Welcome! The NKU Planning and Performance website serves as a resource for the campus community by featuring key documents, communicating processes, and providing helpful materials to assist in the coordination of planning and accountability efforts.
"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success." -- Pablo Picasso
Universities across the nation are striving to make themselves “student ready”. NKU determined that its strategic planning process was the perfect place to ensure that students were at the center of all university planning. Looking beyond traditional strategic planning methodologies and lengthy development timeframes, NKU developed a strategic framework to be responsive to student needs and environmental changes. The result is Success by Design, a strategic plan with a singular focus on student success.
Success by Design was originally approved by the Board of Regents as the university's strategic plan for 2019-2022. In September 2021, the framework's timeline was extended by the Board of Regents through 2025.
The importance of planning to institutional effectiveness was recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in its 2018 Principles of Accreditation, which state the following expectations:
Core Requirement 7.1:The institution engages in ongoing, comprehensive, and integrated research-based planning and evaluation processes that:
(a) focus on institutional quality and effectiveness and (b) incorporate a systematic review of institutional goals and outcomes consistent with its mission.
