Strategic Area IV
Develop and Focus Resources

Details and Timelines index

Text of the Initiatives and actions

The Action Details are on-line in a condensed form [Condensed details of all Area IV Actions] and available in expanded form as an MS Word document [Details of all Area IV actions MSWord format]

The Sequences of Events (timelines) are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. They are also available in MS Word format (but the bars in the timelines do not appear). Details on terms used in the timelines are printed below

First-priority Initiatives:

Strategic Initiative 1: Base funding decisions on strategic plan priorities

Action 1.1: Examine budget review process and improve communication to the College community [Details]
Action 1.2: Base development policies & actions on strategic priorities.[Details]
Action 1.3: Ensure that the financial aid program supports the recruitment and retention of students within a comprehensive enrollment management plan. [Details]
The Sequence of Events for Actions 1.1-2

Strategic Initiative 5: Maintain currency of the electronic environment to ensure optimal information technology capabilities for Saint Mary's College.

Action 5.1: Improve Information Technology budgeting and planning processes. [Details]
Sequence of Events for Action 5.1
Action 5.2: Provide necessary level of information technology in classrooms. [Details]
Sequence of Events for Action 5.2
Action 5.3: Provide necessary level of information technology in College operations. [Details]
Sequence of Events for Action 5.3
Action 5.4: Expand the acquisition of access to electronic information resources, including electronic preservation of appropriate College collections. [Details]

Other Initiatives:

Strategic Initiative 4: Implement campus-wide strategy for facilities planning.

Action 4.1: Use strategic priorities to guide the Facilities Master Plan. [Details]
The sequence of Events for Action 4.( (with Action 1.1 - 2002-03 only)

Links to the sequences in MSWord format (these do not display as well)

Actions1.1-2
Action 4.1
Action 5.1
Action 5.2
Action 5.3

Reading the timelines.

Each page of a timeline indicates the sequence of tasks for a particular action or set of related actions for approximately eighteen months (a limit imposed by the need ot make the documents readable) Page 1 covers January 2002 through May 2003.

The timeline can be magnified (using the controls in the Acrobat Reader) to make the text easier to read on screen. It can also be printed (from within the Acrobat Reader).

References to actions use short names and index numbers taken from the "Action details" documents for the four areas. These documents can be accessed through the links at the left of this page.

A "Milestone" is a point at which some activity is to be completed.
A "Dependency" indicates the necessity for completion of another activity (on another timeline) before the marked activity can be carried out.
A "Cross-reference" indicates necessity for coordination with another activity (usually on antoher timeline)

The dates should be read as approximations, since the sequencing of activities is the critical issue. Some activities have been completed, and some will take longer than anticipated - but the sequence is unlikely to change.

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Last update 7/23/03