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Northwest Iowa Community College Organization

Board of Trustees

Organizational Information

James HaberkornDistrict II

110 N. Marshall StreetRock Rapids, Iowa 51246712-472-2567 (work)712-472-2368 (home)Attorney

Loretta Berkland,VMDDistrict IIIVice President

1620 Pierce AvenueSibley, Iowa 51249712-754-2549 (work)712-754-2804 (home)Veterinarian

Craig StruveDistrict IVPresident

P.O. Box 75312 South Railway AvenueCalumet, Iowa 51009712-446-3307 (work)712-446-2361 (home)Owner/Manager C-S AgrowService company, Inc.

Jerry AdamsDistrict V

934 3rd AvenueSheldon, Iowa 51201712-324-5141 (work)712-324-8284 (home)CEO, Security State Bank

Leroy Van KekerixDistrict VI

105 Albany Avenue SEOrange City, Iowa 51041712-737-4818 (work)712-737-8019 (home)President and CEO,Iowa State Bank

Larry HoekstraDistrict VII

1021 Hayes AvenueHull, Iowa 51239712-439-2766 (work)712-439-2799 (home)Loss Control Specialist,Farmland Insurance

Ken Vande BrakeDistrict I

611 E. 10th StreetP.O. Box 81Alton, Iowa 51003712-722-4874 (work)712-756-8902 (home)Engineering Manager

Northwest Iowa Community CollegeNorthwest Iowa Community College

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Area IV Map

NCC

Public School Districts1. Boyden-Hull Community School2. Central Lyon Community Schools3. George-Little Rock Community School4. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School5. Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn Community School6. MOC-Floyd Valley Community School7. Rock Valley Community School8. Sheldon Community School9. Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School10. Sioux Center Community School11. South O’Brien Community School12. West Lyon Community School13. West Sioux Community School

Private High Schools 14. Spalding Catholic High School15. Unity Christian High School16. Western Christian High School (There are also 13 private K-8 schools in Area IV.)

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Organizational Chart


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NCA Co-ChairsAlethea Stubbe, Chair Steve Pearce, Chair

Steering CommitteeAlethea Stubbe, Chair Steve Pearce, ChairGretchen Bartelson Dr. Kathy Brock Sandy Bruns Kathy FeuersteinMolly Galm Sue Grapevine Woody Grabenbauer Todd HuesmanAmy Jurrens Muryl KorverGene McDaniel Mary Mohni Dr. Rhonda Pennings Ron PlumLori Punt Wayne ReedRon Robinson Marlys SchwebachJan Snyder Rex WeberDarrell Zoch

Introduction/History, Federal ComplianceAmy Jurrens, Chair Sandy Bruns, ChairBonnie Brands Cher VollinkRick Cannoy Sue HartsLori Richards Julie Mooney Laura Nachtigal Sue BehrensSybil Olson Pat De Vries

Mission and Integrity Rex Weber, Chair Marlys Schwebach, ChairBrian Albrecht Steve Gifford Sarah Fykstra Pam KreykesDonna Petitt Jennifer Van Regenmorter

Responses to Previous VisitsDr. Kathy Brock, Chair Darrell Zoch, Previous ChairPhil Allen Rodney Borer Janet Boone Rodney BorerAnnette Duis Aaron Dvorak Steve Koel Dan Reeves Bill Noack

NCA Committee Structure


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Student Learning, Recognition and Results, Assurance and AccountabilityTodd Huesman, Chair Lisa Story, Current ChairMark Bohnet Mark Doherty Tara Fjeld Karna HofmeyerGene McDaniel Jeff McCuddin Mike Oldenkamp Lynn Rolfsmeier Dennis Wallace Mindy Witham

Preparation for the FutureJan Snyder, Chair Gretchen Bartelson, ChairRod Crater Frank DeMilia Laurie Edwards Terri Engel Kathy Feuerstein Tim Floen Robert Hoting Dave LuenbergerBernice Metz Colette Scott

Teaching Effectiveness, Improvement/Assessment, Curricular CurrencySue Grapevine, Chair Ron Plum, ChairAmy Bomgaars Connie BrewsterSteve Collen Ruth HobsonTracy Lukkes Mary MohniLucy Penner Mari Beth SchneiderSusan Tyler Steve Youngs

Engagement, Communities of Interest Partnerships, DiversityWoody Grabenbauer, Current Chair Muryl Korver, Current ChairScott Abbott Sheila Arends Dave Bush Vicki IrwinMike Pedersen Mary Jane PetersonWayne Reed Ron RobinsonVern Schoeneman Roger SolbergMarilyn Stille Pete Wildeman

Discovery, Life-long LearningMolly Galm, Chair Lori Punt, ChairEvan Bensley Ardis Foreman Orville Ginger Brian HoekstraCynthia Klatt Jay KleinwolterinkScott Meinecke Donna Reekers Ryan Steffen Carl Stoll


Editing/PromotionAlethea Stubbe Dr. Rhonda PenningsGretchen Bartelson Steve Pearce

Executive CommitteeDr. Andrew Matonak Dr. Kathy BrockJan Snyder Alethea StubbeMuryl Korver Dr. Rhonda Pennings

The College regularly sent personnel to the annual meetings of the NCA to facilitatethe self-study process. Here is a list of those that attended in the past three years.

2002: Dr. Carl Rolf, NCC president; Steve Pearce, Instructor; Alethea Stubbe,Instructor; Rhonda Pennings, Instructor; Jan Snyder, Executive Director of theFoundation; Kathy Brock, VP of Instruction; Gene McDaniel, Registrar; SandyBruns, Human Resources; Mary Mohni, Instructor and Assessment Chair.

2003: Dr. Andrew Matonak, NCC president; Steve Pearce, Instructor; AletheaStubbe, Instructor; Dr. Rhonda Pennings, Instructor; Jan Snyder, VP of Student& Institutional Development; Kathy Brock, VP of Community Education &Academic Support; Gene McDaniel, Director of Student Services; Lisa Story,Director of Enrollment Management; Lori Punt, Continuing Education; MarlysSchwebach, Director of Academic Resources; Ron Plum, instructor; ToddHuesman, Financial Aid; Sue Grapevine, Instructor.

2004: Dr. Andrew Matonak, NCC president; Steve Pearce, Instructor; AletheaStubbe, VP of Administration; Dr. Rhonda Pennings, Dean of Arts & Science/Business & Health; Jan Snyder, VP of Student & Institutional Development;Gretchen Bartelson, Director of Distance Learning & Instructional Technology

The College also contracted with Dr Carroll Bennett to provide advice and exter-nal assessment of the self-study. Dr. Bennett, now retired, had a distinguishedcareer, primarily at Des Moines Area Community College. He served there in anumber of capacities, including chief academic officer. He has also been a con-sultant-evaluator for NCA at more than 33 colleges, and he chaired 20 of thosevisitation teams.


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History of Campus Development


1966 Original campus site purchased on October 19.

1968 Mechanical/Technical (Building D) building completed

1971 Construction Building (Building C) and Business Building (Building B)

1973 Mechanical Annex and addition to Building C completed

1977 Mechanics department expanded with new addition

1983 Addition to Electrical department

1983 Building B (Business Building) and Building D (Mechanical/Technical)connected. The student center was added in this construction phase.

1989 Expansion included additional space for library, Learning Center, media center, science laboratory and six classrooms

1992 On-campus apartments built

1993 Classrooms developed to utilize the Iowa Communications Network technology A renovation of Building B to include office space andclassrooms

1999 Construction of a new science department (including two new labs and faculty space), dining room renovation, and walk-in bookstore completed

2000 A renovation of the west wing of Building C, to include a new General Machining lab, and space for the Manufacturing Engineering Technology andCAD programs

2002 The other half of Building C renovated. The Electrical, Industrial Instrumentation & Control programs received additional lab space and expanded classrooms. The Powerline program’s lab was expanded and a classroom was added. Computer Networking and Computer Programmingmoved to Building C. The Auditorium was renovated.

2004 Health Addition construction

History of Campus Development


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Curriculum and Instruction• Added ICN (Iowa Communications Network) classes–fall 1994• Added On-line classes through the Iowa Community College On-Line

Consortium (ICCOC) in summer 2000. Currently, offer more than 200 courses/ sections and have 5,000 students enrolled, 275 of which are NCC students• Added 7 X 7 (accelerated semesters) classes – winter 1997• Added Alternative High School Ireton Site – fall 2001• Programs Added

o Pre-professional Education – spring 1998o General Machining – fall 1999o Pre-professional Human Resource Management – fall 2000o Pre-professional Journalism – fall 2000o Computer Networking Technology – fall 2000o Auto Service & Body Technology – fall 2000o Production Welding – fall 2000o Pre-professional Business – fall 2001o Industrial Retail Management – fall 2001o Retail Marketing – fall 2001o Pre-professional Accounting – fall 2002o Associate Degree Nursing – fall 2002o Administrative Office Management – fall 2003o Extended Practical Nursing Program – fall 2003o Administrative Office Management – fall 2003o Radiologic Technology – fall 2004o Electrical Technology, Advanced Standing Degree – fall 2004o Computerized Manufacturing Technology – fall 2004

• Programs No Longer Offeredo General Machine Shop – fall 1996o Automotive Machining – fall 2002o Carpentry – fall 2002o Marketing Management – fall 2002o Agri Business – fall 2002

Facilities• Remodeled Building B – 1995• Added Science Lab – 1999• Remodeled Cafeteria – 1999• Added Book Store – 1999• Moved Career Center – 1999• Remodeled west side of Building C – 2000• Added new parking lot – 2000• Remodeled east side of Building C – 2002• Added Health Addition – 2003• Added new roof – all new within the last ten years

Major Changes Since Last Comprehensive Visit


NCC Foundation• Increased scholarships – From $45,000 in 1994 to $120,000 in 2003• Two major fundraising campaigns – 1st campaign raised $800,000; 2nd

campaign raised $1.7 million• Instructional equipment grant – $50,000 for five years for a total of $250,000 for technical programs• Endowments – $0 in 1994 to $630,000 in 2003

Grants Received• Title III Grant – 2001, 1.7 million• Trio Grant – 2001, $1 million• USDA/REC Grant for Loan for Building C – 2002, $200,000• Regional Academy Planning Grant – 2000, $10,000• Tobacco Cessation Grant – 2001 & 2002, $35,000 per year

Partnerships• ICCOC• Briar Cliff University• Franklin University• Tech Prep involves 17 high schools (13 public and four private)• Regional Career and Vocational Committee (business, industry and education)• Region 4 Youth Advisory Council• Iowa Tech Prep Network• Industry Sponsored Education

o General machiningo AD No Industry Scholarshipso Internships/clinicals/preceptorships/co-ops

• NCC/AEA 4 Partnership provides o Career Days (8th & 11th)o In-service/professional development to K-12s o Administers Perkins funding for a consortium of five K-12so Area wide school board in-service programs

• Customized Training for Industry• Business Planning assistance for entrepreneurs and existing Business and Industry• Customized vocational/technical courses for K-12s• PSEO courses for K-12s

Enrollment and Student Services• Increased enrollment from 574 students in 1994 to 1,079 students in fall of 2003• Switched entrance assessment from ASSET to COMPASS in 2003

Other• Established own website that gives the student Internet access and that provides faculty and staff with Intranet access• This listing is not all-inclusive. It is intended only to reflect the overall thrust and scope of change at NCC over the past decade.


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Guiding Principles

BOARD POLICY 101

Educational Policy

Statement of Guiding Principles

Northwest Iowa Community College, a two-year educational institution, estab-lishes the following beliefs as a foundation upon which the college provides edu-cation and services.

• We believe that education is an investment in society.

• We believe in accessible, comprehensive education and services which enable people to maximize their potential.

• We believe in the dignity and worth of all individuals.

• We believe the quality of life is improved through lifelong learning opportunities.

• We believe in maintaining high standards through principles of continuous improvement.

• We believe that leadership, education and training will enhance community andeconomic development.

• We believe that a variety of partnerships enhances all involved.

• We believe that we are at risk without change.

• We believe that all people can learn.

