpson prepared an overview of the major priorities emerging from the divisional plans and campuswide discussions along with specific actions to be taken, highlights of key aspects of the divisional academic plans, and an overview of the campus' long-term resource strategies:
- Looking toward the UC Santa Cruz of 2010 ... the path to implementation, an update from the Campus Provost dated October 7, 2002
Planning Resources
A compilation of campus, Universitywide, and non-UC documents on issues such
as enrollment planning, graduate education, research, State-supported summer
instruction, academic support services is available on line at the following
campus site:
Analyses and Next Steps
As cross-cutting issues are identified and additional analyses of the planning
submissions are completed, they will be posted here.
Provost's
Advisory Council | Budget
Office | Currents online |
Other Planning Documents
Maintained by the
Office of Planning and Budget: planning@cats.ucsc.edu
