Subject: Mission Statements and Strategic Plans

Effective: 9/23/91
Last Revised: 1/10/2011

Procedures for Submission of Mission Statements and Strategic Plans

Mission statements and strategic plans will normally be brought to the Board for approval on a five-year cycle However, the Board, in consultation with the Chancellor, may call for review and revision of a mission or strategic plan at any time outside the normal cycle.

Mission statements, strategic plans and/or revisions result from the following process:

  1. Campus-wide discussion and deliberation led by the president and/or his/her designees.
  2. Discussion with the Chancellor and his/her designees at the System level.
  3. Approval of the draft documents and/or revisions at the campus level.
  4. Approval of the draft documents and/or revisions by the Chancellor.
  5. Approval of the draft documents and/or revisions by the Board of Trustees at a regularly scheduled meeting.
  6. Inclusion of the approved mission or strategic plan and/or revisions in all appropriate campus and system publications.

See: Policy Manual Section 102: University of Maine System Charter Section 1-A
Policy Manual Section 301 through 301.8: Mission Statements

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