ADOPTED: 4-16-80

REVISED: 9-21-98


1. Iowa State University

2. Franklin University

3. Buena Vista University

4. University of Northern Iowa

5. Dordt College

6. University of Iowa, Northwestern College (Orange City, IA)

7. Briar Cliff College

8. South Dakota State University

9. Morningside College

10. University of South Dakota

11. University of Sioux Falls

12. Mount Marty College

13. Dakota State University

14. Northwest Missouri State University

15. University of Nebraska at Kearney

16. Bellevue University.

Articulation Agreements


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Administrative Staff Professional Development *Lori Punt, Dan Reeves, GeneMc Daniel, Lynn Rolfsmeier

Affirmative Action *Alethea Stubbe, Committee Members TBD

Assessment *Rhonda Pennings, *Ruth Hobson, Sue Grapevine, Ron Plum,Muryl Korver, Steve Pearce, Gene Mc Daniel, Drew Matonak

Courtesy & Social Affairs *Mindy Witham, *Cynthia Klatt, Kristi Landis,Laura Nachtigal, Marlys Schwebach, Tara Fjeld, Sue Behrens, Alethea Stubbe,Rick Cannoy, Dave Luenberger, Leah Mulder, Annette Duis

Cultural Diversity *Rhonda Pennings, Scott Meinecke, Doris Bratcher,Gretchen Bartelson, Robert Hoting, Muryl Korver

Curriculum *Brian Albrecht, Brian Hoekstra, Sue Grapevine, GretchenBartelson, Gene McDaniel, Rhonda McElroy, Rex Weber, Scott Meinecke, DawnRecher, Muryl Korver, Rhonda Pennings

Enrollment Management *Lisa Story, Mindy Witham, Gene Mc Daniel, KarnaHofmeyer, Rhonda McElroy, Cher Vollink, Muryl Korver, Rhonda Pennings RexWeber, Sue Grapevine, Ron Plum, Laurie Edwards, Jan Snyder

Executive Council *Drew Matonak, Kathy Brock, Jan Snyder, Alethea Stubbe,Rhonda Pennings, Muryl Korver

Faculty Professional Development *Jeff McCuddin, Rex Weber, Rick Cannoy,Ron Plum, Mary Jane Peterson, Doris Bratcher

Prairie Project Chair TBD, Brian Albrecht, Colette Scott, John Jorstad, SueBehrens, Lynn Rolfsmeier, Mari Beth Schneider

Planning Advisory Council *Jan Snyder, Cher Vollink, Frank DeMilia,Gretchen Bartelson, Jan Cain, Jeff McCuddin, Jennifer Van Regenmorter, JimBuenger, Lisa Story, Mari Beth Schneider, Mike Logan, Robert Hoting, SteveGifford, Sue Grapevine

Professional Development Committee (QFP) *Sandy Bruns, RhondaPennings, Muryl Korver, Ron Plum (will be replaced on 06/30/04 by AmyJurrens), Steven Youngs, Robert Hoting

NCC Committees


Recognition *Molly Galm, *Sandy Bruns, Steve Koel, Amy Jurrens, SueBehrens, Sybil Olson, Twyla Vogel

Safety *Rex Weber, *Rick Cannoy, Ardis Foreman, Evan Bensley, Frank DeMilia, Marlys Schwebach, Robert Hoting, Ruth Hobson, Sandy Bruns, ScottMeinecke, Steve Koel

Support Staff Professional Development *Vicki Irwin, Ardis Foreman, ToddHuesman, Alethea Stubbe, Evan Bensley, Dan Van Horsen

Technology Planning Steering Committee *Mike Logan, Alethea Stubbe, AmyJurrens, Eric Mein, Frank De Milia, Gretchen Bartelson, Jan Snyder, MikeLogan, Muryl Korver, Rhonda Pennings, Rodney Crater, Steve Gifford, StevePearce, Woody Grabenbauer

Technology Planning Sub-Committees: Needs Committee *Eric Mein, Marlys Schwebach, Rhonda Huisman, Rodney Crater, Steve Gifford, Sue Grapevine

Distance Learning Committee Eric Mein, *Gretchen Bartelson, Sarah Fykstra, Sue Grapevine

Policy Committee *Alethea Stubbe, Gene McDaniel, Kathy Brock, Sandy Bruns

Training Committee Amy Jurrens, Dawn Recher, *Frank DeMilia, Gretchen Bartelson, Judy Nieuwenhuis, Muryl Korver, Rodney Crater, Steve Gifford, Twyla Vogel

Technology and Information Services Committee Carl Stoll, Dave Luenberger,John Pritchard, Michael Oldenkamp, Mike Logan

Wellness *Ruth Hobson, *Melanie Wynja. Lori Punt, Jennifer VanRegenmorter, Rhonda Huisman, Vicki Irwin, Sue Behrens, Alethea Stubbe

*Committee Chairperson(s)


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1. Iowa Distance Learning Association

2. Iowa Business Education Association

3. National Business Education Association

4. National Association of EMT’s

5. National Association of EMS Educators

6. Sioux-Lakes EMS Association

7. National Association for Developmental Education

8. American Health Information Management Association,

9. Iowa Health Information Management Association,

10. Iowa Association of Lifelong Learning,

11. Missouri Valley Adult Education Association,

12. Iowa Family and Consumer Sciences Educators for Progress,

13. National Association of Developmental Education,

14. National SkillsUSA, Iowa Motor Truck Association

15. Iowa Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges,

16. American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges,

17. National Education Association,

18. Iowa State Education Association,

19. Iowa Marketing Educators,

20. Marketing Education Associations,

21. National Board of Certified Counselors,

22. American Counseling Association,

23. American School Counselor Association,

24. American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers,

25. Upper Midwest Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

26. Central Iowa Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development

State and Local Organizations NCC Staff and Faculty Participate In


• Sue Grapevine—President of Iowa Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

• Colette Scott—President Iowa Distance Learning Association

• Evan Bensley—President-elect of Missouri Valley Adult Education Association;Iowa Association of Lifelong Learners Board Member and currently serving asChair of the Professional Development Committee; and Iowa EMS AssociationBoard Member and currently serving as the Public Information and Education Committee Chair

• Tim Floen—Vice President of Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society

• Alethea Stubbe—President of Iowa Business Education Association

• Mary Jane Peterson—Secretary of Iowa Developmental Association

• Mari Beth Schneider—Iowa Health Information Management Association Board Education Liaison, District A President-Elect, District A President, and currently District A Secretary/Treasurer

• Gretchen Bartelson—Iowa Distance Learning Association board member

Many presentations at state and national conferences have also been givenby administrators, faculty, and staff. See partial listing below.

• Frank DeMilia—“Irlen Syndrome: A Piece of the Puzzle,” Missouri Valley Adult Education annual conference

• Julie Mooney—“Using Technology to Reach High School Students and their Parents,” National Council of Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) Conference; “Reinventing Our Web Site,” Regional NCMPR Conference

• Lynn Rolfsmeier—“Workforce Learning Systems (WLS),” 2000 Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS); “If Workplace Education Programs are so Good, Why Aren’t More Employers Using Them?”,Iowa Field of Opportunities Conference; “POWER (Providing Options for the Workplace, Education, and Rehabilitation) Promising Practice,” 2001 CASAS National Summer Institute; “The POWERful Plan for Persons with MR/DD,” National Association of Adults with Special Learning Needs National Conference; “How to Use Results from the POWER test for Lesson Planning,”2003 CASAS National Summer Institute

NCC Personnel Who Have Held Offices in Local, State or National Associations


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Northwest Iowa Community College Statistics

Library Statistics

Interlibrary Loan Statistics Fiscal Years 1998–2003

Statistical Data


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Expenditures Statistics Fiscal Years 1998–2003


Holdings Statistics Fiscal Years 1996, 1998, 2000–2003

Usage Statistics Fiscal Years 1997–2003


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Statements of Financial Position Year Ended June 30 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash $7,985 $60,084 $80,148 $49,812 $35,361 $17,493 $227,981 $4,231

Certificates of Deposits 162,753 166,235 288,780 347,304 366,279 392,748 414,831 490,767

Mutual funds - - 3,559 8,748 17,404 14,432 14,421 14,903

Interest receivable 2,743 2,859 4,267 4,283 9,267 12,548 4,588 4,147

NONCURRENT ASSETS

Promises to give - 398,115 352,431 253,970 177,062 91,036 266,517 337,334

RESTRICTED ASSETS

Cash - - - 62,129 1,038 118,780 4,290 144

Certificates of deposit 19,147 21,127 25,724 29,990 44,383 64,020 72,339 72,586

Mutual funds - - - 41,236 212,189 129,169 315,455 566,226

Totals $ 192,628 $648,420 $754,909 $797,472 $862,983 $840,226 $1,320,422 $1,490,338

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Deferred scholarshipRevenues $19,444 $15,003 $20,832 $12,131 $19,743 $18,071 $116,843 94,809

Accounts payable - - - 47,673 - 135 - -

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 154,037 155,527 153,513 158,295 187,426 207,538 196,573 171,570

Temporarily restricted - 456,763 554,840 446,018 398,204 302,513 614,922 585,003

Permanently restricted 19,147 21,127 25,724 133,355 257,610 311,969 392,084 638,956

Totals $ 192,628 $648,420 $754,909 $797,472 $862,983 $840,226 $1,320,422 $1,490,338

Foundation Financial Statement


Revenue & Expenditures for FY ’03 (taken from page 14 of the Annual Report 2002–2003)

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NCC Comparison to Iowa Community Colleges

Revenue by Source FY ‘03

NCC Iowa Community Colleges

State General Aid

Tuition & Fees

Local

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Other Incomes

47.43% 39.69%

45.22%38.43%

7.11%3.64% 3.39%

5.79%

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Source: Condition of Iowa Community Colleges, Iowa Department of Education—January 2004

Salaries

Services

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Materials, Supplies & Travel

71.27%

Expenditures by Category FY ‘03

73.68%

NCC Iowa Community Colleges

13.48% 13.24%

6.65% 6.7%8.09% 4.13% 2.25%.5%

Source: Condition of Iowa Community Colleges, Iowa Department of Education—January 2004


BEDS Report


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ICCOC Enrollments


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Enrollments by Program

Northwest Iowa Community College Assessment

Curriculum Approval Flow ChartAssessm

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PROGRAM EVALUATION SCHEDULE


ASSESSMENT GUIDEEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Institutional Effectiveness ProgramNorthwest Iowa Community College603 West Park StreetSheldon, IA 51201


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REPORTING STRUCTURE

RHONDA PENNINGSAdm. Secretarial diplomacomputer Programming TechNetwork TechnologyRetain MarketingNursingAccounting-Assoc. of Appl SciHITGeneral EducationTransferNon-Transfer Gen EdAA-AS/Career OptionsAccounting Diploma

JAN SNYDERAdmissionsRegistrarCounselorFinancial AidStudent ActivitiesRecruiting & PlacementHousing foundation

KRISTIN KOLLBAUMMarketing/Community Relations

DAN REEVESBookstore

MURYL KORVERWeldingHeavy EquipmentGeneral MachiningCarpentryPowerlineIndustrial Instrumentation & ControlTruck & DieselMETAuto BodyAuto Service TechElectrical TechInd. & Comm. Wiring

ALETHEA STUBBEHuman ResourcesComputer ServicesPhysical Plant - MaintenancePhysical Plant - JanitorialBusiness ServicesMedia Services

MARLYS SCHWEBACKLearning CenterAlternative High School

KATHY BROCKContinuing Ed/ B&ILibrary


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Northwest Iowa Community College Planning

1998 Strategic PlanStrategic Plans


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lege

con

tinu

e to

look

tow

ard

the

futu

re o

f the

org

aniz

atio

n an

d th

e su

cces

s of

the

stud

ents

we

serv

e.

On

Nov

embe

r 17

, 200

4, t

he N

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

Boa

rdof

Tru

stee

’s ap

prov

ed t

he 2

004/

2008

Str

ateg

ic P

lan.

The

str

ateg

ic p

lann

ing

proc

ess

incl

uded

an

exte

nsiv

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

cann

ing

proc

ess,

an

anal

ysis

of

the

stre

ngth

s, w

eakn

esse

s, o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

thr

eats

(SW

OT

) co

nfro

ntin

gth

e C

olle

ge, a

rev

iew

and

upd

ate

of t

he m

issi

on, t

he c

reat

ion

of a

vis

ion

and

iden

tific

atio

n of

str

ateg

ic in

itia

tive

s th

at t

he C

olle

ge c

omm

unit

yw

ould

em

brac

e fo

r th

e ne

xt t

hree

to

five

year

s.

Follo

win

g th

e ap

prov

al o

f th

e 20

04–2

008

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an t

he C

olle

ge c

om-

mun

ity d

evel

oped

the

2004

–200

6 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n th

at s

uppo

rts

the

Col

lege

mis

sion

, vis

ion

and

stra

tegi

c in

itia

tive

s. A

com

preh

ensi

ve r

evie

w o

f th

eG

uidi

ng P

rinc

iple

s/V

alue

s of

the

Col

lege

will

be

cond

ucte

d in

the

fut

ure.

The

org

aniz

atio

n re

aliz

es t

hat

the

futu

re c

anno

t be

pre

dict

ed a

nd, a

t ti

mes

,ad

just

men

ts t

o th

e go

als,

obj

ecti

ves

and

stra

tegi

es n

eed

to b

e ad

dres

sed.

Sinc

e 19

94, t

he p

lann

ing

proc

esse

s at

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

geha

ve b

een

incl

usiv

e. T

he C

olle

ge c

omm

unit

y, w

hich

con

sist

s of

the

Boa

rdof

Tru

stee

s, a

dmin

istr

atio

n, f

acul

ty, s

taff

and

the

stu

dent

bod

y, a

long

wit

hin

divi

dual

s fr

om t

he e

xter

nal c

onst

itue

ncy

have

bee

n ac

tive

ly e

ngag

ed in

all

plan

ning

pro

cess

es.

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 3

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TIM

ELI

NE

Env

ironm

enta

l Sca

nnin

g

Impl

icat

ions

Wor

ksho

ps

SW

OT

Ana

lysi

s

2004

–200

8 S

trat

egic

Pla

nnin

g W

orks

hop

2004

–200

8 S

trat

egic

Pla

n A

ppro

ved

by C

olle

ge B

oard

of T

rust

ees

Dev

elop

200

4–20

06 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n

Dra

ft O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n P

rese

nted

to

Pla

nnin

g A

dvis

ory

Cou

ncil/

Col

lege

Com

mun

ity

2004

–200

6 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n to

Col

lege

Boa

rd o

f Tru

stee

s fo

r A

ppro

val

Ass

ess

2004

–200

6 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n

Dev

elop

200

6–20

08 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n

2006

–200

8 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n to

Col

lege

Boa

rd o

f Tru

stee

s fo

r A

ppro

val

Ass

ess

2004

–200

6 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n

Ass

ess

2006

–200

8 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n

Dev

elop

200

8–20

13 S

trat

egic

Pla

n

Ass

ess

2006

–200

8 O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n

2008

–201

3 S

trat

egic

Pla

n to

Col

lege

Boa

rd o

f Tru

stee

s fo

r A

ppro

val

Feb

ruar

y–Ju

ly 2

003

Aug

ust

28,

2003

Sep

tem

ber

2003

Oct

ober

10,

200

3

Nov

embe

r 17

, 20

03

Nov

embe

r 20

03–J

anua

ry 2

004

Feb

ruar

y 20

04

Mar

ch 1

5, 2

004

Mar

ch 2

005

Nov

embe

r 20

05–F

ebru

ary

2006

Mar

ch 2

006

Mar

ch 2

006

Mar

ch 2

007

Nov

embe

r 20

07–A

pril

2008

Mar

ch 2

008

May

200

8


Self-Study

In F

ebru

ary

of 2

003

the

Col

lege

em

brac

ed a

n en

viro

nmen

tal s

cann

ing

init

iati

ve in

whi

ch s

ix t

axon

omie

s w

ere

iden

tifie

d: L

abor

For

ce, D

ista

nce

Lear

ning

/Tec

hnol

ogy,

Dem

ogra

phic

, Com

peti

tion

/Edu

cati

on, E

cono

mic

s,an

d Po

litic

al. T

he p

urpo

se o

f th

e sc

anni

ng in

itia

tive

was

to

iden

tify

tre

nds

that

wou

ld h

ave

an im

pact

on

the

Col

lege

in t

he n

ext

thre

e to

fiv

e ye

ars.

