This workshop stands alone, but is also Step I of SCUP's Institute on Higher Education Planning. For more information on the Institute, please visit www.scup.org/learning/pi/. (Formerly called Planning and Planning Processes for Persons New to the Profession.) This is the twenty-sixth consecutive year in which the Society for College and University Planning has offered a workshop of this type. This workshop, developed by a leader in the field of higher education planning, is designed to assist persons new to the planning profession or at institutions giving initial or renewed attention to the planning function. As a result of attending this seminar, participants should achieve an understanding of the fundamentals of planning--including political considerations--within the college, university, and community college setting, and an awareness of how the planning function may be organized and executed in each of those types of academic institutions. Although the workshop is targeted primarily at individuals new to the planning field, the content is kept current and thus experienced planners are also welcome to participate and can benefit from this session. Judith Anderson is executive vice president at the California State University-Fullerton. Raymond M. Haas is professor emeritus in the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, and a consultant in private practice. He is a past president of SCUP and received the Founder's (Casey) Award and the SCUP Distinguished Service Award. John W. Moore is president emeritus of Indiana State University and is also a past president of SCUP.