Strategic Planning Document 2007-2008
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STRATEGIC “Celebrating Five Decades of Excellence and Service to the Community” PLANNING “Revisiting our Roots: Enhancing Community by Developing and DOCUMENT Augmenting the Strengths of Our Diverse Areas of Practice and Service” 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 Dutchess Community College STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENT 2007– 2008 November 2007 Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment Susan H. Duncan, Director Maryanne P. Kinsella, Research Assistant Mary A. Ramaglia, Program Assistant Acknowledgements This Planning Document would not be possible without the help of many people throughout the College community. All the deans, directors, academic department heads and program chairs make major contributions. Sincere thanks to all of you. Note: The Strategic Planning Document is available electronically. It can be accessed from the Dutchess Community College website home Page using the following steps: 1) Click on Academics 2) Click on Documents 3) Click on Planning Document, which appears under “Handbooks and Reports”. Contents 1.0 Introduction and History ...................................................................................4 2.0 Values and Mission ...................................................................................6 2.1 Values Statement ...................................................................................6 2.2 Mission Statement ...................................................................................7 2.3 Institutional Goals ...................................................................................7 3.0 Institutional Assessment and Benchmarking ..………………………………….9 3.1 Definition of Institutional Assessment.........................................................9 3.1.01 Core Indicator: Persistence ..........................................................10 3.1.02 Core Indicator: Degree Completion Rates....................................11 3.1.03 Core Indicator: Performance after Transfer ..................................12 3.1.04 Core Indicator: Workforce Development …………………………...13 3.1.05 Core Indicator: DC Fall 2006 HS Grads .......................................14 3.2 Definition of Benchmarking……………………………………………….......15 3.2.01 Tuition…………………………………………………………………..16 3.2.02 Transfer Student Success....………… .. …………………………..16 3.2.03 Enrollment……………………………………………………………..17 3.2.04 Capture Rate………………………………………………………….17 4.0 Strategic Planning …………………………………………………………………...18 4.1 Definition of Strategic Planning……………………………………………....18 4.1.01 InstitutionaI Identity……………………………………………………18 4.1.02 Current Environment………………………………………………….18 4.1.03 Future Vision……………………………………………………….….18 4.1.04 Planning………………………………………………………………..19 4.1.05 Strategic Issues…………………………………………………….…20 4.1.06 Summary…………………………………………………………….…20 4.2 Environmental Influences……………………………………………………..22 4.2.01 External Influences/Environmental Scan……………………….…..22 4.2.02 Internal Influences…………………………………………………….25 5.0 Strategic Planning Process…………………………………………………….…..26 5.1 Participants …………………………………………………………..26 5.2 Planning Cycle/Model ………………………………………………………..29 5.3 Strategic Planning Cycle Description……………………...........................30 6.0 2007-2008 Plan………………………………………………………………………..33 6.1 Division Response to College Objectives.................................................33 6.1.01 College Objective #1......................................................................34 6.1.02 College Objective #2......................................................................36 6.2 Division Objectives .................................................................................38 6.2.01 Academic Affairs............................................................................38 6.2.02 Student Services and Enrollment Management.............................47 6.2.03 Administration and Finance ...........................................................54 6.2.04 Community Services and Special Programs..................................59 6.3 Academic Department Objectives ............................................................62 6.3.01 Allied Health and Biological Sciences..........................................62 6.3.02 Behavioral Sciences ....................................................................69 6.3.03 Business Technologies................................................................75 6.3.04 Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences ....................78 6.3.05 English and Humanities...............................................................85 6.3.06 Health, Physical Education, Athletics and Dance ........................91 6.3.07 History, Government, and Economics .........................................95 6.3.08 Mathematics, Physical and Computer Sciences........................100 6.3.09 Nursing……………. ...................................................................103 6.3.10 Performing, Visual Arts and Communications ...........................107 7.0 Status of 2006-07 Plan ...............................................................................114 7.1 College Objectives and Status ...............................................................114 7.1.01 DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Awards .........................................114 7.2 Division Status Reports……. ................................................................. 118 7.2.01 Academic Affairs........................................................................118 7.2.02 Student Services and Enrollment Management.........................133 7.2.03 Administration and Finance .......................................................146 7.2.04 Community Services and Special Programs..............................153 7.3 Academic Department Status Reports ...................................................156 7.3.01 Allied Health and Biological Sciences........................................156 7.3.02 Behavioral Sciences ..................................................................167 7.3.03 Business Technologies..............................................................176 7.3.04 Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences ..................181 7.3.05 English and Humanities.............................................................192 7.3.06 Health, Physical Education, Athletics and Dance ......................198 7.3.07 History, Government, and Economics .......................................206 7.3.08 Mathematics, Physical and Computer Sciences........................214 7.3.09 Nursing………………… .............................................................218 7.3.10 Performing, Visual Arts and Communications ...........................223 8.0 Definitions ...............................................................................231 Appendices ...............................................................................243 Reader Comment Form ...............................................................................245 1.0 Introduction and History Dutchess Community College, for the first 25 years of its existence, enjoyed a period of steady growth in a relatively stable environment. In the mid- 1980s, enrollment declined for the first time and the external environment began to change rapidly. At that time, the College embarked on a comprehensive planning process. Prior to 1984, individual departments did their own planning, which was taken as a totality to provide the college plan. Starting in the mid-1980s, DCC embarked on a number of formal planning initiatives which resulted in annual planning documents: 1984-85 Comprehensive Planning Process 1984-85 The Consensus Plan 1985-86 Comprehensive Plan 1986-87 A Summary of Departmental Planning Objectives 1987-88 Planning for Quality at Dutchess Community College 1988-89 Planning for Quality at Dutchess Community College 1989-90 Interim Operational Planning Summary 1990-91 Interim Operational Planning Summary Fall 1990 DCC Strategic Plan for 1991-93 1991-92 Planning Committee Guidebook 1992-93 Planning Handbook and Budget Cycles 1993-94 Planning Document, objectives only 1994-95 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 1995-96 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 1996-97 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 1997-98 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 1998-99 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 1999-00 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 2000-01 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 2001-02 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 2002-03 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 2003-04 Planning Document, objectives and status reports 2004-05 Planning Document objectives and status reports 2005-06 Planning Document objectives and status reports 2006-07 Planning Document objectives and status reports 2007-08 Planning Document objectives and status reports The current Planning Process model has been used since 1993. At that time, DCC built on the lessons of the past to design a Planning Process that would meet its planning needs, would be easy to understand, and would utilize existing administrative structures. Strategic Planning Document 2007-08 Page 4 DCC's Planning Process has several key features: Strategic Nature. The Planning Process is driven and guided by the Strategic Direction of the College. At each phase of the Planning Process, the Strategic Direction is considered. Focus. The Planning Process focuses on a small number of objectives. Usually only two College Objectives are chosen. This permits maximum recognition and allows