The Cal Poly Plan is an initiative, which was originally approved during the 1995-96 Academic Year, and that is funded by a campus-wide academic fee. This financial model is intended to help Cal Poly meet future demand for public higher education in a time of dramatic enrollment growth, rising public expectations for quality and efficiency, and limited public resources.

Through the Plan, Cal Poly seeks ways to:

• decrease student time to degree
• increase student learning
• enhance institutional productivity
• promote the more effective use of fixed resources
• implement comprehensive assessment and accountability procedures

The Plan supports new ways of educating and supporting students, including creative approaches to teaching and learning, curriculum design and scheduling, and the application of information technology to instruction. These efforts require multi-year investments in human resources as well as in equipment. Cal Poly's campus academic fee is designed to support these improvements.