St. Petersburg College
The Baccalaureate Experience
An Update and New Endeavors
March 5, 2005
Office of Baccalaureate
Programs and University
Partnerships
Dr. Thomas E. Furlong, Jr., Senior Vice
President, Baccalaureate Programs and
University Partnerships
Kay Burniston, Associate Vice President,
Baccalaureate Programs
ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE
SPC is the oldest 2-year college in
Florida: 77 years
Comprehensive Community College
mission
Fall enrollment: 24,384
BACKGROUND
Unique Needs of Pinellas County:
1. Employer needs identified for IT managers,
teachers, BSN trained nurses
2. Pinellas 67 of 67 counties in Baccalaureate
access
3. Geographic uniqueness: a peninsula with
heavy traffic volume
4. Need for AS graduates to a have a smooth
AS to BAS transfer option
STATE AND FEDERAL
RESPONSE
CCS strategic plan on Baccalaureate
access solutions: branches;
partnerships; distance learning;
community colleges directly (Florida
49th; Pinellas 67th among counties)
Two hundred AS programs statewide
and only five AS to Bachelor’s
articulation agreements
STATE AND FEDERAL
RESPONSE
Legislature chose to also support a few
niche Bachelor’s directly in high need
areas IT (22,000), Nursing (critical),
Teacher Education (162,000 shortage in
ten years)
Federal support for the online and
partnership responses at St.
Petersburg College (Project Eagle)
SPC CHALLENGE
How to implement Bachelor’s and be
true to historical Community College
Mission of workforce, 2+2, remedial and
University Partnership missions?
How to expand the open-door and keep
instruction as a top priority as niche
bachelor degrees are added
How to serve our “community” with 4year bachelor’s in high demand areas
UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP
CENTER
43 Bachelor’s degree programs
29 Master’s and Doctoral programs
15 Partners public/private example: 2+4
with University of Florida – Pharmacy
SPC funded to provide support:
Partners provide direct instruction
2,136 students currently enrolled
UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP
CENTER PARTNERS
Barry University
Case Western Reserve University
Eckerd College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida A&M University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Institute of Technology
UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP
CENTER PARTNERS
Florida International University
Florida State University
George Washington University
St. Leo University
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of South Florida
UPC BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Business Administration, Accounting,
Human Resources, Professional
Administration, General Business
Construction Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Engineering Technology
Computer Science, Information
Systems, Technology Management
Elementary Education, Exceptional
Student Education, Secondary
Education Math and Biology
Emergency Health Services, Health
Sciences, Nursing, Dental Hygiene
English, Interdisciplinary Social
Sciences, Social Work
Criminal Justice, Legal Studies
Sports Management, Exercise Science
Public Administration
IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS WITH
ACCREDITATION - SACS
Consultant (April 2001)
Legislature approved $1 million to
develop; help with faculty, library, etc.
Document in October
December 2001 annual vote of SACS
Commission on Colleges on 4-year
status
November Team Visit recommended
overall commendation to SACS
DEGREE STANDARDS
SUS academic policies for quality
Time to degree: 120 hours
Common pre-requisites
Specialized accreditation
Ability of graduates to transfer into
state/private graduate programs
KEY TO IMPLEMENTATION
Becoming 4-year across the College e.g.
Institutional Effectiveness, faculty criteria,
student services, library services
SPC’s challenge: become one College, one
faculty, one Curriculum and Instruction
Committee, etc.