Atr

end

is a

sta

tem

ent,

whi

ch r

efle

cts

the

gene

ral d

irec

tion

of

chan

ge. U

sual

lygr

adua

l, lo

ng t

erm

cha

nge,

con

sist

s of

for

ces

shap

ing

the

futu

re o

f th

eor

gani

zati

on, r

egio

n, n

atio

n or

soc

iety

in g

ener

al.

The

env

iron

men

tal s

cann

ing

proc

ess

had

both

an

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

lco

mpo

nent

. Int

erna

lly, s

ix s

can

team

s w

ere

form

ed w

ith

mem

bers

hip

onea

ch t

eam

con

sist

ing

of f

acul

ty, a

dmin

istr

atio

n, s

uppo

rt s

taff

, and

stu

dent

s(A

ppen

dix

I-a)

. The

sca

n te

ams

cond

ucte

d ex

tens

ive

rese

arch

reg

ardi

ng t

heid

enti

fied

taxo

nom

ies

and

deve

lope

d 28

tre

nds

stat

emen

ts, w

hich

wer

e su

p-po

rted

by

rati

onal

e an

d re

sour

ces

to v

alid

ate

thei

r po

tent

ial i

mpa

ct.

In a

dditi

on to

the

inte

rnal

scan

ning

effo

rt, 2

9 ex

tern

al in

terv

iew

s (A

ppen

dix

I-b)

wer

e co

nduc

ted

wit

h le

ader

ship

rep

rese

ntin

g ar

ea b

usin

ess,

indu

stry

, and

educ

atio

n. T

hese

inte

rvie

ws

incl

uded

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

rev

iew

of

the

tren

dsan

d th

e po

tent

ial i

mpa

ct t

o th

e C

olle

ge a

nd t

he a

rea

over

the

nex

t th

ree

tofiv

e ye

ars.

The

ext

erna

l inf

orm

atio

n w

as in

terp

olat

ed w

ith

the

inte

rnal

dat

a.

On

Aug

ust

28, 2

003,

29

com

plet

ed t

rend

sta

tem

ents

, rat

iona

le, r

esou

rces

and

impl

icat

ions

wer

e co

mpi

led

and

shar

ed in

tw

o w

orks

hops

with

both

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

l con

stit

uenc

ies.

The

pur

pose

of

thes

e w

orks

hops

was

to id

enti

fy a

ny im

plic

atio

ns t

he id

enti

fied

tren

ds w

ould

hav

e fo

r th

e fu

ture

of t

he C

olle

ge a

nd t

he c

omm

unit

ies

it s

erve

s. T

hirt

y-tw

o m

embe

rs o

f th

eex

tern

al c

omm

unit

y (A

ppen

dix

I-c)

and

38

mem

bers

of

the

inte

rnal

com

-m

unit

y (A

ppen

dix

I-d)

par

tici

pate

d in

the

Im

plic

atio

n W

orks

hops

.

The

pre

limin

ary

info

rmat

ion

com

pile

d th

roug

h th

e sc

anni

ng e

ffor

ts

was

rev

iew

ed b

y th

e E

xecu

tive

Cou

ncil

and

Plan

ning

Adv

isor

y C

ounc

il(A

ppen

dix

I-e)

as

part

of

the

Stra

tegi

c Pl

anni

ng W

orks

hop

that

was

hel

d on

Oct

ober

10,

200

4 to

for

mal

ize

the

new

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

for

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge. A

t th

at t

ime,

the

fol

low

ing

nine

tre

nds

wer

eid

enti

fied

that

wou

ld h

ave

the

have

the

mos

t si

gnifi

cant

impa

ct o

n th

eC

olle

ge o

ver

the

next

thr

ee t

o fiv

e ye

ars.

S

trat

egic

Pla

n 20

04–2

008/

Ope

ratio

nal P

lan

2004

–200

6P

age

4

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NTA

LS

CA

NN

ING

TR

EN

D 1

Dis

tanc

e ed

ucat

ion,

par

ticu

larl

y In

tern

et b

ased

inst

ruct

ion,

will

con

tinu

e to

gro

wan

d w

ill b

e in

tegr

ated

wit

h tr

adit

iona

l ins

truc

tion

at

the

Col

lege

.

TR

EN

D 2

Com

peti

tion

for

stu

dent

s en

rolli

ng in

hig

her

educ

atio

n w

ill in

tens

ify in

the

nex

tth

ree

to f

ive

year

s.

TR

EN

D 3

Bet

wee

n 19

95–2

025

the

num

ber

of p

erso

ns 1

8 or

old

er in

Iow

a is

exp

ecte

d to

incr

ease

whi

le t

he n

umbe

r of

you

ng p

eopl

e un

der

18 is

exp

ecte

d to

dec

reas

e du

ring

the

sam

e pe

riod

.

TR

EN

D 4

A c

olle

ge e

duca

tion

is in

crea

sing

ly p

ursu

ed in

a n

onlin

ear

way

fre

quen

tly c

ombi

ned

wit

h w

ork

and

peri

ods

of n

on-a

tten

danc

e, a

nd r

equi

ring

ext

ende

d ti

me

to c

ompl

ete

degr

ees.

TR

EN

D 5

The

mos

t si

gnifi

cant

job

grow

th in

nor

thw

est

Iow

a in

the

nex

t th

ree

to f

ive

year

sw

ill b

e in

hea

lth c

are

field

s, s

ervi

ce o

ccup

atio

ns, a

nd t

echn

ical

ly s

kille

d po

siti

ons.

TR

EN

D 6

Com

peti

tion

for

pub

lic f

unds

, dec

linin

g bu

dget

sur

plus

es, a

nd a

slu

ggis

h ec

onom

yw

ill im

pact

fun

ding

for

Iow

a’s c

omm

unit

y co

llege

s.

TR

EN

D 7

In t

he p

erio

d 19

90–2

002

the

popu

latio

n in

Lyo

n, O

’Bri

en a

nd O

sceo

la C

ount

ies

have

dec

reas

ed w

hile

Sio

ux C

ount

y ha

s in

crea

sed

and

this

tre

nd is

like

ly t

o co

ntin

uein

the

nex

t th

ree

to f

ive

year

s.

TR

EN

D 8

As

com

mun

ity

colle

ge t

uiti

on in

crea

ses

and

as s

tate

app

ropr

iati

ons

decr

ease

, stu

dent

sw

ill b

e fo

rced

to

rely

mor

e he

avily

on

loan

s, s

tude

nt/f

amily

con

trib

utio

n an

d sc

hol-

arsh

ips

to f

und

thei

r hi

gher

edu

cati

on.

TR

EN

D 9

Fede

ral a

nd/o

r st

ate

legi

slat

ive

and

exec

utiv

e bo

dies

will

con

tinu

e to

impa

ct c

olle

geop

erat

ions

thr

ough

a f

ocus

on

grea

ter

acco

unta

bilit

y.


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 5

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 1

: D

ista

nce

educ

atio

n, p

arti

cula

rly

Inte

rnet

bas

ed in

stru

ctio

n, w

ill c

onti

nue

to g

row

and

will

be

inte

grat

ed w

ith

trad

itio

nal i

nstr

ucti

on a

t N

CC

. (*T

rend

supp

orte

d in

inte

rvie

ws w

ith

com

mun

ity

lead

ers.)

Rat

ion

ale

Stud

ents

are

com

ing

to e

xpec

t co

mpu

ter-

enha

nced

tea

chin

g. O

n-lin

e co

urse

sse

t th

e st

anda

rds

all t

each

ers

shou

ld b

e em

ulat

ing.

For

erun

ners

in c

ompu

ter

usag

e w

ill le

ad t

he w

ay f

or t

he m

ore

trad

itio

nal f

acul

ty’s

embr

acin

g of

tec

h-no

logy

. Titl

e II

I gr

ant

obje

ctiv

es c

all f

or e

xpan

ded

tech

nolo

gy u

sage

by

facu

lty.

Res

ou

rces

•IC

CO

C N

CA

cha

nge

in s

tatu

s se

lf-st

udy,

Feb

ruar

y 20

02•

Tit

le I

II O

bjec

tive

3.7

As

the

resu

lt of

col

lege

-wid

e fa

culty

tra

inin

g on

the

us

e of

com

pute

r an

d m

edia

-ass

iste

d te

chno

logy

, 10%

of

the

facu

lty w

ill

prop

ose

to in

corp

orat

e te

chno

logy

into

the

cla

ssro

om. (

NC

C 2

000

Tit

le

III

Gra

nt)

•D

istan

ce E

duca

tion

at a

Gla

nce–

Bar

ry W

illis

, w

ww

.uid

aho.

edu/

eo/d

istg

lan.

htm

l •

Vir

tual

Sch

ools:

Tre

nds a

nd I

ssues

,w

ww

.wes

ted.

org/

onlin

epub

s/vi

rtua

lsch

ools

.pdf

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Iow

a V

irtu

al A

cade

my

Surv

ey, M

arch

200

3by

Iow

a Pu

blic

Tel

evis

ion

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Inst

ruct

ion

may

not

be

base

d at

the

Col

lege

.•

Met

hods

of

inst

ruct

ion

will

cha

nge.

•N

eed

to h

elp

stud

ents

one

on

one.

•M

ay c

ompr

omis

e kn

owle

dge

gain

ed.

•A

cces

ses

a br

oade

r kn

owle

dge

base

.•

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ease

in n

on-t

radi

tion

al s

tude

nts.

•M

ore

acce

ss t

o w

ork

forc

e tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams.

•M

ore

com

peti

tion

for

stu

dent

s an

d tr

aini

ng.

•N

eed

a su

ppor

t sy

stem

for

mai

nten

ance

.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

olle

ge

•N

eed

to lo

ok b

eyon

d ou

r ty

pica

l bou

ndar

ies

to o

ffer

cla

sses

.•

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ease

or

expa

nd o

ur m

arke

ting

eff

orts

on-

line.

•E

xpan

d th

e Le

arni

ng C

ente

r fo

r st

uden

ts w

anti

ng f

ace-

to-f

ace

inte

ract

ion.

•In

stru

ctio

nal m

etho

ds in

ass

essm

ents

will

nee

d to

cha

nge.

•M

ore

com

peti

tion

fro

m o

ther

inst

itut

ions

.•

Mus

t m

aint

ain

qual

ity

of e

-cou

rses

.•

Nee

d fo

r in

crea

sed

acce

ss t

o te

chno

logy

.•

Mai

nten

ance

nee

ds in

crea

sed.

•In

vest

igat

e te

chni

cal p

rogr

ams

on-l

ine

that

com

bine

on-

line

and

blen

ded

curr

icul

a.•

2+2+

2 ne

w p

artn

ersh

ips.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 6

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 2

:C

ompe

titi

on f

or s

tude

nts

enro

lling

in h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion

will

inte

nsif

y in

the

nex

t th

ree

to f

ive

year

s.

Rat

ion

ale

Past

tre

nds

show

tha

t m

ore

high

sch

ool g

radu

ates

are

cho

osin

g to

att

end

eith

er a

tw

o or

fou

r-ye

ar c

olle

ge o

r un

iver

sity

. The

per

cent

age

of I

owa

high

scho

ol s

tude

nts

inte

ndin

g to

pur

sue

post

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion/

trai

ning

incr

ease

d fr

om 6

1.4

perc

ent

in 1

985

to 8

2.7

perc

ent

in 2

001.

In

addi

tion

,th

ere

has

been

an

upw

ard

tren

d in

hig

h sc

hool

gra

duat

ion

rate

s fr

om 8

7.3

perc

ent

in 1

997

to 8

9.2

perc

ent

in 2

001.

Bot

h tw

o-ye

ar a

nd f

our-

year

col

lege

s/un

iver

siti

es h

ave

enha

nced

mar

keti

ngef

fort

s to

incr

ease

enr

ollm

ents

.

Res

ou

rces

•T

he A

nnua

l Con

ditio

n of

Edu

catio

n Re

port

, The

Iow

a D

epar

tmen

t of

E

duca

tion

, 200

2•

Con

ditio

n of

the

Com

mun

ity C

olle

ges,

Iow

a D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

cati

on, 2

002

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Com

peti

tion

bet

wee

n K

–12

and

post

-sec

onda

ry w

ill in

crea

se p

artn

ersh

ip

prob

lem

s.•

Pres

sure

on

high

er e

duca

tion

to

prov

ide

educ

atio

n an

d tr

aini

ng f

or jo

bs.

•N

ot h

avin

g do

rms

and

recr

eati

onal

fac

iliti

es c

ould

lead

to

decr

ease

d en

rollm

ents

.•

Mor

e ca

reer

dev

elop

men

t fo

r K

–12.

•A

dmis

sion

sta

ndar

ds w

ill c

hang

e.•

Com

mun

itie

s ne

ed t

o be

com

e pa

rt o

f th

e m

arke

ting

pla

n to

enh

ance

en

rollm

ent.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r C

olle

ge

•N

eed

to s

ell o

urse

lves

.•

Nee

d re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s an

d ac

tiviti

es to

att

ract

stu

dent

s in

the

com

mun

ity.

•N

eed

new

pro

gram

s in

bio

-tec

h an

d ex

pand

ed h

ealth

care

pro

gram

s.•

Mar

ket

to s

tude

nts.

•W

ork

coop

erat

ivel

y w

ith

high

sch

ools

so

stud

ents

will

be

tied

to

the

com

mun

ity

colle

ge b

efor

e gr

adua

ting

.•

Low

tui

tion

is a

com

peti

tive

adv

anta

ge.


