Transcript Florida Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs Ed Massey, President Indian River Community College August 1st, 2007

Florida Community College
Baccalaureate Degree Programs
Ed Massey, President
Indian River Community College
August 1st, 2007
Responding to Community Needs
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Florida Ranks 46th out of 50 states in Baccalaureate
Degree Production
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Florida 22.4%
Nation 27.2%
Workforce need:
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Approximately 20,000 new teachers needed annually
Approximately 41,548 nurses by 2011
Increased access for AS degree students to advance in
business and industry
Increases in quality and standard of living
Florida’s population explosion will result in higher numbers of non-traditional
students seeking higher education opportunities
Pathways to the Baccalaureate
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State University System
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2+2 Articulation with Public and Private Upper-Division
Institutions
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Concurrent Use/Joint Use Partnerships with Public and
Private Upper-Division Institutions
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2001 Legislation authorizing community colleges to offer
workforce oriented baccalaureate degree programs
F.S. 1007.33
• Original 2001 Law
– “…intent of the Legislature to further expand access to
baccalaureate degree programs through the use of community
colleges.”
– “A community college may develop a proposal to deliver
specified baccalaureate degree programs in its district to meet
local workforce needs.”
• HB 7147 (2007)
– “…A community college may also develop proposals to deliver
baccalaureate degree programs in math and science which
would prepare graduates to enter a teaching position in math
or science.
Florida Board of Governors /
State Board of Education Resolution
• The Florida Board of Governors and the Florida State Board of
Education agree:
– “Florida’s Community Colleges are positioned and capable of
helping to meet a portion of [the] unmet need…”
– “…Community Colleges should focus on bachelor’s degrees
limited to teaching, nursing and Bachelor of Applied Science
workforce-oriented degrees in high-need/demand majors.”
– “The 2+2 and partnership approaches should continue to be
supported as the primary routes for most student seeking
other degrees.”
Community College
Baccalaureate Programs
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8 Florida Community Colleges offer baccalaureate degrees
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24 in education
6 in management
5 in public safety
6 in nursing/health science
2 new Florida Community Colleges are submitting requests
to offer baccalaureate degrees
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Palm Beach Community College
Broward Community College
Outcomes of Current Programs
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Approximately 20,000 students were served via 473
partnership programs in 2006-07
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Between 2000-2006, concurrent use/joint use partnerships
for baccalaureate and graduate degrees increased by 102%
Access to the Baccalaureate
Degree
Baccalaureate Degrees at Community Colleges:
• Over 5,000 individuals will enroll in a Baccalaureate Degree
Program at a Community College in the current fiscal year.
• An estimated 1,625 degrees are anticipated to be awarded
through the current fiscal year.
• State funding of $3,872 per Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
represents only 62% of the state university system’s full cost
per FTE in 2006-07.
• There are currently 41 programs being offered at eight
community colleges.
Florida Community College System
Headcount for Baccalaureate Degree
Programs
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
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2005-06
2006-07
TEN PERCENT
2007-08
2008-09
FIFTEEN PERCENT
2009-10
2010-2011
TWENTY PERCENT
SAINT PETERSBURG AND OTHER APPROVED COLLEGES
Florida Community College System
Headcount for Baccalaureate Degree
Programs
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
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2005-06
2006-07
TEN PERCENT
2007-08
2008-09
FIFTEEN PERCENT
2009-10
2010-2011
TWENTY PERCENT
ADD BACCALAUREATE DEGREES TO SEVEN
MID-SIZED COLLEGES
Florida Community College System
Headcount for Baccalaureate Degree
Programs
60,000
40,000
20,000
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2005-06
2006-07
TEN PERCENT
2007-08
2008-09
FIFTEEN PERCENT
2009-10
2010-2011
TWENTY PERCENT
ADD BACCALAUREATE DEGREES TO FOURTEEN
REMAINING COLLEGES
Summary
Substantially increase access and degree
completion for non-traditional students through
site-based baccalaureate degree programs to
maximize Florida’s Community College System
as an effective element in the state’s economic
development.