Leeward Community College
Strategic Plan 2002-2010
Take risks.
Assess our efforts.
Provide a nurturing environment.
Create a vital learning community.
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Leeward Community College
Our Campus
Our Students
Enrollment
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
5936
5765
5570
5259
5562
5918
-3%
- 3%
- 5%
+ 5%
+ 6%
Ethnicity
Majors
% Chg
Japanese
14.6%
Chinese
2.4%
Korean
1.7%
Filipino
24.5%
Hawaiian/Part Hawaiian
14.6%
Pacific Islander
2.6%
Other Asian
1.0%
Mixed Asian/Pac Islander
3.8%
Hispanic
2.5%
Caucasian
11.5%
African American
1.8%
Amer Indian/Alaska Native
0.4%
Mixed Ethnicity
18.6%
Gen & Pre-Professional
72.9%
Vocational Ed
17.9%
Unclassified
9.2%
Our Students
Enrollment Status
Fall
2000
2001
2002
Part-Time
50.0%
51.5%
53.2%
Full-Time
50.0%
48.5%
46.8%
DOE High Schools
Central &
Leeward
Districts
2002
Enrolling at Leeward
Total HS Grad
#
Rate
Pearl City
356
116
33%
Mililani
467
93
20%
Waipahu
461
85
18%
Campbell
455
82
18%
Aiea
327
62
19%
Leilehua
364
53
15%
Waianae
364
53
15%
Moanalua
409
51
13%
Radford
286
39
14%
Nanakuli
182
16
9%
Waialua
102
11
11%
Total
3672
661
18%
Our Mission
Access
Learning and Teaching
Workforce Development
Personal Development
Community Development
Diversity
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Strategic Plan 2002 - 2010
The Planning Process
Convergence of Planning
Budgetary Planning
Assessment
Accreditation
Strategic Plan
2002 - 2010
Yearly review, monitoring, evaluation & assessment
Strategic Plan
inclusive and participatory
shared, value-based vision
clear and easy to read
drive the budget and lead to
specific actions
include methods for
implementation and clear
measures of success
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Strategic Plan
Process began in Summer 2001
Campus Wide Steering Committee
Development of Goals, Objectives and
Action Plans
Open Forums and Discussions
Community Input
Alignment with UH Strategic Plan
Drafts, Revisions & Campus-wide
Voting
Approval in May 2002 by Faculty
Senate and Campus Council
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Strategic Plan 2002 - 2010
The Planning Context
External
Factors
Population Increase
71,000 students in Leeward and
Central Districts
49% of O‘ahu’s DOE schools are in our service
area, representing 58% of O‘ahu’s enrollment and
31% of all Native Hawaiian students statewide
55% of “schools with status” under Title I are in
Leeward & Central O‘ahu
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External
Factors
Information technology and telecommunications
Global citizens with an understanding and
appreciation for the international community
Crisis in Department of Education
students under-prepared for college
growing need for teachers
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External
Factors
Hawai‘i’s economy
demise of sugar industry
unemployment rate
WASC Accreditation requirements
Assessment
Community Colleges reorganization
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Internal
Factors
Enrollment patterns
highest percentage of Filipino students
largest number of Hawaiian and part-Hawaiian students
(899)
nearly half of new students need remediation
substantial proportion of students are first-generation
college students
Digital Media/TV Pro are fastest growing programs
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Internal
Factors
Working to decrease reliance on state general
funding
positions in fund development, marketing and grants
writing
More than $7 million in external grants
Office of Continuing Education & Workforce
Development
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Internal
Factors
Increase in Distance Education enrollment
Significant investment in IT and telecomm
infrastructure
Active partnerships with Leeward and Central District
DOE
Thirty-five year old campus
Backlog of maintenance and repair projects
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Strategic Plan 2002 - 2010
Goals & Objectives
Goal A:
Provide opportunities for the pursuit of knowledge, personal
enrichment, and creativity
Objective:
1. Provide life-long learning and development of essential skills
 Institute an information literacy program
 Develop new course in ethnobotany
 Develop and offer AAS Degree in Digital Media
ACTION PLANS
2. Develop effective teaching methodologies and delivery modes
Develop five new “technology - intensive” courses
Provide online delivery of
Business Tech and ICS courses
Develop hybrid courses integrating
technology into delivery method
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Goal A:
Provide opportunities for the pursuit of knowledge, personal
enrichment, and creativity
Objective:
3. Facilitate job placement
 Establish a Job Placement Office
 Data collection on employment of LCC students
 Establish an Alumni network for job opportunities