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 7

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 3

: B

etw

een

1995

-202

5 th

e nu

mbe

r of

per

sons

18

or o

lder

in I

owa

is e

xpec

ted

to in

crea

se w

hile

the

num

ber

of y

oung

peo

ple

unde

r 18

is

exp

ecte

d to

dec

reas

e du

ring

the

sam

e pe

riod

. (*T

rend

supp

orte

d in

inte

rvie

ws w

ith

com

mun

ity

lead

ers.)

Rat

ion

ale

• U

.S. C

ensu

s B

urea

u, I

owa

Popu

lati

on P

roje

ctio

ns: 1

995–

2025

o T

he n

umbe

r an

d pr

opor

tion

of

Iow

a’s p

opul

atio

n th

at is

age

18

and

over

is e

xpec

ted

to in

crea

se fr

om 2

.1 m

illio

n or

74.

5% in

199

5 to

2.2

mill

ion

or

75.7

%in

200

0. P

roje

ctio

ns s

how

thi

s to

con

tinue

to

2.4

mill

ion

or

78.1

% b

y 20

25.

o A

ll st

ates

and

the

Dis

tric

t of

Col

umbi

a ar

e pr

ojec

ted

to s

how

a d

eclin

e in

the

pro

port

ion

of y

outh

(un

der

20)

in t

heir

pop

ulat

ions

.Spe

cific

ally

, Io

wa

is p

roje

cted

to

decr

ease

fro

m 2

8.4%

in 1

995

to 2

4.5%

in 2

025.

o T

he p

ropo

rtio

n of

eld

erly

(ov

er 6

5) is

exp

ecte

d to

incr

ease

fro

m 1

5.2%

in

199

5 to

22.

6% in

202

5.•

Offi

ce o

f Soc

ial a

nd E

cono

mic

Tre

nd A

naly

sis, I

owa

Dep

t. of

Pub

lic H

ealth

o Fr

om 1

991

to 2

001,

the

num

ber

of b

irth

s ha

s de

crea

sed

in th

e fo

ur c

ount

yar

eas.

Thi

s su

ppor

ts th

e tr

end

of d

ecre

ases

in n

umbe

rs o

f per

sons

und

er 2

0.o

From

199

1 to

200

1, t

he n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

in t

he f

our

coun

ty a

reas

has

de

crea

sed.

Thi

s su

ppor

ts t

he t

rend

of h

ighe

r nu

mbe

rs o

f per

sons

ove

r 65

.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Gre

ater

hea

lth c

are

cost

s.•

Few

er y

oung

peo

ple

to s

uppo

rt a

n ol

der

popu

lati

on.

• M

ore

cons

olid

atio

ns f

or K

–12

scho

ols.

• R

ealig

nmen

t of

pub

lic s

ervi

ces.

• M

ore

peop

le w

ill m

ove

to w

here

the

re a

re s

choo

ls.

• Ta

xes

to s

uppo

rt K

–12

will

dec

line,

as

ther

e ar

e fe

wer

chi

ldre

n in

sch

ool.

• Lo

ss o

f fe

eder

pro

gram

s fo

r em

ploy

ers.

• Fe

wer

you

ng p

eopl

e to

go

to c

olle

ge.

• Le

ss f

undi

ng f

or p

ublic

sch

ools

.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

olle

ge

• Sm

alle

r tr

adit

iona

l stu

dent

poo

l to

draw

fro

m.

• M

ay n

eed

less

on

cam

pus h

ousin

g be

caus

e of

com

mut

ers a

nd o

n-lin

e st

uden

ts.

• Po

tent

ial c

onso

lidat

ion

of K

–12

dist

rict

s w

ill p

rovi

de t

he C

olle

ge t

he

pote

ntia

l of

bein

g th

e pr

ovid

er o

f ed

ucat

ion

at t

he ju

nior

/sen

ior

leve

l.•

Few

er t

radi

tion

al a

ge s

tude

nts.

• E

xpan

d re

crui

ting

are

as.

• St

aff

need

s to

be

cros

s fu

ncti

onal

and

rec

ruit

.•

Mor

e cl

asse

s fo

r th

e el

derl

y.•

Flex

ible

sch

edul

es.

• M

ore

focu

s on

tra

inin

g.•

Mar

ket

to a

new

gro

up o

f st

uden

ts.

• E

ncou

rage

life

long

lear

ning

to

the

olde

r po

pula

tion

.•

Col

labo

rate

wit

h as

sist

ed li

ving

and

nur

sing

hom

es f

or li

felo

ng le

arni

ng

oppo

rtun

itie

s.•

Supp

ort

stud

ents

in d

evel

opm

enta

l cou

rses

.•

Part

ner

wit

h K

–12

at e

arlie

r ag

e.•

Stud

ents

are

at

the

com

mun

ity

colle

ge f

or m

ore

tim

e; t

hree

yea

rs a

s op

pose

d to

tw

o.•

Edu

cate

pub

lic o

n ex

pect

atio

ns f

or t

echn

ical

pro

gram

s.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 8

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Res

ou

rces

•“A

ging

: Eld

erly

Pop

ulat

ion

will

Rise

”,M

idw

este

rn D

emog

raph

ic T

rend

s an

d T

heir

Im

plic

atio

n fo

r Pu

bic

Polic

y•

Tabl

e 4:

Enr

ollm

ent

in g

rade

d K

-12

in p

ublic

ele

men

tary

and

sec

onda

ry

scho

ols,

by r

egio

n an

d st

ate,

with

pro

ject

ions

: Fal

l 199

3 to

fall

2011

, ht

tp://

nces

.ed.

gov/

pubs

2001

/pro

f01/

tabl

es/p

df/t

ab04

_2pd

f•

Gov

Sta

ts –

USA

Cou

ntie

s,

http

://g

ovin

fo.li

brar

y.or

st.e

du/p

hp/c

omm

erce

/sst

ate/

show

/php

•Se

lect

ed A

ge D

ata

for

Iow

a’s C

ount

ies,

199

0 an

d 20

00, U

S C

ensu

s B

urea

u•

Iow

a’s C

hang

ing

Popu

latio

n: A

Bri

ef R

evie

w o

f Tre

nds,

Iow

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity

Cen

sus

Serv

ices

• Io

wa

Popu

lati

on P

roje

ctio

ns: 1

995–

2025

, Sta

te P

opul

atio

n R

anki

ng

Sum

mar

y, U

.S. C

ensu

s B

urea

u, P

opul

atio

n D

ivis

ion

• B

irth

s, D

eath

s, N

atur

al C

hang

e (1

941-

2001

) fo

r Ly

on, O

’Bri

en, O

sceo

la,

and

Siou

x C

ount

ies,

Off

ice

of S

ocia

l and

Eco

nom

ic T

rend

Ana

lysi

s, I

owa

Dep

t. of

Pub

lic H

ealth

• “C

omo

Esta

s, D

es M

oine

s?”by

Tam

mer

lin D

rum

mon

d, T

ime

Mar

ch 1

9, 2

001

• Se

nate

Jou

rnal

: Pag

e 29

: Tue

sday

, Jan

uary

11,

200

0,

http

://w

ww

.legi

s.st

ate.

is.u

s•

“Bui

ldin

g a

Blu

epri

nt fo

r Io

wa’s

Fut

ure,

”Io

wa

2010

• C

ensu

s Tre

nds A

ffirm

Sur

prise

,by

Patr

ick

Rie

pe, F

rida

y, M

ay 1

8, 2

001,

ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

ress

-cit

izen

.com

/new

s/ce

nsus

2000

/051

801t

rend

s.ht

m•

“Iow

a’s C

hang

ing

Popu

latio

n: A

Bri

ef R

evie

w o

f Tre

nds”

Mar

ch 2

001

• O

ffic

e of

Soc

ial a

nd E

cono

mic

Tre

nd A

naly

sis,

Pop

ulat

ion

by H

ouse

hold

s fo

r Ly

on, O

’Bri

en, O

sceo

la, a

nd S

ioux

Cou

ntie

s (1

980-

2000

)•

Sena

te J

ourn

al: P

age

29: T

uesd

ay, J

anua

ry 1

1, 2

000

• “A

ging

in P

lace

”ht

tp:/

/ww

w.fs

c.ia

stat

e.ed

u/de

an/g

over

ance

/200

1ini

ativ

es

• “C

ensu

s Tre

nds A

ffirm

, Sur

prise

,”by

Pat

rick

J R

iepe

,ht

tp:/

/ww

w.p

ress

-cit

izen

s.co

m/n

ews/

cens

us20

00/0

5180

1tre

nds.

htm

TR

EN

D 3

co

nti

nu

ed...


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 9

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 4

:A c

olle

ge e

duca

tion

is in

crea

sing

ly p

ursu

ed in

a n

onlin

ear

way

fre

quen

tly

com

bine

d w

ith

wor

k an

d pe

riod

s of

no

n-at

tend

ance

, and

req

uiri

ng e

xten

ded

tim

e to

com

plet

e de

gree

s.

Rat

ion

ale

“Life

styl

es a

nd S

ocia

l Val

ues”

was

not

a t

axon

omy

that

the

Col

lege

iden

ti-

fied

at t

he o

nset

of

the

envi

ronm

enta

l sca

nnin

g pr

oces

s. A

t th

e St

rate

gic

Plan

ning

Wor

ksho

p he

ld o

n O

ctob

er 1

0, 2

003

this

tre

nd w

as a

dded

bas

edon

rev

iew

of

the

rati

onal

e an

d re

sour

ces

supp

lied

by T

he C

omm

unit

yC

olle

ge o

f B

alti

mor

e C

ount

y, B

alti

mor

e M

aryl

and

thro

ugh

Joel

Lap

in,

Prof

esso

r of

Soc

iolo

gy. I

t w

as f

elt

that

thi

s tr

end

wou

ld h

ave

a m

ajor

impa

cton

the

Col

lege

ove

r th

e ne

xt t

hree

to

five

year

s.

• T

he “

corp

orat

izat

ion”

of

educ

atio

n in

the

US

(e.g

. cor

pora

te f

undi

ng o

f

aspe

cts

of in

stit

utio

ns, i

nsti

tuti

ons

esta

blis

hing

for

-pro

fit s

ubsi

diar

ies,

for

pr

ofit

pro

vide

rs o

f ed

ucat

ion

and

trai

ning

), w

ill c

onti

nue.

•

Hom

e sc

hool

ing

and

sim

ilar

alte

rnat

ives

to

the

K–1

2 pu

blic

sch

ools

will

co

ntin

ue t

o in

crea

se in

the

fut

ure.

• A

s go

vern

men

t su

ppor

t fo

r hi

gher

edu

cati

on f

ails

to

mee

t ex

pect

atio

ns

and

need

s, m

ore

allia

nces

of

colle

ges

wit

h ot

her

inst

itut

ions

and

for

-pro

fit

orga

niza

tion

s w

ill in

crea

se.

• A

s bu

sine

ss a

nd t

heir

sup

port

ers

enco

urag

e ac

adem

ia t

o be

mor

e “b

usin

essl

ike,

” th

ere

will

be

a de

clin

e in

“lib

eral

edu

cati

on.”

Ski

lls

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

a ge

nera

l and

libe

ral a

rts

educ

atio

n (e

.g. p

robl

em s

olvi

ng,

conf

lict

reso

luti

on, r

easo

ning

, com

mun

icat

ion,

wri

ting

) co

ntin

ue t

o be

va

lued

by

and

soug

ht in

bus

ines

s or

gani

zati

ons.

• Fu

ture

fun

ding

for

pub

lic e

duca

tion

will

be

incr

easi

ngly

tie

d to

pe

rfor

man

ce a

nd/o

r le

arni

ng o

utco

me

mea

sure

men

ts.

• Li

fe-t

ime

lear

ners

will

pre

dom

inat

e in

the

fut

ure

in h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion.

• A

s di

stan

ce e

duca

tion

con

tinu

es t

o ev

olve

, edu

cati

on w

ill n

o lo

nger

be

a se

para

te a

nd d

istin

ct fu

nctio

n fr

om w

ork,

but

will

bec

ome

fuse

d w

ith w

ork.

• T

he p

opul

atio

n is

agi

ng, o

peni

ng u

p op

port

unit

ies

in e

duca

tion

and

tr

aini

ng in

ger

onto

logy

and

hea

lth c

are

(e.g

. nur

ses,

soc

ial w

orke

rs)

that

ne

ed q

ualif

ied

wor

kers

.

• In

the

dec

ades

ahe

ad t

he K

-12

popu

lati

on w

ill r

ise

and

will

be

incr

easi

ngly

m

inor

ity-

His

pani

c, A

sian

and

non

-whi

te.

• H

igh

scho

ol g

radu

atio

n an

d co

llege

enr

ollm

ent

and

grad

uati

on r

ates

for

A

fric

an-A

mer

ican

s an

d H

ispa

nics

will

con

tinu

e to

lag

wit

hout

suc

cess

ful

inte

rven

tion

.•

The

dem

and

for

publ

ic s

choo

l tea

cher

s in

K–1

2 w

ill c

onti

nue

to in

crea

se.

• Te

ache

r ed

ucat

ion

arti

cula

tion

pro

gram

s be

twee

n co

mm

unit

y co

llege

s an

d fo

ur-y

ear

inst

itut

ions

will

incr

ease

in t

he f

utur

e.

• G

eogr

aphi

c se

greg

atio

n in

K–1

2 pu

blic

sch

ools

will

con

tinu

e in

the

fut

ure.

