OPIE NEWS
Fall Key Stakeholder Meeting Highlights
Three Key Stakeholder meetings were held this fall in support of Estrella Mountain’s Plan for Institutional Effectiveness (PIE). The Mission Goals addressed in
stakeholder meetings included Workforce Development and Student Success.
Workforce Development recognized strengths:
Meeting Date: 0ct. 15 2004
- EMCC increased number of degrees and certificates offered to students
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Students receiving training are generally satisfied and value results
- Majority of students achieve their self-identified objective
Opportunities and Improvement Strategies:
- Improve awarding and Tracking Certificates
- Expand ability to proactively post degrees
- Complete information forms and students entering
programs declare intent
- Increase and clarify student identified
occupational program goals
- Research Small Business program completers
- Enhance career placement services and career center
Student Success Recognized Strengths:
Meeting Date: Nov. 5 2005
- Appeals process aids in persistence for federal
financial assistance students
- Service learning component
helpful with student success need strategies
- High number of Honor and Presidential Scholars
- EMCC exceeds national average in 4 out of 5
benchmarks on survey
Opportunities and Improvement Strategies:
- Obtain additional information on "Why do students leave?"
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Increase information on how our Honors students perform at the university
- Address "student readiness" college to university transition
- Address degree completion/retention rates due to key courses not offered at convenient times
- Improve faculty/student interaction
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CCSSE Data Incorporated As One Measure of
Student Success
A fall meeting of key stakeholders reviewed results from the spring 2004 Community College Survey of Student Engagement
(CCSSE). The survey provides a set of benchmark categories to improve the teaching and learning environment at community and technical colleges. Stakeholder participants helped identify institutional improvement strategies that support student success. Teams of faculty and staff participated as members of breakout groups to prioritize a “top five” list of improvement strategies to be implemented over the next year.
The "top five" strategies include:
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Create
Freshman Institute (First Year Experience)
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Develop activities designed to enhance more interaction between
faculty and students in a non-academic setting
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Build private office space for Adjunct faculty to help privatize
student/faculty communication
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Embedding more aspects of student services as part of academic
assignments
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Create a College-wide Kiosk system for information distribution purposes
Additional information on how CCSSE data has been incorporated into the college's existing Institutional Effectiveness Program as a measure of Student Success can be found on-line at: www.emc.maricopa.edu/ie
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Looking for more information about CCSSE?
- Detailed Charts
- Tables and Graphs
- Executive Summary
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