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Strategic Initiatives

Greetings,

In April 2008 the Lone Star College System (LSCS) embarked on the process of developing a new system wide strategic plan. The last system planning was conducted in the fall of 2003 and resulted in the 2004-2007 system plan. There have been some significant changes this past year - a new name for the System, a new Chancellor, and a renewed spirit to move forward to better serve our students, faculty, staff and community. These changes coupled with our planning cycle necessitated the need to craft a new strategic plan for the Lone Star College System.

Campus Strategic Planning
LSC-CyFair
LSC-Kingwood
LSC-Montgomery
LSC-North Harris
LSC-Tomball

A system wide strategic planning committee was formed in April 2008. College representatives were recommended by their presidents. The committee
consists of faculty, students and staff from each of the five colleges as well as representatives from the LSC-University Center and the LSC-System Office. A series of public forums was held at each of the colleges to collect information from faculty, students and staff regarding what you envision to be critical
priorities for the LSCS for the next three to five years. Similar discussions were held at the Fairbanks Center and the System Office. In addition to face-to-face meetings across the system, information was collected via web surveys. In total 1,080 people participated in providing input into the new 2009-2011 strategic goals. Additional resources utilized by the strategic planning committee to develop the new strategic goals included an environmental scan conducted in fall 2007 and an economic impact study conducted in fall 2007.

Based on information received from the public forums, surveys and reference materials, the LSCS strategic planning committee developed ten broad-based strategic goals. At the October 2, 2008 meeting of the Lone Star College System Board of Trustees, these strategic goals were presented to the Board for their review. The next step in the system strategic planning process was to develop objectives for each goal. The public forums to develop these objectives were concluded in November 2008. There was also a web survey for those unable to participate in the scheduled forums.

The target date for completing the Strategic Planning Framework consisting of the ten 2009-2011 strategic goals (each with measurable objectives) was December, 2008. The LSCS Strategic Planning Framework served to provide direction as each of the Lone Star Colleges completed their strategic planning efforts during spring 2009.

Rand W. Key
Senior Vice Chancellor
Lone Star College System