Transcript Who are we? Why are we here?

Who are we? Fall 2013
FT/PT Status
Ethnicity
Age
Gender
Another Look at Ethnicity
Growth in Non-Traditional Students
43%
HAW
29%
42%
HON
28%
45%
KAP
42%
KAU
46%
LEE
0%
10%
20%
29%
26%
33%
25%
24%
37%
46%
WIN
30%
30%
36%
MAU
28%
27%
34%
30%
40%
1-5
50%
6-8
60%
9-11
20%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Math %
HawCC
HonCC
KapCC
KauCC
LeeCC
MauC
WinCC
Writing % Reading %
All
NH
All
NH
All
NH
66
51
59
61
73
44
54
63
49
49
67
67
32
54
59
67
67
71
67
76
64
56
66
66
67
63
73
60
63
75
75
69
71
58
90
57
79
79
55
63
35
87
HawCC
HonCC
KapCC
KauCC
LeeCC
MauC
WinCC
Fall to Spring %
All
NH
71
67
71
69
74
71
75
73
73
69
71
65
69
70
Fall to Fall %
All
NH
46
39
47
43
52
45
52
52
53
51
46
36
47
49
HawCC
HonCC
KapCC
KauCC
LeeCC
MauC
WinCC
Full-Time %
All
NH
47
44
49
45
47
35
52
41
45
37
44
28
43
40
Part-Time %
All
NH
31
25
26
22
30
21
33
33
31
27
29
25
27
28
Compare IPEDS 150% Rates
Graduation 17%
Transfer 18%
 Enrollment
 Underprepared
students
 Part-time students
 Persistence and
completion
 Small island, large
needs
The KCC Mission
Kaua‘i Community College
provides open access
education and training in
an ethical and
innovative studentcentered and
community-focused
environment, nurturing
life-long learners who
appreciate diversity and
lead responsible and
fulfilling lives.
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Access: for a diverse student
population.
Learning & Teaching: for
transfer, career/technical, and
life-long learning.
Workforce Development: for
employment and future career
development.
Personal Development
Community Development:
campus leadership and
collaboration.
Diversity : To foster global
understanding and
appreciation for diversity.
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Increase success of
remedial/developmental
students,
Improve the quality
distance education
Increase outreach to k-12
Increase overall retention
and persistence to
graduation or transfer
Improve the facilitation of
integrative/critical
thinking in courses
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To encourage students to take responsibility for their
own learning, seeing themselves as the makers of
meaning, rather than recipients of knowledge
To create learning environments in which all students
may thrive, regardless of their background, learning
style preferences, or physical or cognitive challenges
To facilitate critical self-awareness in students,
especially with regards to how they may use
education to attain goals that reflect their own
personal values and passions
STUDENT SUCCESS
SUSTAINABILITY
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We have overspent our
resource base. We
have overtaxed the
biosphere, straining
the future of human
and ecological
systems. This is the
greatest moral,
intellectual and social
challenge that human
civilization has ever
faced
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People want a good life
for themselves, their
families and their
communities. They
want meaningful work,
reasonable comfort
and security, a clean
and safe environment,
good health, and
opportunities for
personal growth.
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Wai’ale’ale Program over
300 students, 64
certificates and degrees,
over 19% of KCC Dean’s
List
Kipaipai 1st Year
Experience
Reaching out to Veterans
High School Outreach
Shortening the
remedial/developmental
pipeline
Prior Learning
Assessment
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Ho’ouluwehi Institute
International Education
KCC Hawai‘i Space Flight
Laboratory
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle
Certification
Go Farm Hawai'i
Nationally Certified Career
and Technical Programs
Ulu Project
Kikuchi Archives
New Faculty/Staff
Orientation
 Certificates
in Digital Media; Global
Information Systems; Hospitality and
Tourism; Sustainable Science; Medical
Assisting; and Virtual Office Assistant
 Associate of Science in Plant Biology and
Tropical Agriculture
 Associate of Science in Natural Sciences
 Associate of Science in Business, with
certificates in entrepreneurship, retailing,
and management
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Successfully competed
for grants from NSF, DOE,
DOL and others
Students engaged in
award-winning research
and presentations
Earned 2013 ACUPCC
Climate Leader Award
Ranked 16th in the nation
by Washington Monthly
among community
colleges for student
engagement
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Earth Day
Public Art Displays
Hosted Topic Care and
the World Hula
Conference
STEM public exhibit
Public events in
partnership with NOAA,
NTBG, Kaua‘i Museum
and others
Six Community Meetings
Held
1.5 Million raised
through UHF
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New Culinary kitchen
Expansion of the Fine Arts Area
Renovation of the Campus Center
Creation of agriculture & marine science
labs
Addition of grant writer, webmaster,
marketing & international education
positions
Installation of Kazu Kauinana sculpture and
lanai gathering place
 Degrees and Certificates Achievement
 Native Hawaiian Degrees and Certificates
Achievement
 STEM Degrees and Certificates
Achievement
 Pell Grant Recipients
 Transfers to UH 4-Year Institutions
400
300
208
200
163
114
100
135
114
139
117
121
08
09
196
216
162
125
130
135
141
10
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149
157
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15
0
FY06
07
Goal
Degrees Certificates Awarded
100
59
50
42
31
24
25
24
24
27
29
39
31
33
36
39
24
19
16
0
FY06
07
08
09
Goal
10
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12
Degrees Certificates Awarded
13
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15
100
69
63
58
52
53
49
48
50
51
36
36
38
40
FY06
07
08
09
43
45
47
11
12
54
57
0
Goal
10
13
STEM Degrees Certificates Awarded
14
15
30
20
17
10
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10
8
7
3
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2
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Yr bgn
Fall 06
07
Goal
08
09
10
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STEM Degrees awarded former CC students
700
611
633
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486
500
416
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389
355
300
200
186
186
323
205
204
224
245
269
295
173
100
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Yr bgn
Fall 06
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09
Goal
10
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Pell Recipeints
13
14
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100
76
74
63
61
50
50
43
43
37
39
41
43
Fall 07
08
09
10
45
47
11
12
50
52
13
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55
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Goal
Transfers to UHM, UHH, UHWO, UHMC
15
Measure
Weight
Haw
Hon
Kap
Kau
Lee
Mau
Win
Degrees &
Certificates
35
35
2.4
35
35
35
35
35
Native Hawaiian
Degrees &
Certificates
10
10
3.5
10
10
10
10
10
STEM Degrees &
Certificates
5
0
3.1
5
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5
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5
Pell Grant
Recipients
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Transfers to UH 4
Year
40
40
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40
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40
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Total $ Allocation
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100%
95%
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 Focus
on our students as individuals with
incredible potential
 E kuahui like i ka hana. 'A'ohe hana nui
ke alu 'ia. Let everybody pitch in and
work together. No task is too big when
done by all
 Create an organization infrastructure,
policies, incentives and culture that
supports the elements we value
 Ask the right questions
Support Unit
Review
Academic
Program Review
General
Education
Committee/ISLOs
Institutional
Effectiveness
Committee
Chairs;Faculty
Member and IE
Director
Student Success
Evidence
Committee
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Community Meetings
Internal Envisioning
Our Future
Working through
College Council
Fitting Our Plan Within
UH and UHCC
Target Date Fall 2015