34 CFR § 608.21 - What is a comprehensive development plan and what must it contain?

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title: "34 CFR § 608.21 - What is a comprehensive development plan and what must it contain?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "608.21"
section_name: "What is a comprehensive development plan and what must it contain?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "608"
part_name: "STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1060 through 1063c, and 1068 through 1068h, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 38713, July 20, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 608.21 What is a comprehensive development plan and what must it contain?

(a) A comprehensive development plan must describe an institution's strategy for achieving growth and self-sufficiency by strengthening its—

(1) Financial management;

(2) Academic programs; and

(b) The comprehensive development plan must include the following:

(1) An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the institution's financial management and academic programs.

(2) A delineation of the institution's goals for its financial management and academic programs, based on the outcomes of the assessment described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

(3) A listing of measurable objectives designed to assist the institution to reach each goal with accompanying timeframes for achieving the objectives.

(4) A description of methods, processes, and procedures that will be used by the college or university to institutionalize financial management and academic program practices and improvements developed under the proposed funded activities.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1840-0113)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1063a)