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Academic and Administrative Compact Planning

The university's compact process coordinates planning and accountability to achieve critical institutional and unit goals. The compact document is a written agreement — available to the public — between the university's management and a campus, college, or support unit that aligns broad university goals with the directions, investments, and actions of the unit.

Compacts are used to:

• Identify strategies and partnerships to achieve University-wide goals and priorities using available resources
• Identify areas for investment and/or reallocation
• Update long-range capital and space plans and priorities
• Provide a basis for accountability in evaluating performance.

The annual compact document includes:

• A summary of the unit's progress during the previous year
• Major goals for the coming year(s)
• Action plans to achieve the goals

• Descriptions of key University issues as they affect the unit.

For more information, contact Joe Shultz in the provost’s office (shul0048@umn.edu or 612-626-6544).