Individual Development Plan

An IDP is a living document that you fill out in the first year of your program, then continue to update as you hit academic milestones and achieve new goals. When you save your IDP to OneDrive, you can share editing privileges with your advisors as well, so they can leave you recommendations. 

WMU offers the COMPASS IDP, a 7-step Word form geared toward students of all disciplines. Or, depending on your field, you might prefer APA’s resource (for psychology careers), myIDP (science careers), or ImaginePhD (humanities careers).