• M

ore

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r lif

elon

g le

arni

ng w

ill s

hift

aw

ay f

rom

col

lege

s an

d un

iver

siti

es t

o no

n-tr

adit

iona

l and

diff

eren

t pr

ovid

ers

not

adhe

ring

to

trad

itio

nal b

orde

rs a

nd b

ound

arie

s.•

The

re is

incr

easi

ng e

mph

asis

on

colle

ges

beco

min

g le

arni

ng in

stit

utio

ns

rath

er t

han

teac

hing

inst

itut

ions

.•

The

re is

incr

easi

ng m

arke

t va

lue

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

skill

s ce

rtifi

cati

on (

by

prof

essi

onal

gro

ups

and

vend

ors

usin

g un

iver

sal s

tand

ards

) ov

er d

egre

es

awar

ded

by c

olle

ges

and

univ

ersi

ties

.•

Col

lege

s w

ill e

nrol

l inc

reas

ing

num

bers

of

stud

ents

req

uiri

ng r

emed

ial a

nd

deve

lopm

enta

l wor

k.•

New

tec

hnol

ogie

s al

low

, and

use

rs d

eman

d, n

ew w

ays

of in

tera

ctin

g w

ith

lear

ners

.•

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

s ar

e in

crea

sing

ly in

volv

ed in

inte

rnat

iona

l act

ivit

ies.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 10

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Res

ou

rces

• M

D D

epar

tmen

t of

Pla

nnin

g; B

alti

mor

e C

ount

y O

ffic

e of

Pla

nnin

g•

The

Bal

tim

ore

Sun

• U

S C

ensu

s B

urea

u•

CC

BC

Pla

nnin

g, R

esea

rch

and

Eval

uati

on O

ffic

e•

Bra

nch

et a

l., E

duca

tiona

l Med

ia a

nd T

echn

olog

y Ye

arbo

ok 2

000,

vol.

25•

Cel

ente

, Ger

ald,

The

Top

Tre

nds

of t

he 2

1st

Cen

tury

, ht

tp:/

/ww

w.tr

ends

rese

arch

.com

/top

ten.

htm

l•

Cor

son,

Dav

id, “

The

Ecl

ipse

of

Libe

ral E

duca

tion

in t

he T

wen

ty-F

irst

C

entu

ry, E

duca

tiona

l Rev

iew

,Jun

e, 2

000

• K

erka

, San

dra,

“V

irtu

al L

earn

ing:

The

Goo

d, t

he B

ad, a

nd t

he U

gly,

” Tr

ends

and

Issu

es A

lert

, Num

ber

12,2

000

• K

erka

, San

dra,

“C

aree

r D

evel

opm

ent

Spec

ialti

es f

or t

he 2

1st

Cen

tury

,”

Tren

ds a

nd I

ssues

Ale

rt, N

umbe

r 13

,200

0•

Kol

ler,

et a

l., L

inka

ges

for

Inte

ract

ive

Tran

sact

iona

l Edu

cati

on,

http

://w

ww

.bre

vard

.cc.

fl.us

/cci

d/lit

e/lit

ehis

t.txt

.•

Mar

ylan

d St

ate

Dep

artm

ent

on A

ging

• M

aryl

and

Hig

her

Edu

cati

on C

omm

issi

on•

Nat

iona

l Edu

cati

on A

ssoc

iati

on, Q

ualit

y D

rive

n Fu

ture

s, M

arke

t D

rive

n Fu

ture

s, h

ttp:

//w

ww

.nea

.org

/he/

futu

re/q

ualit

y.ht

ml

• O

’Ban

ion,

Ter

ry. T

he L

earn

ing

Revo

lutio

n,19

99•

Ryl

and,

Jan

e N

. “Te

chno

logy

and

the

Fut

ure

of t

he C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge,”

N

ew E

xped

ition

s: C

hang

ing

the

Seco

nd C

entu

ry o

f Com

mun

ity C

olle

ges,

Num

ber

10,2

000

• Tr

end

Lett

er, “

The

Cor

pora

tizat

ion

of O

ngoi

ng E

duca

tion,

” 10

/5/2

000,

vo

lum

e 18

, num

ber

19.

• In

terv

iew

s w

ith

subj

ect

mat

ter

expe

rts,

fal

l 200

2–sp

ring

200

3.

Imp

licat

ion

s T

his

tren

d w

as n

ot r

evie

wed

at

the

Impl

icat

ions

Wor

ksho

ps o

n A

ugus

t 28

, 200

3.


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 11

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 5

:The

mos

t si

gnif

ican

t jo

b gr

owth

in n

orth

wes

t Io

wa

in t

he n

ext

thre

e to

fiv

e ye

ars

will

be

in h

ealt

h ca

re f

ield

s, s

ervi

ce o

ccup

atio

ns,

and

tech

nica

lly s

kille

d po

siti

ons.

(*T

rend

supp

orte

d in

inte

rvie

ws w

ith

com

mun

ity

lead

ers.)

Rat

ion

ale

Man

ufac

turi

ng is

flu

id in

nor

thw

est

Iow

a. A

s th

e m

anuf

actu

ring

tec

hnol

ogy

cont

inue

s to

cha

nge,

the

nee

d fo

r m

ore

skill

ed p

osit

ions

will

con

tinu

e to

incr

ease

. Wit

hin

the

four

and

hal

f co

unti

es s

erve

d by

the

Col

lege

, mos

t co

m-

mun

itie

s pr

ovid

e he

alth

ser

vice

s, s

uch

as n

ursi

ng h

ome

faci

litie

s, m

edic

alcl

inic

s, a

nd h

ospi

tals

. Wit

h th

e ag

ing

popu

lati

on in

nor

thw

est

Iow

a an

dre

late

d se

rvic

es f

or t

he a

ging

, mor

e he

alth

car

e jo

bs w

ill b

e av

aila

ble.

Res

ou

rces

• O

ccup

atio

nal O

utlo

ok Q

uart

erly

, Win

ter

2001

–02,

“C

hart

ing

the

Proj

ecti

ons:

200

0–10

”•

Msn

bc.c

om 4

/3/2

003,

Rep

ort

Car

d on

the

Job

Mar

ket

• “R

egio

n 4

Occ

upat

iona

l Pro

ject

ions

: 119

8–20

08,”

Iow

a W

orkf

orce

D

evel

opm

ent

• H

ecke

r, D

anie

l E.,

Mon

thly

Lab

or R

evie

w, “

Occ

upat

iona

l Em

ploy

men

t Pr

ojec

tion

s to

201

0,”

Nov

embe

r 20

01•

Bls

.com

12/0

3/01

, BLS

Rel

ease

s 20

00–2

010

Em

ploy

men

t Pr

ojec

tion

s•

Em

ploy

men

trev

iew

.com

, Jan

uary

200

1, A

nnua

l Hel

p-W

ante

d In

dica

tor

2001

• “N

ursi

ng S

hort

ages

Thr

eate

n H

ealth

Car

e in

Eve

ry S

tate

: Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

s The

Cos

t-E

ffec

tive

Sol

utio

n,”

Am

eric

an A

ssoci

atio

n of

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

s•

“Iow

a Tr

ends

,” I

owa

Wor

kfor

ce D

evel

opm

ent N

ews a

nd T

rend

s, 3/

14/2

003

• “L

abor

Sur

vey

Rep

ort,”

Iow

a G

reat

Lak

es, 2

000,

Lyo

n C

ount

y,20

00, S

ioux

C

ount

y, 1

993,

O’B

rien

Cou

nty,

199

4•

“Nur

sing

Sho

rtag

es A

gain

,” T

ERM

, Jul

y–A

ugus

t 19

98

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Man

y se

rvic

e jo

bs a

re e

ntry

leve

l.•

Mor

e op

port

unit

ies

for

trai

ning

in h

ealth

car

e jo

bs.

• M

ore

hosp

ital

s an

d co

nsol

idat

ion

of h

ealth

car

e fa

cilit

ies.

• O

ppor

tuni

ties

for

pos

t se

cond

ary

trai

ning

in h

ealth

car

e jo

bs.

• N

eed

for

fund

ing

incr

ease

s in

pos

t se

cond

ary

educ

atio

n.•

Part

ners

hips

wit

h po

st s

econ

dary

and

K–1

2’s

need

to

grow

.•

Part

ners

hips

wit

h bu

sine

ss a

nd in

dust

ry w

ill n

eed

to g

row

.•

Trai

ning

will

nee

d to

be

take

n to

lear

ners

.•

Exp

and

or c

onst

ruct

new

fac

iliti

es.

• M

ore

dem

and

for

low

cos

t se

rvic

es.

• O

ppor

tuni

ties

for

sec

ond

inco

me

jobs

in t

hese

fie

lds.

• N

eed

for

a m

ore

dive

rse

skill

ed la

bor

pool

.•

Hea

lth c

are

will

dem

and

grea

ter

wir

eles

s te

chno

logy

.•

Hig

her

educ

atio

n w

ill n

eed

to f

ind

thei

r ni

tch

in t

his

tren

d.•

Hea

lth c

are

cons

olid

atio

n on

a r

egio

nal b

asis

.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

olle

ge

• O

ppor

tuni

ties

for

new

pro

gram

s.•

Prog

ram

add

itio

ns n

eed

to m

atch

job

open

ings

.•

Shor

ter

cour

ses

that

pro

vide

spe

cific

mar

keta

ble

skill

s.•

Mor

e op

port

unit

ies

for

heal

thca

re t

rain

ing

need

s an

d co

urse

s.•

Incr

ease

d pa

rtne

rshi

ps w

ith

busi

ness

and

indu

stry

.•

Col

lege

nee

ds t

o pl

ay a

rol

e in

pro

vidi

ng c

aree

r aw

aren

ess

for

stud

ents

.•

Exp

and

to n

ew t

echn

olog

ies,

i.e.

win

d en

ergy

& b

io-t

ech.

• E

xpan

d cu

rren

t en

rollm

ent

of e

xist

ing

prog

ram

s.•

Nee

d fo

r se

rvic

e re

late

d pr

ogra

ms

thro

ugh

cont

inui

ng e

duca

tion

.•

Nee

d fo

r ce

rtifi

cati

on p

rogr

ams

in p

lum

bing

, HV

AC

.•

Red

uced

enr

ollm

ent

at t

he C

olle

ge.

• R

educ

e or

cut

pro

gram

s at

the

Col

lege

.•

New

pro

gram

s m

ay n

eed

new

fac

iliti

es o

r al

tern

ativ

e fa

cilit

ies.

• M

arke

t pr

ogra

ms

whi

ch in

volv

e in

crea

sing

tec

hnic

al s

kills

in h

ealth

car

e.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 12

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 6

: C

ompe

titi

on f

or p

ublic

fun

ds, d

eclin

ing

budg

et s

urpl

uses

, a s

lugg

ish

econ

omy

will

impa

ct f

undi

ng f

or I

owa’s

com

mun

ity

colle

ges.

Rat

ion

ale

Rev

enue

s fo

r th

e st

ate

of I

owa

cont

inue

to

be p

robl

emat

ic c

reat

ing

diff

icul

tde

cisi

ons

for

the

legi

slat

ive

and

adm

inis

trat

ive

bran

ches

of

Iow

a go

vern

men

t.C

omm

unit

y co

llege

s ha

ve b

een

reco

gniz

ed a

s ke

y pl

ayer

s in

eco

nom

ic r

evi-

taliz

atio

n th

at o

ur s

tate

may

exp

erie

nce.

At

a ti

me

whe

n co

mm

unit

y co

llege

serv

ices

are

nee

ded

mor

e th

an e

ver,

stat

e fu

ndin

g st

ream

s ha

ve d

imin

ishe

d.

Res

ou

rces

•St

ate

Rai

ds S

peci

al P

rogr

ams f

or B

udge

t, Pe

rry

Bee

man

and

Cla

rk K

auff

man

•U

nequ

al I

mpa

ct: C

omm

unity

Col

lege

s Fac

e D

ispro

port

iona

te C

uts i

n St

ate

Bud

gets,

Sar

a H

ebel

•C

omm

unity

Col

lege

s Fac

e M

oney

Los

s, Tu

ition

Hik

e, M

ary

Bet

h M

arkl

ein

•Fi

nanc

e in

the

Com

mun

ity C

olle

ge, T

opic

al B

iogr

aphy

•C

olle

ges W

arn

of M

assiv

e C

utba

cks,

Mar

gari

ta B

auza

•2-

year

Col

lege

s Fac

e C

uts,

And

rew

Wel

sh-H

uggi

ns•

Your

Fut

ure

is H

ere,

Iow

a A

ssoc

iati

on o

f C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge T

rust

ees,

20

03 L

egis

lati

ve A

gend

a

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Com

mun

ity

colle

ges

are

goin

g to

hav

e to

be

inno

vati

ve in

rai

sing

fun

ds.

• M

ay n

eed

to o

ut s

ourc

e tr

aini

ng t

o re

duce

cos

ts.

• E

duca

tion

nee

ds a

mor

e so

phis

tica

ted

lobb

ying

eff

ort.

• Po

tent

ial f

or h

ighe

r tu

itio

n.•

Mor

e pa

rtne

rshi

ps.

• M

ore

dist

ance

lear

ning

.•

Inab

ility

to

star

t ne

w p

rogr

ams.

Imp

licat

ion

s to

th

e C

olle

ge

• N

eed

fund

s to

att

ract

new

inst

ruct

ors.

• T

he C

olle

ge n

eeds

inno

vati

ve f

und

rais

ing.

• T

he C

olle

ge n

eeds

to

wor

k w

ith

polit

icia

ns t

o ga

in a

larg

er p

iece

of

the

pie.

• T

he C

olle

ge n

eeds

to

be s

een

as a

pro

mot

er o

f ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent.

• T

he C

olle

ge n

eeds

to

part

ner

wit

h ot

her

com

mun

ity

colle

ges

and

busi

ness

an

d in

dust

ry t

o ex

tens

ivel

y lo

bby

the

legi

slat

ure.

• St

uden

ts n

eed

to lo

bby

mor

e, lo

cally

and

in D

es M

oine

s.


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 13

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 7

: In

the

per

iod

1990

–200

2 th

e po

pula

tion

in L

yon,

O’B

rien

and

Osc

eola

Cou

ntie

s ha

ve d

ecre

ased

whi

le S

ioux

Cou

nty

has

incr

ease

d an

d th

is t

rend

is li

kely

to

cont

inue

in t

he n

ext

thre

e to

fiv

e ye

ars.

(*T

rend

supp

orte

d in

inte

rvie

ws w

ith

com

mun

ity

lead

ers.)