Planning funds provided to develop a full
upper division at SPC by the Legislature;
upper division to focus on teacher education,
BSN nursing and AS to BAS articulation
programs
THREE AREAS OF INITIAL
EMPHASIS
Technology Management
BSN Nursing
Teacher Education
Elementary Education
Exceptional Education
Secondary Mathematics
Secondary Science
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
AS to BAS
Dean/Faculty
Corporate support for Coop; paid training;
Capstone Projects
Early Partners: Raytheon, Raymond James,
Franklin Templeton, Transition Optical,
Brighthouse, Telecommunication Services,
Concurrent Technologies, IBM
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Develop curriculum blended/online
Advisory group
Enrollment goal 75 and 300 enrolled first year
Modmester: Demographics promote short,
intense evening classes
Current enrollment is: 372
Total graduates to date: 92
USF articulation agreement: BAS to MBA
BSN NURSING
2+2 AS to BSN only; the RN is an admissions
requirement
BSN needed for management positions, to
go for MSN, and specialized hospital
positions
NLNAC accredited on first try in 2004
Dean has PhD and 5 PhD Nursing faculty
Cohorts at 2 Morton Plant Hospital locations
and at Oak Hill Hospital in Hernando County
BSN NURSING
Hospital scholarships
Enrollment in first year 104
Current Enrollment: 228
LPN, ADN/RN at SPC has increased its
enrollment from 400 to 700 since the BSN
program began
Current graduates to date: 48
Career Ladder: RN; BSN; MSN, DSN and PhD
in University Partnership Center
TEACHER EDUCATION
Science Biology Education; Math
Education; Elementary Education and
Exceptional Child Education
70 courses to develop
State program approval 2003 on first try
NCATE currently initiating application
process
TEACHER EDUCATION
Alternate certification proposal near
completion for credit approval in
cooperation with Pinellas, Pasco, and
Hernando School Boards
Enrollment in first year: 175 students
Current enrollment: 428 students
Graduates to date : 85
LIBRARY
Add two librarians and cross train all staff
Books and service currently at 5 locations
Courier service
Community College statewide automated
library tied to 4-year automated library
FINANCIAL AID
USDOE approval
Bright Futures
FSAG need based
Community College Minority Teachers Fund
Financial Aid Fee
STUDENT SERVICES
Three 4-year Baccalaureate Specialists
hired initially
Each assigned a different site
Each cross-trained in all 2 and 4 year
programs
RECORDS AND REGISTRATION
Earlier admissions cycle
Process and workload change from
open door at lower division to
restricted admission at upper level
Work with three Deans on admission
status by major
FACILITIES
COE building renovation at Tarpon
Springs: Bilirakis College of Education
in two locations
Clearwater portables – plans for new
facility
Nursing renovations in Allied Health
facility
Capital outlay through CCS and SUS by
statute
FACULTY
All four-year faculty have same pay schedule
as all SPC faculty
Twelve month contracts
Faculty advising as part of responsibility
All initial hires had a PhD in field
PASCO-HERNANDO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Unique working outside our service area
Common course helps students across the
twenty-eight colleges
Joint logos on marketing ads
Courses at New Port Richey and Oak Hill
Hospital
FINANCE FORMULA
State University per student-research
plus upper division SPC fees
Fees less than SUS, more than fees in
our 2-year programs. Special fees less
than USF
Began at 20% less than SUS, and will
widen each year (30% next Fall)
CCS approach now at 85% of SUS
upper division
NEW PROGRAM
APPROVAL AND PROCESS
Dental Hygiene
Public Safety Administration
Veterinary Technology
USF Career Transfer Programs
Orthotics and Prosthetics
Proposed:
International Business
Legal Assisting
Determining 4-year Eligibility
Needs assessment:
Student interest survey
Job projections of positions available
for graduates
Current and projected labor market
analysis
Cost of program includes faculty,
equipment, facilities, on-line
possibilities and other expenses
Proposed campus location
Projected Enrollment includes 1st year
unduplicated headcount and fte and
subsequent years
Other private/public offerings of
program both local and statewide
Differentiation between currently
offered programs and proposed
program
Potential partners – UPC proposals
Narrative Rationale – St. Petersburg
College direct offering
CURRENT ARTICULATION
AGREEMENTS
Daytona Beach CC – Dental Hygiene
Hillsborough CC – Technology Management
Manatee CC – Dental Hygiene
Pasco-Hernando CC – Dental Hygiene,
Education, Nursing, Technology
Management.
Santa Fe CC – Public Safety Administration,
Technology Management
PROPOSED ARTICULATION
AGREEMTENTS
South Florida CC – Technology
Management
St. Johns River CC – Technology
Management
University of South Florida – MBA
Business Administration
Unique 4-Year Opportunities
4-year eligible special area for example
Kresge
Unique federal grants at Bacclaureate
level
NCTT
ECS
FINALLY
Key ingredients to early success have
been respect for community college
mission; funds for planning and
implementation; and program majors
selected were in high demand areas
We are offering Baccalaureate degrees at a 4year open admission college at freshman
level
SACS’s position is that if you have any upper
division courses you change your name and
seek accreditation change to higher degree
Admission criteria are at the junior level e.g.
BSN requires RN for admission
OUTCOME
Baccalaureate access greatly expanded in
Pinellas County by the leveraged approach
of the niche 4-year degrees offered by St.
Petersburg College
Expanded online offerings
Bachelor's degrees offered on our sites by
our University Partners
And expanded upper division offerings at the
St. Petersburg branch of our regional
university