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Maine Community College System MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) C Maine Community College System Program Evaluation Report As Required by the Government Evaluation Act (3 M.R.S.A. § 955) Submitted to The Joint Standing Committee on Educational and Cultural Affairs of the I 24th Maine Legislature November I, 2009 m un II OFFICE Of THE PRESIDENT 323 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04330-7131 207.629.4000 • Fax: 207.629.4048 www.mccs.me.edu November 1, 2009 Honorable Justin Alfond, Chair Honorable Patricia Sutherland, Chair Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs 124 th Maine Legislature Augusta, ME 04333 Dear Senator Alfond, Representative Sutherland and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs: Pursuant to your letter of June 12, 2009, I am pleased to provide you with the Maine Community College System's program evaluation report in accordance with the Government Evaluation Act, M.R.S.A., Title 3, chapter 35. We look forward to working with you in the months ahead as you proceed with the review process. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything we may do to assist you further in your review. Thank you. Sincerely yours, Central Maine Eastern Maine Kennebec Valley Northern Maine Southern Maine Washington County York County Community College Community College Community College Community College Community College Community College Community College Auburn Bango1· Fairfield Presque Isle South Portland Calais Wells TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Enabling or Authorizing Law .......................................................................................................... Page I B. Program Descriptions including Priorities/Goals/Objectives, ................................................ Page 3 C. Organizational Structure ................................................................................................................ Page 4 D. Compliance with Federal/State Laws .......................................................................................... Page 5 E. Financial Summary ............................................................................................................................. Page 5 F. Regulatory Agenda and Summary of Rules ............................................................ NOT APPLICABLE G. Identification of Coordinated Efforts ............................................................................................ Page 8 H. Identification of Constituencies .................................................................................................. Page 14 I. Summary of Alternative Delivery Systems ................................................................................. Page 16 J. Identification of Emerging Issues .................................................................................................. Page 17 K. Committee Request for Information .................................... NONE REQUESTED AT THIS TIME L. Comparison of Federal Laws to State Laws ............................................................................. Page 19 M. Policies/Practices Regarding Use of Personal Information ................................................... Page 20 N. Reports/Applications to be Filed with Agency ................................................... NOT APPLICABLE Report of the Maine Community College System Pursuant to 3 M.R.S.A. §956, the State Government Evaluation Act November I, 2009 The Government Evaluation Act requires the Maine Community College System (MCCS) to provide information to the Maine Legislature as detailed in 3 M.R.S.A. §956. This report lays out the requirements of the statute, with the System's responses following each requirement. A. Enabling or Authorizing Law The Maine Community College System is authorized in 20-A M.R.S.A. § 1270 I - § 12722. A copy of the authorizing legislation can be found in Appendix I. MCCS Mission The basic mission of the Maine Community College System is to provide associate degree, diploma and certificate programs directed at the educational, occupational, technical, and transfer needs of the state's citizens and the workforce needs of the state's employers ... to create an educated, skilled, and adaptable labor force which is responsive to the changing needs of the economy of the state and to promote local, regional, and statewide economic development. Public Law, c. 431 and approved by the MCCS Board of Trustees june I 0, 1999 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The foundation of Maine's community colleges was laid over 60 years ago when the economies of both Maine and the nation were struggling to make the transition from war to peace. Thanks to the Gl Bill of Rights- which was designed to ward off widespread unemployment and postwar depression -the Maine legislature in 1946 established the Maine Vocational Institute (soon after changed to the Maine Vocational Technical Institute or MVTI) in Augusta, enabling returning Maine veterans to acquire the occupational skills they needed to reenter the workforce. Both the Gl Bill and the creation of MVTI were investments that paid remarkable dividends. The Gl Bill enabled millions of veterans to receive educational benefits that would otherwise have been unavailable to them. As a result, the number of degrees awarded by U.S. colleges and universities more than doubled between 1940 and 1950. In Maine, the MVTI soon moved to larger facilities at Fort Preble in South Portland, the current home of Southern Maine Community College. As Maine business and industry came to view the school as a reliable source for skilled workers, the demand for similar workforce training in other parts of the state resulted in rapid expansion. By 1969, five additional VTis had been established: Central Maine Community College in Auburn, Eastern Maine Community College 1 in Bangor, Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle, and Washington County Community College in Calais. In 1994, the legislature established the seventh college, to provide increased educational opportunities in York County, the second most populous county in the state. The colleges have continued to evolve in significant ways over the past 60 years in response to dramatic shifts in the state's economy and to the individual needs of Maine citizens. In 1989, Maine's legislature voted to convert the vocational technical institutes to technical colleges. In doing so, the legislature sought to clarify the post-secondary missions of the institutions and to recognize that economic forces were transforming the state's workplace, demanding increased skill levels and education. And in 2003, largely in response to Maine's persistently low college-going rates, the legislature voted to broaden the mission of the colleges. In that year, the technical colleges became community colleges providing an affordable, accessible, college option that would enable more Maine citizens to prepare for high skill careers or transfer to four-year colleges and universities. MAINE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES TODAY Maine's Community Colleges are designed to provide a critical entry point to higher education and economic opportunity for Maine citizens, many of whom have never considered higher education a viable option. While MCCS enrollment has increased every year for the past 20 years - 83% since 2003 - the system experienced an unprecedented increase of 12% from fall 2008 to fall 2009 alone. The second fastest growing two-year college system in the country, today, Maine's seven community colleges and eight off campus centers offer over 300 associate degree, certificate, and diploma options with about 85% of its core occupational programs being the only ones of their kind offered in Maine. Currently, nearly 16,500 students are enrolled in degree-seeking credit courses and thousands more are served annually through customized education and training for businesses and their employees, as well as in credit and noncredit courses. Since transitioning from technical to community colleges in 2003, the number of recent high school graduates directly entering a community college has increased by 83%. They now see the community colleges as a choice for higher education opportunities. And more and more students are choosing to begin their post-secondary career at a community college as a cost savings and then transfer on to a four-year institution. Currently, about 2,500 MCCS students are enrolled in the University of Maine System -a 50% increase in five years. In all, MCCS students have transferred to over 70 different institutions in 30 states across the country. 2 B. A description of each program administered by the agency or independent agency, including the following for each program: I) Established priorities, including the goals and objectives in meeting each priority; 2) Performance criteria, timetables or other benchmarks used by the agency to measure its progress in achieving the goals and objectives; and 3) An assessment by the agency indicating the extent to which it has met the goals and objectives, using the performance criteria. When an agency has not met its goals and objectives, the agency shall identify the reasons for not meeting them and the corrective measures the agency has taken
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