The Future of Learning: 12 Views on Emerging Trends in Higher Education
by William J. Flynn and Jeff Vredevoogd
On behalf of our campuses, we need to seek out change; to be more flexible, more thoughtful, and more open to student decision making; and to build outcomes measurement feedback into integrated planning.

The “Virtual Face” of Planning: How to Use Higher Education Web Sites to Assess Competitive Advantage
by Katrina A. Meyer and Jeffery L. Wilson
We hear lots of admonitions about how students are revealing too much about themselves on social media sites, but do we really understand how much is revealed about our campuses via their Websites?

Integrating Risk Management and Strategic Planning
by Francis K. Achampong
Integrated risk management and strategic planning leverages the benefits of both processes and makes them mutually reinforcing.

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Assessment
by Abdou Ndoye and Michele A. Parker
The guiding principles of institutions that have established a culture of assessment can be described as internally driven.

Strategic by Design: Iterative Approaches to Educational Planning
by Shannon Chance
In the push for accountability, colleges and universities resort to simplistic, linear thinking when planning—an approach not well-suited to academia.

Book Reviews:

Planning and Assessment in Higher Education: Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness
reviewed by Elizabeth H. Sibolski

Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness
reviewed by Scott Flanagan

Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice
reviewed by Deborah Carey