Taking Stock
Kapi‘olani Community College
Remedial/Developmental
Education
Increased demand because of Hawai’i
demographics
 K-12 improvements are not short term
 Math is most serious barrier
 “1.5” generation immigrants
 Increase in special education support
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Remedial/Developmental
Education
Holomua program is well established
 Significant reduction in student repeats
 Issues are not just academic
 Credit vs non-credit and implications for
financial aid, faculty classification, etc.
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Remedial/Developmental
Education
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Need to expand services but tuition does not cover
marginal costs
Need more R&D on strategies related to math
success
Need additional support for immigrant ESL
programs
Need special education support programs - LD
counseling, deaf interpreters, psychological
counseling
Baccalaureate Transfer
Increased demand/need for baccalaureate
training
 New baccalaureate paths for technical
programs in health, culinary arts, business
 Possible planned shift of students to
Kapi’olani from Manoa
 Kapi’olani as gateway for native Hawaiian,
minority, low income individuals
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Baccalaureate Transfer
Strong success upon transfer
 Rich array of courses
 Relatively low transfer rates
 Articulation issues still linger
 Transfer policies work against internal
transfers
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Baccalaureate Transfer
Need to resolve policy and practice issues
once for for all
 Need additional baccalaureate paths for
technical students
 Need “Second year experience” programs
 Need transfer transition programs
 Need specialized support programs for
native Hawaiian and other high risk
students
 Need classrooms and laboratory space
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Workforce Development
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Demands continue in health, small business, and
hospitality education
New certification requirements in education
New economies such as new media arts,
biotechnology, exercise and sports science
Technology needed in all fields
Lifelong relationship with worker
Education as economic development
Workforce Development
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Close tie with economic development directions
Success in placing and preparing students
Low completion rates of degrees
Relatively low rate of attendance by post-25 year
old population
Policies and practice work against life-long
learning
Adequate space and equipment limited
Workforce Development
Need better rapid response policies
 Need additional space, modern equipment,
faculty, faculty professional development
 Need strategies to reach older incumbent
worker
 Need to restructure relationship with
students/alumni to further continuing,
lifelong education
 Need to develop higher end education
opportunities like Cannon Club site
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International Education &
Diversity
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Continued interest in Hawai’i as an education
destination
Kapi‘olani as gateway to baccalaureate
In Hawai‘i’s interest to have a population that is
internationally educated
Needs of native Hawaiian students are unmet
In Hawai‘i’s interest to have a population that is
host culture educated and supportive
International Education &
Diversity
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450 international students (7% of enrollment; 40%
of tuition revenue)
Significant private support and recognition Honda Center, Freeman Foundation, Atlantic
Philanthropy, NASFA, ACE)
Native Hawaiian enrollments at 10.8%; faculty
and staff rates are lower
Native Hawaiian student success is not acceptable
International Education &
Diversity
Need better support for more international
students (additional 250)
 Need to increase native Hawaiian and
success rates to population norms
 Need to move native Hawaiian counseling
and program support from extramural to
college funds
 Need professional development and
recruitment strategies for native Hawaiian
faculty
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Other Issues
Faculty workload
 Faculty compensation and salary
benchmarking
 Building on the new SIS
 Assessment and program review
 University business process redesign
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