Rat

ion

ale

•U

.S. C

ensu

s B

urea

u, I

owa

Popu

lati

on P

roje

ctio

ns: 1

995–

2025

o

The

dat

a pr

ojec

ts P

roje

ct I

owa

will

fal

l fro

m 3

0th

mos

t po

pulo

us s

tate

to

the

33rd

mos

t pop

ulou

s by

2025

; how

ever

this

is an

act

ual i

ncre

ase

of 2

00,0

00 p

eopl

e.•

Offi

ce o

f Soc

ial a

nd E

cono

mic

Tre

nd A

naly

sis, C

ensu

s Cou

nts 1

990

and

2000

and

Popu

latio

n Es

timat

es (1

990–

2002

) for

Lyo

n, O

’Brie

n, O

sceo

la, a

nd S

ioux

Cou

ntie

so

Cen

sus

data

sho

ws

the

popu

lati

on in

Lyo

n, O

’Bri

en, a

nd O

sceo

la h

as

decr

ease

d. T

he t

rend

sug

gest

s a

cont

inui

ng d

ecre

ase

in t

hese

cou

ntie

s. T

heda

ta f

or S

ioux

Cou

nty;

how

ever

, sho

ws

an in

crea

sing

pop

ulat

ion

wit

h th

ose

proj

ectio

ns s

uppo

rtin

g th

e co

ntin

uatio

n of

thi

s po

pula

tion

incr

ease

.•

Off

ice

of S

ocia

l and

Eco

nom

ic T

rend

Ana

lysi

s, P

opul

atio

n by

Age

(5–

year

in

crem

ents

) fo

r Ly

on, O

’Bri

en, O

sceo

la, a

nd S

ioux

Cou

ntie

so

The

dat

a su

ppor

ts th

e de

crea

se in

thos

e un

der

20 a

nd th

e in

crea

se in

thos

e ov

er18

. The

re is

a sm

all d

ecre

ase

in th

e nu

mbe

r of p

erso

ns b

etw

een

55 a

nd 7

4 w

ith a

nin

crea

se in

thos

e ov

er 7

5, w

hich

supp

orts

the

trend

of i

ncre

asin

gly

olde

r pop

ulat

ion.

• Io

wa’s

Cha

ngin

g Po

pula

tion

: A B

rief

Rev

iew

of T

rend

s (2

001)

o

From

194

0 to

200

0, I

owa’s

rur

al p

opul

atio

n de

crea

sed

whi

le t

he u

rban

po

pula

tion

has

bee

n in

crea

sing

.

Res

ou

rces

• C

ensu

s C

ount

s 19

90 a

nd 2

000

and

Popu

lati

on E

stim

ates

(19

90–2

002)

for

Ly

on, O

’Brie

n, O

sceo

la, a

nd S

ioux

Cou

ntie

s, ht

tp://

ww

w.se

ta.ia

stat

e.ed

u/ce

nsus

• Po

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“Bui

ldin

g a

Blu

epri

nt fo

r Io

wa’s

Fut

ure”

Iow

a 20

10

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Gro

wth

in n

onag

ricu

ltura

l com

mun

itie

s w

ill b

e ne

ar c

omm

unit

ies

wit

h a

good

indu

stri

al b

ase.

• Si

oux

Cou

nty

grow

th w

ill s

prea

d to

oth

er c

ount

ies.

• Le

ss t

ax a

nd le

ss b

usin

ess

oppo

rtun

itie

s in

Lyo

n, O

’Bri

en a

nd

Osc

eola

cou

ntie

s.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

olle

ge

• E

xplo

re o

ppor

tuni

ties

out

side

our

tra

diti

onal

fou

r co

unty

are

a.•

Dec

reas

ed s

ervi

ces

in O

sceo

la, O

’Bri

en &

Lyo

n co

unti

es.

• Sa

telli

te c

ampu

s in

Sio

ux C

ount

y.•

Wor

k w

ith

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t to

hel

p in

crea

se t

he p

opul

atio

n of

dec

linin

g co

unti

es.

• E

xpan

d co

ncep

t of

Jes

co/C

orpo

rate

Cen

ter

to o

ther

com

mun

itie

s.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 14

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 8

: A

s co

mm

unit

y co

llege

tui

tion

incr

ease

s an

d as

sta

te a

ppro

pria

tion

s de

crea

se, s

tude

nts

will

be

forc

ed t

o re

ly m

ore

heav

ily o

n lo

ans,

stu

dent

/fam

ily c

ontr

ibut

ion

and

scho

lars

hips

to

fund

the

ir h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion.

Rat

ion

ale

Stat

e an

d fe

dera

l fun

ding

will

con

tinu

e to

dec

line.

Thi

s pl

aces

a g

reat

erfin

anci

al b

urde

n on

the

stu

dent

. Fro

m it

s co

ncep

tion

, the

mis

sion

of

the

com

mun

ity

colle

ge w

as f

or a

ll ci

tize

ns t

o ha

ve a

cces

s to

hig

her

educ

atio

n.C

onti

nued

incr

ease

in t

uiti

on w

ill c

lose

the

doo

r to

man

y po

tent

ial s

tude

nts.

Res

ou

rces

•

Con

gres

s Lea

ves P

ell G

rant

Inc

reas

e O

ut o

f Bud

get,

Mik

e La

rose

• A

t Odd

s Ove

r Fi

nanc

ial A

id C

hang

es, M

icha

el F

letc

her

• B

udge

t May

Clo

se S

ome

Doo

rs o

n Ed

ucat

ion,

Jac

kie

Alli

fax

• Ta

x Le

gisla

tion,

AA

CC

/Leg

isla

tive

Upd

ates

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Nee

d fo

r sc

hola

rshi

p m

oney

.•

Few

er s

tude

nts.

• N

eed

for

a m

ore

acti

ve F

ound

atio

n.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

olle

ge

• Fi

nd m

ore

scho

lars

hip

sour

ces.

• In

crea

se o

ur r

ecru

itin

g ef

fort

s.•

Enc

oura

ge b

usin

esse

s to

tel

l wor

kers

tha

t w

e ar

e a

chea

per

sour

ce fo

r tu

ition

.•

Dev

elop

or

rese

arch

a lo

an r

epay

men

t pr

ogra

m.

• Fe

wer

stu

dent

s.


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 15

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

TR

EN

D 9

: Fe

dera

l and

/or

stat

e le

gisl

ativ

e an

d ex

ecut

ive

bodi

es w

ill c

onti

nue

to im

pact

col

lege

ope

rati

ons

thro

ugh

a fo

cus

on g

reat

er a

ccou

ntab

ility

.

Rat

ion

ale

Edu

cati

onal

ref

orm

has

bee

n at

the

for

efro

nt s

ince

198

3 w

hen

A N

atio

n A

tR

iskw

as p

ublis

hed.

In

1993

a s

imila

r re

port

was

issu

ed t

hat

focu

sed

on t

hein

adeq

uaci

es o

f hi

gher

edu

cati

on–A

n A

mer

ican

Im

pera

tive:

Hig

her

Expe

ctat

ions

for

Hig

her

Educ

atio

n. I

n 20

00, t

he N

o C

hild

Lef

t Beh

ind

legi

sla-

tion

was

ena

cted

. Edu

catio

nal r

efor

m w

ill c

ontin

ue t

o de

man

d ac

coun

tabi

lity.

Res

ou

rces

• T

he N

atio

nal C

omm

issi

on o

n E

xcel

lenc

e in

Edu

cati

on.

A N

atio

n A

t Risk

: The

Im

pera

tive

for

Educ

atio

nal R

efor

m.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.: U

.S. G

over

nmen

t Pr

inti

ng O

ffic

e, A

pril

1983

• W

ings

prea

d G

roup

on

Hig

her

Edu

cati

on. A

n A

mer

ican

Im

pera

tive:

H

ighe

r Ex

pect

atio

ns fo

r H

ighe

r Ed

ucat

ion,

Wis

e. T

he J

ohns

on

Foun

dati

on 1

993

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

om

mu

nit

y•

Focu

s on

rea

ding

and

mat

h sc

ores

.•

Col

lege

s w

ill m

ove

tow

ard

emph

asiz

ing

the

succ

ess

of s

tude

nts

mor

e th

an

the

scor

es o

f st

uden

ts.

• Lo

ss o

f lo

cal c

ontr

ol.

Imp

licat

ion

s fo

r th

e C

olle

ge

• D

issa

tisf

acti

on o

f fa

culty

.•

Har

der

to r

ecru

it t

each

ers.

• M

ore

docu

men

tati

on a

t th

e C

olle

ge.

• In

crea

sed

wor

k fo

r In

stit

utio

nal R

esea

rch

Coo

rdin

ator

.•

Incr

ease

d st

aff

to p

rove

or

docu

men

t ac

coun

tabi

lity.

• W

ill t

each

tow

ards

acc

ount

abili

ty m

easu

res

and

not

skill

s ne

eded

.•

Less

tim

e to

mee

t st

uden

t ne

eds,

as

mor

e ti

me

is s

pent

on

acco

unta

bilit

y.•

May

lose

goa

ls o

f th

e in

stit

utio

n.•

Thr

eat

to s

taff

and

loca

l com

mun

ity.

• M

ore

pape

r w

ork

and

mor

e re

sour

ces

for

acco

unta

bilit

y.•

Less

loca

l con

trol

mor

e ce

ntra

lized

sta

te a

nd f

eder

al c

ontr

ol.

• M

ore

conf

lict

of c

rite

ria

and

less

fle

xibi

lity.


Self-Study

The

adm

inis

trat

ion,

fac

ulty

and

sta

ff o

f N

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

com

plet

ed a

com

preh

ensi

ve a

naly

sis

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

engt

hs,

wea

knes

ses,

opp

ortu

niti

es a

nd t

hrea

ts in

Sep

tem

ber

of 2

003.

Tw

enty

stre

ngth

s, 2

1 w

eakn

esse

s, 1

7 op

port

unit

ies

and

19 t

hrea

ts w

ere

iden

tifie

dth

roug

h a

proc

ess

that

invo

lved

the

ent

ire

Col

lege

com

mun

ity.

The

Exe

cuti

ve C

ounc

il an

d Pl

anni

ng A

dvis

ory

Cou

ncil

also

rev

iew

ed t

heco

mpr

ehen

sive

SW

OT

Ana

lysi

s at

the

Str

ateg

ic P

lann

ing

Wor

ksho

p on

Oct

ober

10,

200

3. A

t th

at t

ime,

the

str

engt

hs, w

eakn

esse

s, o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

thre

ats

that

wou

ld h

ave

the

mos

t si

gnifi

cant

impa

ct o

n th

e C

olle

geov

er t

he n

ext

thre

e to

fiv

e ye

ars

wer

e id

enti

fied.

For

the

purp

ose

of in

stit

utio

nal p

lann

ing,

the

fol

low

ing

defin

itio

ns a

pply

:

Stre

ngth

s–In

tern

al c

hara

cter

isti

cs t

hat

are

uniq

ue, s

peci

al, h

ighl

y va

lued

or

posi

tive

.

Wea

knes

ses–

Inte

rnal

cha

lleng

es t

hat

an o

rgan

izat

ion

face

s or

lim

itat

ions

to

achi

eve

thei

r m

issi

on a

nd g

oals

.

Opp

ortu

niti

es–R

efle

cted

whe

n th

e ex

tern

al e

nvir

onm

ent

is c

lose

ly a

ligne

dw

ith

an in

stit

utio

nal s

tren

gth.

Asp

ects

of

the

exte

rnal

env

iron

men

t th

at w

illcr

eate

or

acce

lera

te a

nee

d or

a c

apab

ility

tha

t is

or

can

be a

str

engt

h of

the

orga

niza

tion

.

Thr

eats

–Ref

lect

ed w

hen

the

exte

rnal

env

iron

men

t ac

tual

ly o

r po

tent

ially

redu

ces

or e

limin

ates

a c

apab

ility

or

need

for

a ca

pabi

lity

of a

n or

gani

zatio

n.

ST

RE

NG

TH

S

• Lo

w s

tude

nt t

o fa

culty

rat

io.

• Pa

rtne

rshi

ps w

ith b

usin

ess &

indu

stry

, Are

a Ed

ucat

ion

Age

ncy

IV, a

ndLo

cal E

duca

tion

Age

ncie

s.•

Exc

elle

nt s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

to e

nhan

ce s

tude

nt le

arni

ng.

• St

aff,

facu

lty, a

nd a

dmin

istr

atio

n co

mm

itte

d to

the

mis

sion

of

the

Col

lege

.•

Qua

lity

prog

ram

s of

fere

d.•

Cre

dit

and

non-

cred

it p

rogr

ams

reco

gniz

ed.

WE

AK

NE

SS

ES

• Li

mit

ed s

tude

nt li

fe.

• H

igh

adju

nct

to f

ull-

tim

e fa

culty

rat

io.

• Tu

rf/s

ilo/t

rust

issu

es.

• D

ata

colle

ctio

n an

d an

alys

is.

OP

PO

RT

UN

ITIE

S

• N

ew p

rogr

am d

evel

opm

ent.

• St

rong

er r

elat

ions

hips

wit

h al

l par

tner

s.•

Dis

tanc

e le

arni

ng in

itia

tive

s.•

Exp

lora

tion

of

Cor

pora

te C

olle

ge c

once

pt.

• Fo

unda

tion

gro

wth

.•

Esc

alat

ing

cost

s of

hig

her

educ

atio

n m

ake

the

Col

lege

a m

ore

attr

acti

ve o

ptio

n.

TH

RE

AT

S

• In

adeq

uate

sta

te a

nd lo

cal f

undi

ng.

• In

crea

sed

com

peti

tion

for

stu

dent

s.•

Dec

linin

g po

pula

tion

bas

e.•

Failu

re t

o pa

ss 2

0 ¢

levy

.

