Other Planning Resources

• American Council on Education Department Chair Online Resource Center
  This section of the ACE web site spotlights the role of department chairs as strategic planners and offers both practical planning tools that can be applied within a department, as well as words of advice from chairs and administrators who have worked on strategic planning at the departmental level.
• The Society for College and University Planning
  A network of professionals dedicated to excellence in planning for higher education.
• The National Center for Education Statistics
  NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.
• National Association of College and University Business Officers
  NACUBO is a nonprofit professional organization representing chief administrative and financial officers at more than 2,100 colleges and universities across the country.
• University Business
  University Business is a publication for presidents and other senior officers at two- and four-year colleges and universities throughout the United States.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
  Published weekly, The Chronicle is the No. 1 news source for college and university faculty members and administrators.
• Association of American Colleges and Universities
  The Association of American Colleges and Universities is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.
• Designshare
  DesignShare is the central address for the very best in educational facilities and their impact on the learning process.
• DesignArchitecture
  Integrated web-based knowledge management tools for the AEC community.
• American School and University Magazine
  American School & University (AS&U) serves the general administrative, business and plant-management personnel in public school districts, private and parochial schools, junior colleges and universities.
• The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
  ASHE is a scholarly society with about 1,580 members dedicated to higher education as a field of study.

Books On Planning

Reinforcing Differences: College and the Gender Gap by Linda J. Sax

Although the field of higher education is saturated with studies on college impact, surprisingly little research examines whether college differentially affects men and women students. It is important to question how and why gender influences the college experience.? Do the factors that influence student development operate differently for male and female students?? In other words, do certain college environments or experiences have stronger or weaker effects on women than on men?

This book (in process) addresses these questions by analyzing the impact of college separately for male and female students.? Data are drawn from a nationally representative sample of approximately 20,000 college women and men who completed both the 1994 CIRP Freshman Survey and the 1998 College Student Survey.? The book examines the impact of college experiences on a comprehensive array of student outcomes in the areas of academic achievement, self-concept, life goals, career development, physical and emotional health, political and social attitudes, and satisfaction with college.?