These links connect to documents, organizations, and information clearinghouses that provide a context within which Appalachian engages in strategic and tactical planning. Although not exhaustive, these references (a) provide a common language for the campus community to use in conversations about the university's present and future and (b) serve as key sources of information to guide the university's planning efforts at both macro and micro levels.

NCAA Cycle 3 Certification Self-Study:
Division I Athletics Certification 2002
Division I Athletics Certification 2002 Appendicies
UNC Policy Manual for NCAA
Student-Athlete Handbook
2001-2006 Gender Equity Plan
2001-2006 Minority Plan
2007-2012 Gender Equity Plan
2007-2012 Diversity Plan

UNC References:
President Bowles' Inaugural Address, April 2006
UNC Long-Range Planning web site
PACE web site (UNC President's Advisory Committee on Efficiency and Effectiveness)
Pappas Consulting Group Report, July 2006, (ref. Staying a Step Ahead: Higher Education Transforming North Carolina's Economy)
Pappas Presentation to Board of Governors, Aug. 2006
UNC Standards of Shared Governance

Appalachian:
Peer Institutions (includes list of peers plus their strategic plans and Competitive Peers)
Presentations
Draft 2008 Strategic Plan Adobe PDF Document
Draft 2008 Strategic Plan Microsoft Word Document

Archives:
Planning Manual, 1999-2000
Strategic Planning Commission's historical records

General Resources:
Higher Education Resource Hub
Inside Higher Ed
NC State University Planning & Analysis
Good to Great by Jim Collins

National Discussions:
A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
Answers in the Toolbox
The Toolbox Revisited
Lumina Foundation
John Merrowl
The 1998 Boyer Report on Undergraduate Education
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (site of "Measuring Up" report cards)

Professional Organizations:
Association of American Colleges and Universities
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
American Association of University Professors
American Council on Education
State Higher Education Executive Officers
Society for College and University Planning
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Institute for Higher Education Policy
National Education Association