Strategic Planning
MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER
Southeastern Illinois College is committed to the district and communities we serve. In 2021, our Strategic Planning process was reevaluated and updated to meet the current and ever-changing needs of our region. The streamlined planning process utilized support from faculty, staff, students and numerous stakeholders throughout the district to design and implement the building blocks critical to our future.
This new cycle of planning recognizes and engages the “new normal” of higher education. Though the issues of enrollment, retention, budgeting, and community involvement remain the same, modern approaches ingrained in data-driven decision-making, and creative solutions have allowed the College to engage those challenges with optimism as we Move Forward Together.

This new cycle of planning recognizes and engages the 'new normal' of higher education in the country and particularly Illinois. For example, most colleges and universities face declining enrollments due to a number of variable, and so they must work on mitigating loss through a variety of tactics such as creative programming, new interests for students, and retention. All of that must be done with reduced funding. Southeastern has assembled a team to engage those challenges, not hide from them. This plan will help guide the College into a new phase of evolution in higher education in Illinois.