 Integrate International Festival with Theatre season
 Strengthen Hawaiian Studies Program
 Increase outreach to Filipino community
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CTION PLANS
4. Promote understanding of and a respect for different cultures
Goal B:
Stimulate the cultural and intellectual life of the community by providing
artistic, professional, and enrichment opportunities
Objective:
1. Provide facilities, services, and activities to communities
 Offer an economic diversification workshop series
 Develop a Summer Arts Program
 Design an interdisciplinary Waimomi Watershed Center
Objective:
 Offer voice recognition courses
 Develop a non-credit performing arts classes
 Offer non-credit courses in native plants, health and
marine biology
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ACTION PLANS
2. Provide non-credit and short-term training
Goal C:
Improve educational effectiveness
Objective:
1. Improve and broaden scope of assessment
 Create an Office of Policy, Planning and Assessment
 Provide assessment training for faculty & staff
 Hire an additional Institutional Researcher for
ACTION PLANS
 Instructional Program Reviews
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Goal C:
Improve educational effectiveness
Objective:
2. Institute comprehensive strategic student enrollment management program
 Develop an “early alert” retention program
 Develop an online orientation program
 Create a recruitment officer position
 Redesign college website
 Establish a Marketing Officer position
 Develop web-based CD ROMS for promotional use
 Revise publications for more consistent message
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CTION PLANS
3. Develop a comprehensive marketing plan
Goal C:
Improve educational effectiveness
Objective:
4. Ensure availability of high-quality resources and services to
support learning
 Establish an Innovation Center for Teaching & Learning
 Implement on-line tutoring program
 Reorganize IT department
ACTION PLANS
 Establish a wireless laptop lab
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Goal D:
Build partnerships
Objective:
1. Improve inter-campus and intra-campus communication
 Develop campus intranet
 Improve on-campus displays and signs
ACTION PLANS
 Increase exposure of College activities in University media
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Goal D:
Build partnerships
Objective:
2. Improve articulation of courses and programs
 Offer Digital Media courses at high schools
 Develop an Associate in Arts in Teaching degree
 Offer in-service technology training for DOE
 Design “Writing for Classroom Teachers” course for
ACTION PLANS
current & prospective teachers
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Goal D:
Build partnerships
Objective:
3. Develop and strengthen local and global connections
 Establish a Center for International Education
 Establish an English as a Second Language Institute
 Strengthen partnership with Kamehameha Schools
ACTION PLANS
and the Youth Challenge Program
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Goal E:
Acquire and manage resources efficiently
Objectives:
1. Develop additional sources of internal and external funding
2. Recruit, retain highly qualified personnel
 Establish fiscal support positions for extramural grants
 Develop effective evaluation for all staff and administration
ACTION PLANS
 Fill vacant math instructor positions
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Goal E:
Acquire and manage resources efficiently
Objectives:
3. Manage, improve, and upgrade physical facilities
 Implement a computer-based facilities management system
 Replace furniture in two classrooms annually
 Revise classroom utilization policies
ACTION PLANS
 Update photography lab
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Strategic Plan 2002 - 2010
Paying for the Plan
Cost of Unprioritized Action Plans
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Goal 1
$ 318,484
$548,330
$328,150
$ 602,150
$ 607,500
Goal 2
$ 6,097,800
*(6,000,000)
$ 65,303
$ 60,000
$ 60,000
$60,000
Goal 3
$ 227,400
$ 535,153
$ 647,700
$ 607,400
$ 106,300
Goal 4
$ 151,352
$ 136,732
$ 154,681
$ 133,066
$ 106,300
Goal 5
$ 71,300
$ 283, 000
$ 386,000
$ 273,000
$ 273,000
TOTAL
$ 866,336
$ 1,568,518
$ 1,576,531
$ 1,675,616
$ 1,152,100
*($ 6,000,000) -- CIP REQUEST
Operating Budget
ACTUAL FY03
PROJECTED FY04
14,370,982
14,407,476
Tuition and Fees SF
2,657,423
3,057,385
CC Special Fund
3,867,663
3,825,292
20,896,068
21,290,153
12,833,638
13,047,476
Tuition and Fees
4,109,634
4,417,385
Non-Credit Revenues
2,776,543
2,800,000
Summer Session
845,926
850,000
Other
330,327
175,292
TOTAL
20,896,068
21,290,153
Expenditures:
General Fund
TOTAL
Resources:
General Fund Allocation
Leeward Community College
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