Educational MasterPlan THE WEST KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Billy White, President Kal Vaughn, Secretary Emmanuel Campos, Trustee Dawn Cole, Trustee Michael Long, Trustee Taft College Educational Master Plan 2014-2024 Table of Contents LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT ............................................................................................................................................ 6 EDUCATIONAL MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS ........................................................................................................ 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 PURPOSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL MASTER PLAN ................................................................................................................. 9 Integrated Institutional Planning ............................................................................................................................... 9 How this Educational Master Plan was Developed .................................................................................................... 13 TAFT COLLEGE VISION, MISSION AND VALUES .................................................................................................................. 14 Vision ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Mission ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Values ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT .................................................................................................................. 15 ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Internal Scan ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 External Scan ........................................................................................................................................................... 44 INSTITUTIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS 2014-2024 ............................................................................................................. 64 Planning Assumptions ............................................................................................................................................. 64 College & Community Needs.................................................................................................................................... 65 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................. 66 Student Learning/Success ............................................................................................................................................... 66 Access ............................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Business/Industry/Community ....................................................................................................................................... 67 Facilities and Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................ 67 Institutional Planning/Effectiveness ............................................................................................................................... 67 Page 2 Taft College Educational Master Plan 2014-2024 SPACE NEEDS FORECAST .................................................................................................................................................. 68 Current Program of Instruction ................................................................................................................................ 68 Program of Instruction by TOP Code ........................................................................................................................ 70 Growth Forecast ...................................................................................................................................................... 72 Enrollment History .......................................................................................................................................................... 72 Enrollment Forecast ........................................................................................................................................................ 75 Future Academic Space Needs ................................................................................................................................. 76 Other Space Needs .................................................................................................................................................. 77 Space Needs Conclusions and Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 78 Lecture/Laboratory Differentiation ................................................................................................................................ 78 Quality of Academic Space ............................................................................................................................................. 78 Space Inventory .............................................................................................................................................................. 78 Room Utilization ............................................................................................................................................................. 78 APPENDIX A – CAMPUS SURVEY ....................................................................................................................................... 79 APPENDIX B – INTERVIEW SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................................... 87 APPENDIX C – CALIFORNIA TITLE 5 SPACE STANDARDS ..................................................................................................... 89 Page 3 Taft College Educational Master Plan 2014-2024 Tables and Figures Table 1. Count and Mean Age for On-Campus and Distance Learning Students by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ..................................................................... 16 Figure 1a. Count of On-Campus and Distance Learning Students by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ............................................................................................... 16 Figure 1b. Mean Age for On-Campus and Distance Learning Students by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ....................................................................................... 17 Table 2. Gender by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Figure 2. Gender by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Table 3. Race by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 3. Race by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Table 4. Day/Evening by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Figure 4. Day/Evening by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Table 5. Part Time/Full Time by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 5. Part Time/Full Time by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Table 6. City of Origin for On-Campus Students by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ....................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 6. City of Origin for On-Campus Students by Fall Term 2007 to 2012 ....................................................................................................................... 26 Table 7. City of Origin for Distance Learning Students by Fall Term 2007 to 2012