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title: Blog | Higher Education | Institutional Effectiveness | SPOL | David Mosley
description: Visit SPOL's blog to learn more about how to improve institutional effectiveness in higher education. Topics include planning, budgeting, credentialing, assessment, and accreditation.
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 Jul 15, 2021, 4:58:18 PM

### [Integrated Strategic Planning and its Impact on Accreditation](https://blog.spol.com/integrated-strategic-planning-and-its-impact-on-accreditation)

Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) produce inspiring vision and mission statements, strategic plans, academic master plans, strategic enrollment ...

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 May 25, 2021, 4:10:02 PM

### [Barriers to Implementation of Best Practices](https://blog.spol.com/barriers-to-implementation-of-best-practices)

Have you ever dreamed of a solution to your Institutional Effectiveness (IE) challenges, but then realized that there are institutional barriers to ...

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