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 16

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

1 4

SW

OT

AN

ALY

SIS


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 17

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

OP

ER

AT

ION

AL

PLA

N

The

200

4–20

06 O

pera

tion

al P

lan

that

is a

rtic

ulat

ed o

n th

e fo

llow

ing

page

s di

rect

ly s

uppo

rts

the

stra

tegi

c in

itia

tive

s th

at w

ere

iden

tifie

d in

th

e 20

04–2

008

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an t

hrou

gh m

easu

rabl

e go

als,

obj

ecti

ves

and

stra

tegi

es.

Five

com

mit

tees

rep

rese

ntin

g C

olle

ge a

dmin

istr

atio

n, f

acul

ty, a

nd s

taff

(App

endi

x I-

f) d

evel

oped

the

goa

ls, o

bjec

tive

s an

d st

rate

gies

tha

t ar

ede

fined

on

the

follo

win

g pa

ges.

A d

raft

of

the

2004

–200

6 O

pera

tion

al P

lan

was

sha

red

wit

h th

e C

olle

geC

omm

unit

y fo

r co

mm

ent

and

clar

ifica

tion

via

e-m

ail a

nd o

pen

mee

ting

sof

fere

d by

the

Col

lege

Pre

side

nt. T

he E

xecu

tive

Cou

ncil

and

the

Plan

ning

Adv

isor

y C

ounc

il co

nduc

ted

a th

orou

gh r

evie

w o

f th

e pl

an, p

rior

to

pre-

sent

ing

it t

o th

e B

oard

of T

rust

ees

for

appr

oval

. For

pur

pose

s of a

sses

smen

tan

d to

alig

n m

ore

effic

ient

ly w

ith th

e C

olle

ge’s

budg

etin

g pr

oces

s, th

e B

oard

of

Trus

tees

app

rove

d th

e 20

04–2

006

Ope

ratio

nalP

lan

on M

arch

15,

200

4.

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge is

acc

redi

ted

by t

he H

ighe

r Le

arni

ngC

omm

issi

on: N

orth

Cen

tral

Ass

ocia

tion

. In

an e

ffor

t to

impr

ove

the

inst

i-tu

tiona

l pla

nnin

g pr

oces

s th

e C

olle

ge h

as m

ade

an e

ffort

to a

lign

the

plan

ning

proc

ess

wit

h ac

cred

itat

ion.

The

Ope

rati

onal

Pla

nnin

g Te

ams

purp

osef

ully

iden

tifie

d ap

prop

riat

e lin

ks b

etw

een

oper

atio

nal g

oals

and

the

cur

rent

NC

A C

rite

rion

(A

ppen

dix

II).

Thi

s w

ill a

llow

the

Col

lege

to

rem

ain

focu

sed

on t

he C

rite

rion

into

the

fut

ure.

The

200

4–20

06 O

pera

tion

al P

lan

will

dir

ectly

alig

n w

ith

the

FY05

and

FY06

bud

geti

ng p

roce

ss a

t th

e C

olle

ge. B

udge

t re

ques

ts t

hat

supp

ort

the

stra

tegi

c in

itia

tive

s an

d op

erat

iona

l goa

ls w

ill b

e gi

ven

prio

rity

con

side

ra-

tion

for

fun

ding

.

ST

RA

TE

GIC

INIT

IAT

IVE

S

En

han

cin

g S

tud

ent

Su

cces

sN

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

is d

edic

ated

to

enha

ncin

g st

uden

t su

cces

s by

fac

ilita

ting

pro

cess

es w

here

eve

ry in

divi

dual

ca

n re

aliz

e hi

s or

her

ful

l pot

enti

al t

hrou

gh le

arni

ng.

Exp

and

ing

Lea

rnin

g O

pp

ort

un

itie

sN

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

will

pur

sue,

str

engt

hen

and

expa

nd le

arni

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

our

stu

dent

s an

d co

mm

unit

ies

thro

ugh

part

ners

hips

and

new

init

iati

ves.

Dev

elo

pin

g A

lter

nat

ive

Res

ou

rces

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge w

ill a

ggre

ssiv

ely

purs

ue a

lter-

nati

ve r

esou

rces

tha

t w

ill a

ugm

ent

prog

ram

s an

d fa

cilit

ies.

Exp

and

ing

En

rollm

ent

Man

agem

ent

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge is

com

mit

ted

to e

xpan

ding

enro

llmen

t m

anag

emen

t in

itia

tive

s to

ens

ure

futu

re v

iabi

lity

of t

heC

olle

ge’s

visi

on a

nd m

issi

on.

Em

bra

cin

g a

Co

llab

ora

tive

Cu

ltu

reN

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

fac

ulty

, sta

ff a

nd a

dmin

istr

a-ti

on a

re d

evot

ed t

o em

brac

ing

a co

llabo

rati

ve c

ultu

re t

hat

will

ser

veas

the

fou

ndat

ion

for

qual

ity

in s

tude

nt a

nd c

omm

unit

y le

arni

ng.


Self-Study

NC

C O

PE

RA

TIO

NA

LP

LAN

200

4–20

06E

nh

anci

ng

Stu

den

t S

ucc

ess:

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge is

ded

icat

ed t

o en

hanc

ing

stud

ent

succ

ess

by f

acili

tati

ng p

roce

sses

whe

re

ev

ery

indi

vidu

al c

an r

ealiz

e hi

s or

her

ful

l pot

enti

al t

hrou

gh le

arni

ng.

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:Ev

alua

te s

tude

nt s

ucce

ss t

hrou

gh a

com

preh

ensi

ve s

tude

nt le

arni

ng

1D, 2

BC

,

and

asse

ssm

ent

prog

ram

.3A

CD

, 4C

Ob

ject

ive:

Dev

elop

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

Ret

enti

on P

lan.

Sn

yder

, Bro

ck,

Kor

ver,

Penn

ings

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

cur

rent

Col

lege

-wid

e re

tent

ion

init

iati

ves.

Apr

il 20

04N

ov. 2

004

Stra

tegy

: Ren

ew t

he S

tude

nts T

akin

g A

dvan

tage

of

Res

ourc

es f

or S

ucce

ss (

STA

RS)

A

pril

2004

Nov

. 200

4gr

ant

that

ser

ves

1st

gene

rati

on a

nd lo

w-i

ncom

e st

uden

ts.

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

tra

nsfe

rabl

e C

olle

ge T

rans

itio

n co

urse

tha

t w

ill e

mph

asiz

e A

ug. 2

004

On-

goin

gst

uden

t’s c

olle

giat

e su

cces

s.

Stra

tegy

: Im

plem

ent

orga

nize

d st

udy

grou

ps f

or s

tude

nts.

Aug

. 200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

the

pot

enti

al t

o de

velo

p Le

arni

ng C

omm

unit

ies

on c

ampu

s.A

ug. 2

005

On-

goin

g

Ob

ject

ive:

Enh

ance

stu

dent

lear

ning

in t

he c

lass

room

. K

orve

r, Pe

nnin

gs

Stra

tegy

: Des

ign

pilo

t cl

assr

oom

wit

h ap

prop

riat

e in

stru

ctio

nal t

echn

olog

y in

M

ay 2

004

July

200

4co

ordi

nati

on w

ith

both

Tit

le I

II a

nd t

he C

olle

ge T

echn

olog

y Pl

an.

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

curr

ent

clas

sroo

m t

echn

olog

y an

d w

ork

tow

ards

con

sist

ency

as

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

defin

ed in

pilo

t.St

rate

gy: I

mpr

ove

the

cont

ent

and

deliv

ery

of c

omm

on c

ours

e m

ater

ials

to

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

elim

inat

e du

plic

atio

n of

eff

orts

by

inst

ruct

ors.

i.e.

, Pow

erPo

int,

hand

outs

, sy

llabu

s, e

valu

atio

ns, e

tc.

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

and

the

use

of w

eb-e

nhan

cem

ents

for

fac

e-to

-fac

e cl

asse

s th

roug

h th

e us

e of

K

orve

r, Pe

nnin

gseC

ompa

nion

.

Stra

tegy

: Ide

ntify

fou

r ad

diti

onal

inst

ruct

ors

to u

se w

eb e

nhan

cem

ents

and

tra

in t

hem

M

arch

200

4A

ug. 2

005

to u

se t

he t

echn

olog

y.St

rate

gy: A

sses

s im

pact

of

web

enh

ance

d co

urse

s on

Inf

orm

atio

n Te

chno

logy

(IT

)

May

200

4M

ay 2

005

infr

astr

uctu

re, s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces,

and

libr

ary

serv

ices

. St

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

resu

lts a

nd e

xpan

d w

eb e

nhan

ced

clas

s as

app

ropr

iate

and

sha

re

June

200

5A

ug. 2

005

the

resu

lts w

ith

IT.

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 18

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 19

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

n

Ob

ject

ive:

Mai

ntai

n ac

tivi

ties

tha

t su

ppor

t st

uden

t su

cces

s th

at w

ere

init

iate

d th

roug

h th

e M

aton

akT

itle

III

gra

nt.

Stra

tegy

: Det

erm

ine

fund

ing

and

plac

emen

t of

sta

ff a

nd jo

b fu

ncti

ons.

Apr

il 20

04

Sept

. 200

5

Ob

ject

ive:

Enh

ance

Aca

dem

ic A

dvis

ing

proc

ess.

Snyd

erSt

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

the

pilo

t ad

visi

ng p

rogr

am a

nnua

lly a

nd im

plem

ent

chan

ges.

Mar

ch 2

004

On-

goin

gSt

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

and

impr

ove

stud

ent

entr

y as

sess

men

t to

ols.

i.e.

, CO

MPA

SS &

A

pril

2004

On-

goin

gA

CT

Ass

essm

ents

.St

rate

gy: D

evel

op t

empl

ate

for

an a

cade

mic

pla

n th

at w

ill b

e us

ed w

ith

prob

atio

n an

d M

ay 2

004

On-

goin

gsu

spen

sion

stu

dent

s fo

r th

e up

com

ing

sem

este

r.St

rate

gy: T

rans

itio

n in

to W

eb A

dvis

or t

o su

ppor

t N

CC

’s ad

visi

ng e

ffor

ts.

June

200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Re-

inst

ate

the

10-d

ay in

terv

enti

on p

lan.

Ju

ly 2

004

On-

goin

g

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

and

exis

ting

Col

lege

wid

e as

sess

men

t pr

oces

s.Pe

nnin

gsSt

rate

gy: C

onti

nue

the

cycl

e of

ass

essm

ent

and

feed

back

loop

.A

pril

2004

On

goin

gSt

rate

gy: E

xpan

d on

-lin

e st

uden

t as

sess

men

t ac

tivi

ties

.A

ug. 2

004

May

200

5St

rate

gy: D

evel

op a

pro

cess

to

obta

in g

ener

al e

duca

tion

ass

essm

ent

by p

rogr

am.

Aug

. 200

4M

ay 2

005

Stra

tegy

: Exp

and

gene

ral e

duca

tion

ass

essm

ent

to in

clud

e hu

man

itie

s an

d so

cial

M

ay 2

005

May

200

6sc

ienc

e fo

r on

-lin

e in

stru

ctio

n.

Go

al:

Cre

ate

a m

ore

colle

giat

e at

mos

pher

e.2B

, 3C

, 4A

, 5B

C

Ob

ject

ive:

Enh

ance

stu

dent

act

ivit

ies

to e

ncou

rage

stu

dent

eng

agem

ent.

Snyd

er, S

tubb

e

Stra

tegy

:Ass

ess

curr

ent s

tude

nt in

volv

emen

t in

club

s, as

soci

atio

ns, S

tude

nt G

over

nmen

tM

ay 2

004

On-

goin

gA

ssoc

iatio

n (S

GA

), an

d in

tram

ural

spo

rts

and

mak

e ap

prop

riate

enh

ance

men

ts.

Stra

tegy

: For

m a

com

mit

tee

to d

evel

op a

pla

n to

pur

chas

e an

d di

spla

y ar

twor

k O

ct. 2

004

On-

goin

gth

roug

hout

cam

pus.

St

rate

gy: S

ched

ule

a sp

ecia

l eve

nt a

nnua

lly t

hat

wou

ld e

ngag

e th

e st

uden

t A

pril

2005

On-

goin

gbo

dy, a

s w

ell a

s th

e ge

nera

l pub

lic.

i.e.,

gues

t le

ctur

er, p

lay,

con

cert

, etc

.St

rate

gy: I

nves

tiga

te p

oten

tial

of

crea

ting

an

atm

osph

ere

on c

ampu

s w

here

stu

dent

s M

ay 2

005

Aug

. 200

5ca

n ga

ther

. i.e

., co

ffee

hou

se e

nvir

onm

ent.

Ob

ject

ive:

Art

icul

ate

a Fa

cilit

y P

lan.

Stub

be

Stra

tegy

: Rev

iew

Fac

ility

Ass

essm

ent.

Oct

. 200

4N

ov. 2

004

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

, pri

orit

ize

and

deve

lop

long

ran

ge F

acili

ty P

lan.

Nov

. 200

4 M

ay 2

005


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 20

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:A

ssur

e th

e co

ntin

uati

on o

f lo

w s

tude

nt t

o fa

cult

y ra

tio.

3B, 3

C, 3

D

Ob

ject

ive:

Inc

reas

e fu

ll-ti

me

inst

ruct

iona

l sta

ff.

Kor

ver,

Penn

ings

Stra

tegy

: Hir

e an

ele

ctri

cal i

nstr

ucto

r to

sup

port

exp

ande

d cu

rric

ulum

.M

arch

200

4A

ug. 2

004

Stra

tegy

: Hire

full-

time

hum

aniti

es/s

ocia

l sci

ence

inst

ruct

ors

to s

uppo

rt A

ssoc

iate

of A

rts.

Mar

ch 2

005

Aug

. 200

5

Ob

ject

ive:

Dev

elop

app

ropr

iate

stu

dent

lim

its

for

all c

ours

es.

Kor

ver,

Penn

ings

Stra

tegy

: Rev

iew

cur

rent

cou

rse

limit

s an

d es

tabl

ish

appr

opri

ate

limit

s fo

r ea

ch

cour

se, i

nclu

ding

on-

line

cour

ses.

