College's Goal met with this Action

To maintain a transfer program which is responsive to the needs of students pursuing a Baccalaureate Degree.

To maintain a transfer program which is responsive to the needs of students pursuing a Baccalaureate Degree.

Priority initiative

Seek official transfer agreements and 2+2 partnerships with senior institutions

Maintain a curriculum planning cycle which will allow students to project schedules over a 2-year period

Actions/ implementation

October 9, 1997, meeting with Eastern KY University officials to discuss 2+2 agreements. Schedule meeting with Morehead officials next semester to discuss transfer agreements

Sept 9 start date; Meeting with division chairs; Chairs given curriculum plans and meet to share conflicts, etc.; List of courses & schedules

Resources required

Personnel time (for staff and deans)

Printing costs (brochure or booklet)

Criteria for assessment

Evaluation of 2+2 transfer framework agreements to follow-up survey of graduates beginning in 2002. Anecdotal information gathered from matriculating students

Survey students & advisors

Other divisions/ programs

College-wide

College-wide

Status

PENDING

ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To provide adequate academic and support services so that students have realistic opportunities for successful attainment of their educational goals.

To provide for the development and implementation of alternative approaches to learning through the use of a flexible educational delivery system.

Priority initiative

Provide a full complement of developmental courses, particularly in English and math

Establish a distance learning network, linking all campuses, and arrange for a complement of courses to be offered each semester by specially trained instructors

Actions/ implementation

Spring 1998 - Offer following courses on all 3 campuses: English DRE 010 and 015, ENC 090, 091, and 092; Math MAH 060, 065, 070, 075, and 080

Offer math course (MA 112) and foreign language (SP 102) in Spring 1998; Expand ITV offerings within the CCS network & schedule students to take ITV courses offered by other community colleges in Fall 1998.

Resources required

Duplicating; Support Services - tutors, labs, videotapes and computers

Duplicating and other supplies Personnel (faculty time). Initially, part-time technicians; later, a full-time coordinator

Criteria for assessment

Evaluation of success in follow-up courses

Review of success & failure rates

Other divisions/ programs

College-wide

College- wide

Status

ACCOMPLISHED

In-Progress/ Ongoing

College's Goal met with this Action

To prepare the college to be more responsive to needs and opportunities by maintaining a program for faculty and staff growth and development.

Priority initiative

Provide opportunities for all employees to participate in decision-making processes; Provide faculty & staff with access to information on matters affecting personal and/or professional life

Actions/ implementation

Resources required

Personnel Time for meetings; Travel time to & from meetings

Criteria for assessment

Council is duly informed and begins meeting; Staff hold regularly-scheduled meetings.

Other divisions/ programs

All divisions and units

Status

College's Goal met with this Action

To provide adequate academic and support services so that students have realistic opportunities for successful attainment of their educational goals.

To provide technical programs based on local regional, and state employment needs for students who seek immediate employment upon graduation.

Priority initiative

Provide a full range of services to improve the retention and well-being of students.

Make use of distance learning and computer networks in the delivery of special courses and programs.

Actions/ implementation

Have an administrator on-duty in the administration building in the evening

Utilize interactive television and computer networks for courses with large enrollments; the complete schedule should be finalized by August 30 of each year.

Resources required

Salary; flexible scheduling

Part-time personnel to respond on as-needed basis.

Criteria for assessment

Fewer problems experienced by evening students; Enrollment levels are maintained in the evenings

Student evaluation of instruction-- comparing current results with previous results; Peer observation; Review of success failure rates

Other divisions/ programs

All administrative offices

Faculty; developmental personnel

Status

ACCOMPLISHED

ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To offer a community service program that helps to meet the recreational, cultural, educational, and social needs of the area.

To maintain a transfer program which is responsive to the needs of students pursuing a Baccalaureate degree.

Priority initiative

Work with each campus to assess specific needs in the communities served and develop strategies to encourage faculty and student involvement in community service.

Maintain a full array of academic and support services, with special efforts on academic advising and retention.

Actions/ implementation

Incorporate service learning into courses through the course syllabus; Contact community agencies to define interests and needs; Develop a credit course for service-learning

Provide workshops to enable advisors to properly and professionally place students in academic support courses; Develop an identification system, whereby students needing developmental skills are encouraged to attend the academic support center

Resources required

Incentives for student participants, awards, etc.; Salary for half-time Service Learning Director; Release time for campus coordinators

Stipend for presenter(s); Release time (faculty and staff) to plan and carry out workshop; Refine academic referral system

Criteria for assessment

Documentation of service-learning contracts; Reflective journal from students who participate; Feedback from agencies being served; Course listed on class schedule

Schedule the workshop(s) for spring semester; Develop/refine academic referral system by Fall semester, 1998

Other divisions/ programs

College- and Community-wide

College-wide-- it is critical that all faculty take the lead in promoting advising & retention efforts

Status

ACCOMPLISHED

ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To provide adequate academic and support services so that students have realistic opportunities for successful attainment of their educational goals.

