Planning
Background and Processes
Beginning in the spring of 2011, the NIC Board of Trustees directed the college to establish a Long-Range Visioning and Planning Committee to review the mission, vision, and values for the college, and to create a new strategic plan.
In July 2011, a Long Range Visioning and Planning (LRVP) Committee convened to redefine NIC’s mission, vision, and values. The LRVP Committee was made up of 17 community members and 10 members from the college.
In February 2012, the NIC Board of Trustees approved the mission, vision and values statements that were developed by the LRVP.
Following the LRVP process, and under the direction of the board, a Strategic Planning Steering Committee convened to develop a new strategic plan framework document. This framework document was created for use on campus as well as submissions to the State.
The Strategic Plan and the Accreditation Core Themes at NIC are intentionally integrated. In the fall of 2013, NIC reevaluated the original Accreditation core themes - Student Success, Educational Excellence, and Community Engagement – and subsequently adopted the five Strategic Plan values as its core themes: Student Success, Educational Excellence, Community Engagement, Stewardship, and Diversity.
In the fall of 2016, a diverse group of leaders were assembled to establish a process for integrated planning at North Idaho College. This group was tasked with building a foundation for planning and executing several initiatives to prepare the institution for an update to the strategic plan. The initial campus input and direction determination was branded “Cultivate NIC.” The Cultivate Planning Team remains on-call in an advisory capacity.
In the meantime, campus leaders created master plans for key areas of the institution, resulting in the Academic Master Plan, Strategic Enrollment Management Plan, Information Technology Master Plan, and Facilities Master Plan.
In the summer of 2018, a subcommittee of the Cultivate planning team reviewed the SWOT analysis and Environmental Scan to inform the creation of a framework for an Integrated Strategic Plan. This framework connects to the college’s Core Themes, provides for alignment among and with the various master plans, and allows for direction when determining new action items within the categories. Implementation Teams are charged with identifying and assessing potential action items within the framework. The Board of Trustees voted to endorse changes to the Integrated Strategic Plan on January 15, 2020.
Improving Institutional Effectiveness
The NWCCU revised accreditation processes, Standards, and Eligibility Requirements effective January 1, 2020. One major change with the 2020 Standards was the option for member institutions to report measures for improving institutional effectiveness instead of using Core Themes, Objectives and Indicators to gauge mission fulfillment. In Spring 2020, the Executive Accreditation and Planning Committee (EAPC) implemented this change and transitioned from the Core Theme Report to a set of measures focusing on improving institutional effectiveness aligned with the performance of the college’s current strategic plan. North Idaho College monitors 24 measures of institutional effectiveness located on the Mission Fulfillment Dashboard.
North Idaho College Integrated Planning
North Idaho College Master Plans
- Academic Master Plan
- Information Technology Master Plan
- Strategic Enrollment Management Plan
- North Idaho College Facilities Master Plan
Idaho State Board of Education Strategic Plan
North Idaho College Submission FY2023
This submission is required by the Idaho State Board of Education and aligns with the State Board’s Strategic objectives.