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University Planning

University Planning is housed in the Division of Quad Cities, Planning, and Technology under the leadership of Dr. Joe Rives. University Planning provides planning/policy coordination and accountability reporting for the University's Strategic Plan (Higher Values in Higher Education), Campus Master Plans, and the Institutional Strategic Plan for Technology. Dr. Rives serves as institutional liaison to the Higher Learning Commission-North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Higher Values in Higher Education

The University's Strategic Plan was implemented in academic year 2004-2005 and was updated in academic year 2007-2008. It contains the vision, mission, values, goals, and priorities for becoming the leader in educational quality, opportunity, and affordability among our peers.

The University is committed to comprehensive accountability reporting structures for its strategic planning process. Each spring, the vice presidents and areas that report to the president make annual presentations on strategic plan priorities, accomplishments, and budget requests.

Annual Strategic Plan Updates summarize this information; and this information is also used in Performance Reports and the Performance Dashboard to compare institutional performance and efficiency to peer institutions. Monthly Strategic Plan Updates summarize the current status of Higher Values in Higher Education initiatives.

Accreditation

Western Illinois University is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission-North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The University was first accredited in 1913 and accreditation has been continuous since that time. The University is currently preparing for its next on-site visit by a Commission Team on February 14-16, 2011. Additional details are available on the Accreditation website.

During the February 2011 on-site visit, the On-Site Review Team re-affirmed Western Illinois University's accreditation with the next comprehensive visit scheduled fro 2021. The team's visit was followed by a review process and Commission action. The Commission's process is multilayered to ensure the appropriateness of its actions. The process included review of documents relating to the visit by a Readers Panel and final action by the Institutional Actions Council (IAC). These actions were made official September 6, 2011, and are posted on the Commission's website www.hlcommission.org/component/option,com_directory/Action,ShowBasic/Itemid,/instid,1170/lang,en/

The complete Team Report for Western is available as a PDF download.

Campus Master Plans

Campus Master Plans summarize the future physical development of the Macomb and Quad Cities campus facilities, grounds, technology, and infrastructure. The Master Plan website includes the 20-year vision for our campuses and annual updates on our progress.

Institutional Strategic Plan for Technology

Western Illinois University follows a distributed computing model. University Technology supports comprehensive voice, video, and data networks, and provides institutional support to end-users, who are also supported by the Center for the Application of Information Technologies, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research, departmental and college representatives, Electronic Student Services, and Administrative Information Management Systems. The Institutional Strategic Plan for Technology website contains the University's plan for technology, as well as annual accountability reports.