Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association (CIRPA)

Another Canadian organization with similar interests to those of many SCUPers is CIRPA. It doesn't publish a great many useful resources on its website, but its monthly newsletter are available as PDF documents on line. The latest, June 2008, has some interesting content, including: "Strategic Planning is a Long Term Project," a story about strategic planning centralization at Red Deer College; a review of an article in Tertiary Education and Management (original article by SCUPers James Taylor (recently deceased) and Maria Machado) titled "Article Review and Editorial on 'Higher Education Leadership and Management: From Conflict to Interdependence Through Strategic Planning"; and an interview with a new institutional analyst born in Shanghai, Jie Xiong. "CIRPA News" is a really nice newsletter.