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Integrated planning is essential to a thriving community college. As such, the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) conducted an extensive literature review in an effort to identify key themes with respect to this topic. From a broad array of resources, the RP Group was able to identify components that are central to various applications of integrated planning. The Five Themes of Integrated Planning Prioritize the Student Body—The characteristics that make-up the student body should as a guide for the direction of planning efforts. Create/Enhance a Planning Committee—Although rather this basic step is crucial in setting the tone, energy, and eventual productivity of committee meetings through careful, comprehensive selection of engaged individuals. Leverage an External can be helpful by bringing in an outside perspective that is unaffected by the undercurrent of inter-departmental agendas; this can provide the objective offset to get a truly introspective process rolling. Implement a Collaborative Inquiry Process—Endorse procedures and process that ensure member on the committee a) represents distinct campus constituencies and b) is engaged and included in thought-provoking discussion, goal generating, and decision making. Flexible Planning— Incorporating diverse tools and methods to make plans adaptable to foreseeable (and unforeseeable) positive and negative factors. Definitions of Themes A more detailed definition for each of the five identified themes is presented here. Prioritize the Student Body—Infused in the planning process should be discussion of the unique characteristics, demographics, and social norms of each institution’s student body. This means that the development of goals, objectives, and activities should avoid generic generalizations and assumptions. Instead, utilize sub-population data to accompany planning efforts. Create/Enhance a Planning Committee—It is important to identify
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