To create a service-oriented environment responsive to the College community and the public.

Priority initiative

Establish and maintain tutorial assistance, easily available to all students.

Develop a campus-wide awareness of the need to be service oriented, friendly, and hospitable.

Actions/ implementation

Develop a strong tutorial base by offering PY 181 and encourage & solicit high school students in Math and English to take course; Make this course rewarding not only for the recipients of the tutoring but also for the tutors

Schedule workshops for all faculty and staff, to enlighten them as to their responsibilities to students and the college community in general; on faculty performance review evaluations, this area needs to be a part of the procedures; this also needs to be included for all staff personnel

Resources required

Assign the teaching of PY 181 to appropriate faculty, possibly an additional adjunct if more than one PY 181 class is necessary

Honorarium for workshop presenter(s); Possible release time for faculty and staff

Criteria for assessment

PY 181 is listed on the course schedule for Spring 1998; at least 50% of students enrolled in PY 181 are assigned as tutors

Workshop is scheduled for Spring and is attended by 60% of faculty and staff; Additional workshops are scheduled

Other divisions/ programs

All faculty should be concerned and encourage students to take developmental courses if needed

The college bookstore, all faculty, all staff personnel

Status

PARTIALLY ACCOMPLISHED

PARTIALLY ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To maintain a transfer program which is responsive to the needs of students pursuing a Baccalaureate Degree.

To maintain a transfer program which is responsive to the needs of students pursuing a Baccalaureate Degree.

Priority initiative

Offer all coursework necessary for Associate of Arts & Sciences degrees

Offer electives transferable to main transfer institutions

Actions/ implementation

Resources required

Qualified faculty; classrooms, labs and appropriate instructional materials

Qualified faculty; classrooms, labs and appropriate instructional materials

Criteria for assessment

Degree completions; successful transfers

Degree completions; successful transfers

Other divisions/ programs

All units and divisions

All units and divisions

Status

ACCOMPLISHED

ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To provide Technical Programs, based on local, regional, and state employment needs, for students who seek immediate employment upon graduation.

To provide Technical Programs, based on local, regional, and state employment needs, for students who seek immediate employment upon graduation.

Priority initiative

Create programming to meet local needs

Be creative and flexible in development of new programming

Actions/ implementation

Acquire personnel, appropriate classrooms, labs & technology

Community-based Needs assessment; Acquire personnel, appropriate classrooms, labs & technology

Resources required

Staff/faculty time for conducting Needs Assessment; Funding for new Bldg. & other appropriate resources

Staff/faculty time for conducting Needs Assessment; Funding for new Bldg. & other appropriate resources

Criteria for assessment

Number of new or revised programs; job placement

Number of new or revised programs; job placement

Other divisions/ programs

All divisions of college

All divisions of college

Status

PARTLY ACCOMPLISHED

PARTLY ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To provide a multi-faceted Continuing Education Program that places emphasis on (A) a flexible delivery system and (B) responsiveness to the needs of the area.

To offer a Community Service Program that helps to meet the recreational, cultural, educational and social needs of the area.

Priority initiative

Create fully funded and full-time CE department on Whitesburg campus

Upgrade and augment facilities in Whitesburg for Letcher Co. community

Actions/ implementation

Offer CE classes at Whitesburg campus; Community-based Needs assessment

Complete Academic Technical Bldg.(with computer labs, distance learning facilities, theater, and service learning area

Resources required

Funding for CE officer; materials for implementing CE classes

Funding from state or federal government; acquisition of land adjoining current bldg.

Criteria for assessment

Number of successful continuing education classes; enrollment

Amount of funding received and progress toward completion of new Bldg.

Other divisions/ programs

All college personnel

All divisions with primary coordination through administrative leadership

Status

PARTLY ACCOMPLISHED

College's Goal met with this Action

To provide adequate academic and support services so that students have realistic opportunities for successful attainment of their educational goals.

To provide adequate academic and support services so that students have realistic opportunities for successful attainment of their educational goals.

Priority initiative

Initiate and upgrade Student Support services on the Whitesburg campus

Revise developmental courses to meet student needs

Actions/ implementation

Create full-functioning developmental lab and create position for full-time counselor

Evaluate developmental program and make necessary changes

Resources required

Funding for counselor

Funding for expansion and revisions of Student Support Services

Criteria for assessment

Drop-out rates and course-failure rates will decline; # of student-client contracts will increase

Drop-out rates and course-failure rates will decline; # of student-client contracts will increase

Other divisions/ programs

All academic divisions

All academic divisions

Status

ACCOMPLISHED - ONGOING

EVALUATION PENDING