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2014-2018 From the President Nearly four years ago, City Colleges launched its Reinvention under the leadership of Chancellor Cheryl Hyman. This reform initiative inspired by the needs of our students has helped move Malcolm X College beyond its traditional focus on access to a dual focus on access and success. As this student-focused, data-driven effort continues to drive greater student successes through its latest phase—Reinvention7, which created a Malcolm X College task force of staff and faculty members dedicated to strategic reforms—it is important to note how it has and will continue to improve the college. I am pleased to report Malcolm X College has increased the number of associate degrees awarded by 43 percent since Reinvention launched and that credit enrollment rose 37 percent over the same period. In FY2013, Malcolm X College met or exceeded 8 out of 12 of its strategic metric targets. These goals are designed to empower all of our students, whether they are looking for immediate employment, to transfer to a four-year institution or to prepare for college success through developmental or adult education. This new plan is an outgrowth of City Colleges’ District-wide strategic plan and reform efforts. It offers a detailed vision for student success and commits us, once again, to specific measurable student outcomes—a hallmark of Reinvention and a fundamental way of holding ourselves accountable to students and taxpayers alike. By FY2018, we envision a college where the number of credentials of economic value (degrees and certificates) awarded annually has jumped 83 percent, to nearly 1,200, since the launch of Reinvention. Due to the collective efforts of faculty, staff and students, we anticipate a graduation rate of nearly 20 percent by that time—more than double the current graduation rate. Working together as a team, we have made great strides toward meeting our college goals. As Malcolm X College looks toward the future, which includes a new $251 million state-of-the-art college campus due to open in 2016, we are excited about the continued alignment of our College to Careers healthcare programs with employer and four-year college demands. This ensures our students have the knowledge and skills needed to take advantage of one of the fastest-growing fields of the 21st-century. Through College to Careers and Reinvention7 strategies and tools to help students move quickly and successfully to completion, Malcolm X College is on its way to becoming a best-in-class community college that delivers exceptional educational value. Anthony E. Munroe President, Malcolm X College Reinvention AT MALCOLM X COLLEGE, success means Reinvention launched with collaborative that all students receive the guidance, support teams of faculty, staff and students from and instruction to efficiently earn a credential every college. Their task: to comprehensively of economic value that prepares them for review and revamp all aspects of City a career, whether their goal is to enter the Colleges to ensure students’ success. They workforce immediately or seek further were given time away from their regular education first. Since the Reinvention initiative responsibilities to dedicate themselves to the launched in 2010, this renewed focus on reform effort. More than three years later, the student outcomes has represented a paradigm model remains in place, creating a permanent shift at Malcolm X College from a focus on mechanism for deep and lasting change at access to a focus on both access and success. City Colleges. A robust set of outcomes is now paramount, including: completion, retention, and the value In 2013, City Colleges went a step further by we deliver to students, their communities, launching Reinvention7, or Reinvention to the employers and four-year colleges alike. seventh power, implying the multiplication of impact by embedding the taskforce reform model at each of the seven City Colleges. Reinvention7 puts in place the processes and procedures that allow students to make good choices, to complete on time, and to transfer or move directly into the workforce. It ensures that cultural change permeates Malcolm X College—from the advisors to the deans to the faculty to the support staff and of course to our students. Every person at Malcolm X College has a hand in bringing about our reinvention. Since the launch of Reinvention, Malcolm X College has made real progress toward creating a true student-centered culture of success. COMPLETION The total number of Malcolm X College completers crossed 841 in FY2013, marking a more than 30 percent increase under Reinvention. Laura Bruck Class of 2013 Valedictorian 3 COLLEGE TO CaREERS of the classroom. A $251 million investment Under Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chancellor will be made to construct a brand-new Cheryl Hyman’s leadership, City Colleges campus for the college, including a School launched College to Careers (C2C), a program of Health Sciences to support College to that partners City Colleges faculty and staff Careers near the heart of the Illinois Medical with industry experts to better prepare District. students for careers in growing fields. More than three years in, Reinvention boasts In 2011, Malcolm X College became City many proud accomplishments. But while Colleges’ hub for healthcare programs through outcomes have improved, we are still working College to Careers. Since then, staff and to reinvent Malcolm X College into the best-in- faculty have worked with industry partners class institution that Chicagoans have a right to design new and enhanced programs that to demand. To build on our early successes, prepare students for this growing field. we must leverage the now-proven winning approaches in new ways by taking to the next New programs include Health Information level our drive to make our student-centered Management, Dental Assisting, Medical culture pervasive across the organization. Billing and Personal Training. Through Reinvention7, we will achieve deep ADULT EDUCATION and lasting change at Malcolm X College. Malcolm X College has realigned its adult We will ensure every student has access to education off-site locations with the programs that lead to further college or surrounding communities of greatest need in a career, and that every student is equipped terms of adults lacking a high school diploma with a plan for how to reach their goals. or English fluency, addressing what were true adult education deserts in Chicago. City Colleges adult education enrollment increased by 5 percent from FY2012 to FY2013. NEW CaPITAL PLAN City Colleges has launched a five-year $524 million capital plan to address years of neglected maintenance and reflect the latest changes in pedagogy and technology to ensure our students are job-ready and four-year school-ready when they walk out 4 Executive Summary In five years, we aim to have transformed Malcolm X College into a best-in-class urban community college where: • The number of degrees awarded annually has more than doubled since the launch of Reinvention to 687. • The number of degrees and credentials of economic value awarded annually has jumped 83 percent to 1,183 since the launch of Reinvention. • Nearly 20 percent of students graduate from Malcolm X College and 45 percent of students transfer to four-year institutions following graduation. • More than two-thirds (71 percent) of occupational completers are employed in their area of training. • More than 28 percent of new remedial students advance to college-level work within one year. • More than three times as many (267) adult education students since the launch of Reinvention are transitioning into a credit-level course after one semester in GED or ESL programs. We have set ambitious goals in order to make good on the promise of providing a high-quality, affordable post-secondary education that delivers credentials of economic value and puts Chicagoans on a clear path to further college and careers. 5 Core Strategies To reach these ambitious but necessary targets, Malcolm X College is pursuing the following key strategies: increasing relevance, reducing time and increasing student supports in order to boost retention and completion. Taken together these strategies will establish a culture of student success at Malcolm X College that will improve the lives of our students and their communities. These strategies are being furthered through Reinvention7 and the Student GPS (Guided Pathway to Success) initiative to ensure every student has a clear path to further college and careers. INCREASING RELEVANCE We must ensure that the courses of study that students embark on will advance their goal of moving to four-year universities or to a meaningful career. To deliver on this promise, we have examined what the marketplace will demand today and tomorrow. Through this work, Malcolm X College programs will have real value for employers, four-year colleges, and most importantly, our students’ futures. REDUCING TIME We seek to maximize our students’ resources—both the time and money spent at Malcolm X College as well as on the longer road to a bachelor’s degree and beyond. Numerous studies show that the longer it takes to complete a degree, the less likely the chance of degree completion. We are, therefore, employing a number of strategies to reduce the length of students’ programs without sacrificing educational quality, including structured pathways, predictive scheduling, whole program enrollment and more. INCREASING STUDENT SUPPORTS We are dedicated to supporting our students on the path to their goals. City Colleges has strategically invested in student supports, including wellness centers, career centers, transfer centers, veterans centers, tutors, advisors and a new early alert system, to ensure students complete and move on to further college and careers. Going forward, we aim to use data more effectively to help students, and provide more information to students so they can better help themselves.

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