Resolution for the Academic Senate
Establishing an Academic Strategic Planning Council
March 14, 2006

The following resolution is brought before the Academic Senate for adoption:

Whereas:

1. Ferris State University needs to engage in regular institutional strategic planning activities to anticipate future conditions, meet future needs, and take advantage of future opportunities;
2. The University has a well-qualified faculty, broadly experienced in the workplace and in higher education;
3. Currently no faculty body exists that provides the University with advice and recommendations regarding institutional strategic planning for the future;
4. The University would benefit from receiving regular advice and recommendations from such a faculty body;
5. The Academic Senate already has permanent committees and councils through which it addresses issues and offers insights to the University on a variety of subjects;
6. As the voice of the faculty and the one body in which all faculty throughout the University are represented, the Academic Senate is the appropriate sponsor for a body focusing on institutional strategic planning.