Readings and Resources
Several articles and web sites were sent to Strategic Planning Team members for background information on FSU, other institutions, and higher education in general. These resources are available below for review.

Internal Documents

Draft FSU Vision Statement Document. April 2007.

Vision Relationship to Decision Resources Document. Feb. 2007.

Core Values Diagram. Feb. 2007.

Executive Committee and Deans' Council Comments. Oct. 2007.

Middle States Final Report. 2006. Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

External Documents

Cost-Conscious Colleges. Pearlstein. 2007. The Washington Post. November 16, D01

The Externalities Influencing Higher Education. Ford. 2007. Planning for Higher Education. 35(4): 5–11

The Emerging Third Stage in Higher Education Planning. Keller. 2007. Planning for Higher Education. 35(4): 60–64.

Vision for Excellence. Fain. 2007. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 54, Issue 6, Page A26.

A Culture for Openness. Olson. 2006. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 52, Issue 30, Page C2.

Americans Hold Positive Views About Colleges, but Question Their Costs and Operations, Survey Finds. Hebel. 2007. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/05/2007053102n.htm

The Online Amplification Effect. Soltan. 2007. Liberal Education. http://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/le-sp07/le-sp07_view.cfm

Transforming Higher Education: Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education. 2006. National Conference of State Legislatures.

Other Institutions

Boston University Strategic Plan. "Forging Our Future by Choosing to be Great". 2007.

Strategic Planning at the University of Illinois. 2006.

Oberlin College Strategic Plan. 2005. http://www.oberlin.edu/strategicplan/pdfs/strategicplan.pdf

Video Clips

Did You Know? Shift Happens - Globalization and the Information Age. Fisch. 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q

A Vision of Students Today. Wesch and Kansas State University. 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o