December 4 and 5 Title III Planning Sessions
Report and Recommendations
Student Services
Roy Flores
Marci Meyer
Alice Melling
Attendees (N=19)
Instruction
Exempt
Faculty
Mary Ellen O’Keeffe J.C. Clapp
Peter Lortz
Trish Root
Robert Fineman
Davene Eyres
Patricia Cheadle
Tom Drummond
Betsy Hale
Edith Wollin
Sharon Simes
Other
Jack Bautsch
Tracy Woodman
Tom Griffith
Jane Lister-Reis
Ken Harris
Main themes:
Making intentional connections at
the student/faculty/program and
institutional levels
Connecting pockets of excellence
with the whole and expanding
known strengths to other areas
NSCC Strategic Enrollment Initiative
Building Community to Increase Student Engagement, Retention and Success
Learning
Groups
(focused inside
the classroom)
Support
Services
Physical
Improvements
Strategic Activity
Expanding Access
Increasing Awareness
Replicate best practices from Coordinated Campus wide professional development
Studies
regarding importance of learning communities
and “simple steps” to implement in any
 Problem-based learning
classroom
 Sharing of student work
 Faculty collaboration
 Real-world learning/relevancy
Instructor learning communities to look at
student work, norm the quality of student
work and increase collaboration across
transition points (e.g. ESL, ENG, MAT,
etc.)
Service learning
Increase training for tutoring center
workers – spread model of training for
math and science tutors to programs at the
LOFT
HHS advising – align process with rest of
institution
Master scheduling project – develop new
paradigm for scheduling classes that
responds to multiple needs (student,
faculty, institutional)
Increase evening and off-hour availability
of services
Increase usage of tutoring services. Develop
instructor connections with tutoring centers to
enhance effectiveness of tutor support for
assignments
Enhance faculty and student advisor
connections & collaboration across programs
Additional spaces around campus for
student gathering and activity
Upgrading classrooms to current
standards to support group learning
Additional signage to make NSCC more “user
friendly”
Increase awareness of existing services across
campus thru multiple communication
channels (hire consultant to review our
internal communication practices?)
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Activity areas could have two layers of implementation – campus-wide and “targeted groups” where activity reaches
deeper levels. A list of targeted groups might include:
o ESL/ABE students and programs
o Developmental English and Math students and programs
o Evening students and programs
o Transfer Degree students and programs
o Health Medical students and programs
o International Students
Administer a student survey instrument (around engagement) and develop policy/process for using results in ongoing
planning.
Professional development would be a strong component of all of the activities outlined here.
Questions/Observations
Does the above framework sufficiently fall within the parameters of Strategic Enrollment Management?
Program Review process and Program Viability process: How to integrate with the strategic engagement
goals of this grant?
Ideas that came up that are not incorporated here:
o Hiring an Enrollment Manager
o Marketing
o Career Link funding
o Diversity Director
o Alumni Association
o Center for Excellence/Centers of Emphasis
o More effective use of SCCtv
o Plagiarism
o Transfer obstacles
Next Steps
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Decide on/tighten proposal focus: E-Team (IC/SDS??)
Prepare outline for MEO to take to Washington, DC next week: Jack and Tracy
Summary prepared by Jack Bautsch and Tracy Woodman
December 11, 2007
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