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Standing Committee Improvement Report For 2014-2015
In accordance with College Procedure 2.01.01.14, Committees, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, each May, requests the chairs of the College’s standing
committees to submit the Annual Standing Committee Chairs’ Year-End Improvement Report to inform the President of the College concerning the decisions and
effectiveness of the standing committees. The data are used to create this Standing Committee Improvement Report, which is available on the College web site:
http://www.epcc.edu/InstitutionalEffectiveness/Pages/StandingCommitteeImprovementReportbyCommittee.aspx.
ENTERING STUDENT COMMITTEE
CHARGE: To make recommendations that facilitate students’ matriculation and smooth transition into the College and their knowledge of all services that are available to
support their success.
Academic
Year
2014-2015
2013-2014
I. Response to last Year’s Chair’s recommended Plan
of Action
II. Recommendations and Receiving Administrator(s)
III. Recommended Plan of Action (e.g. Objectives) for
the Committee during the next Academic Year
The committee has to revisit last year’s plan since the committee
only met once for 2013-2014. Since there have been several
changes we revisited the web page tiles layout, and information
provided. The recommendation for this year is to implement the
new page to make it easy to access information for incoming
students.
The committee followed up on the admissions check list project.
Interviews were conducted with each department, and a
comparison on information needed for each department is being
reviewed at this time.
The admission check list should be completed by the time the
next committee is engaged. IT has been supportive and will be
willing to implement the checklist at soon as it is completed.
The Entering Student Committee did not benefit from meeting or
planning on a regular basis this year.
Since the committee did not benefit from an active chairperson no
additional accomplishments can be reported.
The coming year will benefit from a new chair that is able to reengage this committee. The Admissions Checklist project needs
to be re-addressed at the beginning of the Fall 2014 semester. It
is at a point that, with the appropriate committee and IT support,
the checklist can be finished quickly, and another project can
commence.
N/A
Defined tiles or drop down menu.
The committee should take on a new project regarding the
entering student experience.
The original charge for this year was to complete the Admissions
Checklist project. The project was transitioning to a point where
Information Technology had developed modular tiles to serve as
links to each key populations' checklist. This item is still
pending. The committee only met once this year. The assigned
chair was unable to fulfill these duties as appointed for reasons
beyond her control. Senior Management was aware of this
conflict since mid-Fall 2013 semester.
2012-2013
The NSO implementation team and screening of new
students. The NSO implementation team and Chair of the
Entering Student committee submitted proposals to VP of
Instruction for review. Two proposals were reviewed by College
President, VP Student Services and VP of Instruction. At the
request of the President, submission of paper work to unfreeze
the Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Campus Life
was submitted. This position and NSO department would be
housed within the department of SLCL.
Work with departments to identify questions to be asked.
Development of a checklist and screening of new students will be
determined for pop up questions over tiles or drop down
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Academic
Year
I. Response to last Year’s Chair’s recommended Plan
of Action
II. Recommendations and Receiving Administrator(s)
III. Recommended Plan of Action (e.g. Objectives) for
the Committee during the next Academic Year
Development of an initial contact list of departments and
services provided.
Follow up on: NSO Implementation Team, admission check list,
contact list for departments and services provided.
Agreement to provide customer service signage in the new
Student Services building upon completion.
Continue to examine how students are screened during the
Admissions process. Development of an online checklist for each
identified admission group of students, e.g., veterans,
international students.
menu. This menu will ask a series of questions and link students
to appropriate pages.
No action was taken on the cross training of counselors.
2011-2012
May 2012 Established New Student Orientation (NSO)
Implementation Team – To implement recommendation submitted
by the Start Right Initiative NSO subcommittee.
Cross training of all counselors about all College options e.g.
workforce, academic, GED, continuing ed.
2010-2011
2009-2010 submission of recommendation for implementation of
mandatory enrollment into recommended remedial courses by
Fall 2011. Taken before committee. Meetings held between
instructional and registrar’s office to determine method of
implementation.
2010-2011 submission of recommendation for New Student
Orientation.
2010-2011 submission of recommendation for Welcome Centers
at each campus.
2009-2010 submission of recommendation for completion of
Education 1300 by second semester of enrollment. Taken before
committee. Meetings held between instructional and registrar’s
officer to determine methods of implementation.
2009-2010
[Not requested]
1. Summary of recommendations : After meeting the corequisite for EDUC 1300, all new entering students whose degree
plan requires EDUC 1300 shall enroll in that course within their
first two semesters of enrollment at EPCC.
Which area(S) of the College are involved? Have they been
contacted? The Education discipline has been contacted and is
part of this recommendation. All student services offices which
serve new students have at least one representative on this
committee and have been in on this recommendation.
2. Summary of recommendation: The committee agrees with and
recommends mandatory assessment, placement, and enrollment in all
developmental courses for new, entering students who place into any
developmental course(s) beginning Fall 2011. That is, students who
place into developmental education will be required to begin their
developmental education classes their first semester in each and every
area they place into, whether they place into Developmental Reading,
Writing, and/or Math, or any combination thereof.
2011-2012: Completion of examination of how students are
“screened” during the Admission process. Creation of checklist
for each identified admissions group of students.
2011-2012: Follow through on submitted New Student
Orientation and Welcome Center recommendations.
The priorities that we will continue with are:
 Mentoring program for students.
 Examine how students are screened during the Admission
process.
 Examine New Student Orientation and new student
processing.
 Welcome Center.
Which area(s) of the College are involved? Have they been contacted?
English, Math, Reading disciplines; Registrar, Counselors, Academic
Advisors, and Curriculum Office have been contacted.
2008-2009
[Not requested]
[None Submitted: New Committee]
[None Submitted: New Committee]
2007-2008
[Not requested]
[None Submitted: New Committee]
[None Submitted: New Committee]
2006-2007
[Not requested]
[None Submitted: New Committee]
[None Submitted: New Committee]
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
H:RS/Reports2014-2015/2014-2015CmteChairsAnnualImprovementRptEnteringStudentCommittee
EPCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age or disability.
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