May

200

4Ju

ly 2

004

Goa

l:G

ener

ate

finan

cial

reso

urce

s for

stud

ents

that

supp

ort a

cces

s to

high

er e

duca

tion.

2B, 3

D, 5

AC

D

Ob

ject

ive:

Incr

ease

ann

ual s

chol

arsh

ip a

lloca

tion

.Sn

yder

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

one

new

sch

olar

ship

ann

ually

for

non

-tra

diti

onal

stu

dent

s.A

ug. 2

004

Jan.

200

5St

rate

gy: D

evel

op t

wo

new

gen

eral

sch

olar

ship

s an

nual

ly.

Aug

. 200

4Ja

n. 2

005

Ob

ject

ive:

Con

duct

fin

anci

al r

esou

rce

sem

inar

s.Sn

yder

Stra

tegy

: Hol

d se

min

ars f

or c

urre

nt a

nd p

rosp

ectiv

e st

uden

ts a

nd p

aren

ts th

at w

ill e

duca

teJa

n. 2

005

On-

goin

gth

em o

n ho

w t

o ac

cess

fin

anci

al r

esou

rces

to

assi

st w

ith

the

cost

s of

col

lege

.St

rate

gy: D

evel

op e

-mai

l dat

abas

e of

pro

spec

tive

and

cur

rent

stu

dent

s in

form

ing

them

Ja

n. 2

005

On-

goin

gof

ava

ilabl

e re

sour

ces.

Go

al:

Focu

s at

tent

ion

on a

ccou

ntab

ility

.1,

2, 3

, 4, 5

Ob

ject

ive:

Rec

eive

ten

yea

r ac

cred

itat

ion

by N

CA

.M

aton

ak

Stra

tegy

: Mee

t th

e in

stit

utio

nal g

oals

for

ass

essm

ent

as s

tate

d in

our

Hig

her

Lear

ning

A

pril

2004

On-

goin

gC

omm

issi

on N

CA

pla

n.

Ob

ject

ive:

Eval

uate

Aca

dem

ic Q

ualit

y Im

prov

emen

t Pr

ojec

t (A

QIP

) A

ccre

dita

tion

.M

aton

ak

Stra

tegy

: Ana

lyze

the

ben

efit

s of

AQ

IP v

ersu

s th

e cu

rren

t sy

stem

use

d by

NC

C t

o ac

hiev

e ac

cred

itat

ion.

Nov

. 200

4O

n-go

ing

Ob

ject

ive:

Con

tinu

e pa

rtne

rshi

p w

ith

CC

Ben

efit

s to

ens

ure

accu

rate

dat

a th

at s

uppo

rts

Mat

onak

econ

omic

impa

ct.

Stra

tegy

: Res

earc

h po

tent

ial f

or N

CC

to

utili

ze C

C B

enef

its

new

pro

gram

: A

pril

2004

On-

goin

gT

he C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge S

trat

egic

Pla

n (C

CSP

).St

rate

gy: P

rovi

de C

C B

enef

its

data

to

exte

rnal

con

stit

uenc

ies

thro

ugh

pres

enta

tion

s,

Sept

. 200

4O

n-go

ing

dire

ct m

ail,

and

annu

al r

epor

ts.


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 21

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Exp

and

ing

Lea

rnin

g O

pp

ort

un

itie

s:N

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

will

pur

sue,

str

engt

hen

and

expa

nd le

arni

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

our

st

uden

ts a

nd c

omm

unit

ies

thro

ugh

part

ners

hips

and

new

init

iati

ves.

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:In

crea

se d

ista

nce

lear

ning

pro

gram

s an

d su

ppor

t se

rvic

es.

2, 3

, 4, 5

Ob

ject

ive:

Est

ablis

h a

cros

s-di

scip

linar

y D

ista

nce

Lear

ning

Tas

k Fo

rce

to m

anag

e th

e M

aton

ak, P

enni

ngs

acti

viti

es o

f th

ese

obje

ctiv

es a

nd s

trat

egie

s.

Stra

tegy

: Ide

ntify

mem

bers

of

the

team

and

set

pri

orit

ies.

Apr

il 20

04M

ay 2

004

Stra

tegy

: Rev

iew

and

eva

luat

e di

stan

ce le

arni

ng a

ctiv

itie

s ac

ross

cam

pus.

June

200

5Ju

ly 2

005

Ob

ject

ive:

Expa

nd N

CC

par

ticip

atio

n in

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Onl

ine

Con

sort

ium

(IC

CO

C)

Mat

onak

, Pen

ning

sth

roug

h th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

addi

tion

al o

n-lin

e de

gree

pro

gram

s an

d co

urse

s,

incl

udin

g, b

ut n

ot li

mit

ed t

o, B

usin

ess

and

Pre-

prof

essi

onal

deg

rees

.

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

the

opp

ortu

niti

es f

or n

ew o

r ex

pand

ed o

n-lin

e de

gree

/cer

tific

ate

May

200

4Se

pt. 2

004

oppo

rtun

itie

s in

Bus

ines

s an

d ot

her

prog

ram

s id

enti

fied

by t

he D

ista

nce

Lear

ning

Tas

k Fo

rce.

Stra

tegy

: Im

plem

ent

new

or

expa

nded

on-

line

degr

ees

and

cour

ses.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Ide

ntify

app

ropr

iate

per

sonn

el a

nd c

ondu

ct p

rogr

ams/

cour

ses.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

impa

ct o

f ne

w p

rogr

ams

on s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces.

Ju

ne 2

005

Aug

ust

2005

Stra

tegy

: Eva

luat

e re

sults

of

new

pro

gram

s/co

urse

s an

d su

bmit

pro

posa

l for

ong

oing

Ju

ne 2

005

Aug

ust

2005

expa

nsio

n of

cre

dit

opti

ons.

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

lore

the

pos

sibi

lity

of e

xpan

ding

new

and

exi

stin

g no

n-IC

CO

C o

n-lin

e de

gree

M

aton

ak, P

enni

ngs

prog

ram

s an

d co

urse

s th

at u

tiliz

e th

e IC

CO

C le

arni

ng p

latf

orm

s bu

t ar

e no

t of

fere

dth

roug

h th

e co

nsor

tium

.

Stra

tegy

: Exp

and

at le

ast

one

addi

tion

al n

ew o

n-lin

e pr

ogra

m a

s in

iden

tifie

d by

the

M

ay 2

004

Sept

. 200

5D

ista

nce

Lear

ning

Tas

k Fo

rce.

Stra

tegy

: Exp

and

at le

ast

thre

e ad

diti

onal

on-

line

cour

ses

as d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e M

ay 2

004

Sept

. 200

5D

ista

nce

Lear

ning

Tas

k Fo

rce.

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

impa

ct o

f ne

w p

rogr

ams

and

cour

ses

on s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces.

June

200

5A

ugus

t 20

05St

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

resu

lts a

nd s

ubm

it pr

opos

al fo

r ex

pans

ion

or im

plem

enta

tion

of n

ewJu

ne 2

005

Aug

ust

2005

prog

ram

s.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 22

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

n

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

lore

on-

line/

dist

ance

lear

ning

opp

ortu

niti

es f

or h

igh

scho

ol s

tude

nts.

Bro

ck, M

aton

ak

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

new

or

expa

nded

on-

line/

dist

ance

cou

rses

for

Are

a IV

hig

h sc

hool

M

ay 2

004

Sept

. 200

4st

uden

ts w

ith

inpu

t fr

om h

igh

scho

ol c

ouns

elor

s an

d pr

inci

pals

. St

rate

gy: D

evel

op a

pilo

t pr

ogra

m f

or im

plem

enti

ng t

hree

new

on-

line/

dist

ance

Ju

ly 2

004

Nov

. 200

4le

arni

ng c

ours

es f

or h

igh

scho

ol s

tude

nts.

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

impa

ct o

f ne

w p

rogr

ams

on s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces.

Ju

ne 2

005

Aug

ust

2005

Stra

tegy

: Eva

luat

e re

sults

and

sub

mit

pro

posa

l for

exp

ansi

on o

r ne

w im

plem

enta

tion

.Ju

ne 2

005

Aug

ust

2005

Ob

ject

ive:

Expl

ore

the

need

s of

dis

tanc

e le

arni

ng s

tude

nts

for

expa

nded

/enh

ance

d su

ppor

t ser

vice

s.B

rock

, Mat

onak

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

the

opp

ortu

niti

es f

or n

ew o

r ex

pand

ed o

n-lin

e lib

rary

ser

vice

s,

Feb.

200

4Ju

ne 2

005

incl

udin

g a

thir

d ge

nera

tion

libr

ary

syst

em.

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

the

pos

sibi

litie

s of

gra

nts

and

othe

r fu

ndin

g so

urce

s to

hel

p de

fray

Fe

b. 2

004

June

200

5th

e co

sts

of e

xpan

ded

on-l

ine

libra

ry r

esou

rces

.St

rate

gy: I

nves

tiga

te t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

pro

vidi

ng d

evel

opm

enta

l sup

port

for

stu

dent

M

arch

200

4O

n-go

ing

taki

ng d

ista

nce

lear

ning

cou

rses

.St

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

need

s of

dis

tanc

e le

arni

ng s

tude

nts

for

stud

ent

serv

ices

.Ju

ly 2

004

Nov

. 200

4St

rate

gy: D

evel

op a

pilo

t pr

ogra

m f

or im

plem

enti

ng n

ew o

r en

hanc

ing

exis

ting

Ju

ly 2

004

Aug

ust

2004

stud

ent

serv

ices

for

dis

tanc

e le

arne

rs.

Stra

tegy

: Ide

ntify

app

ropr

iate

per

sonn

el t

o co

nduc

t pi

lot

prog

ram

s.Se

pt. 2

004

May

200

5St

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

resu

lts a

nd s

ubm

it p

ropo

sal f

or e

xpan

sion

or

new

impl

emen

tati

on.

June

200

5Ju

ly 2

005

Ob

ject

ive:

Expl

ore

the

oppo

rtun

ities

for

non-

cred

it on

-line

/dis

tanc

e le

arni

ng c

ours

es a

nd p

rogr

ams.

Bro

ck

Stra

tegy

: Est

ablis

h a

cros

s-di

scip

linar

y ta

sk fo

rce

to m

anag

e th

e ac

tiviti

es o

f thi

s ob

ject

ive.

Mar

. 200

4Ju

ne 2

005

Stra

tegy

: Tas

k fo

rce

will

def

ine

the

oppo

rtun

itie

s fo

r ne

w o

r ex

pand

ed o

n-M

ay 2

004

Sept

. 200

4lin

e/di

stan

ce c

lass

es in

the

non

-cre

dit

area

.St

rate

gy: D

evel

op a

pilo

t pr

ogra

m f

or im

plem

enti

ng n

ew o

r ex

pand

ed d

ista

nce

July

200

4N

ov. 2

004

lear

ning

opp

ortu

niti

es.

Stra

tegy

: Eva

luat

e re

sults

and

sub

mit

pro

posa

l for

exp

ansi

on o

r ne

w im

plem

enta

tion

, Ju

ne 2

005

Aug

. 200

5in

clud

ing

pilo

t re

sults

of

supp

ort

serv

ices

.

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

lore

the

opp

ortu

niti

es f

or d

evel

opm

ent

of o

n-lin

e co

urse

s an

d pr

ogra

ms

to m

eet

Kor

ver,

Mat

onak

, Q

ualit

y Fa

cult

y P

lan

requ

irem

ents

for

bot

h N

CC

fac

ulty

and

fac

ulty

fro

m o

ther

Pe

nnin

gsIo

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

s.

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

a m

inim

um o

f on

e on

-lin

e co

urse

to

appl

y to

Qua

lity

Facu

lty P

lan

July

200

4N

ov. 2

004

requ

irem

ents

.St

rate

gy: C

onta

ct o

ther

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ges

to s

ee if

on-

line/

dist

ance

cou

rses

Ju

ne 2

005

Aug

. 200

5w

ould

mee

t th

eir

Qua

lity

Facu

lty P

lan

need

s.St

rate

gy: E

valu

ate

resu

lts a

nd s

ubm

it p

ropo

sal f

or e

xpan

sion

or

new

impl

emen

tati

on.

June

200

5A

ug. 2

005


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 23

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:In

vest

igat

e op

port

unit

ies

wit

hin

the

Cor

pora

te C

olle

ge c

once

pt.

2, 5

Ob

ject

ive:

Def

ine

the

scop

e of

the

Cor

pora

te C

olle

ge c

once

pt a

t N

CC

.B

rock

Stra

tegy

: Est

ablis

h a

team

to

defin

e th

e C

orpo

rate

Col

lege

, def

ine

stra

tegi

es a

nd

June

200

4Ju

ly 2

004

impl

emen

t ac

tivi

ties

of

this

goa

l.

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

and

and

enha

nce

offe

ring

s w

ithi

n th

e C

orpo

rate

Col

lege

mod

el.

Bro

ck

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

add

itio

nal o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

pro

vidi

ng n

on-c

redi

t an

d cr

edit

cou

rses

Ju

ly 2

004

May

200

5to

Bus

ines

s &

Ind

ustr

y tr

aini

ng.

Stra

tegy

: Exp

and

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f pro

vidi

ng li

cens

ure

and

indu

stry

-bas

ed c

ertif

icat

ions

. Ju

ly 2

004

May

200

5St

rate

gy: E

xplo

re p

artn

erin

g w

ith c

orpo

ratio

ns fo

r de

gree

com

plet

ion

for

thei

r em

ploy

ees.

July

200

4M

ay 2

005

Go

al:

Exp

lore

sat

ellit

e ce

nter

con

cept

.2,

3, 4

, 5

Ob

ject

ive:

Res

earc

h th

e ne

ed f

or s

atel

lite

cent

ers.

Mat

onak

Stra

tegy

: Con

tact

oth

er c

omm

unit

y co

llege

s w

ith

sate

llite

cen

ters

for

inpu

t.Ju

ly 2

004

Sept

. 200

4St

rate

gy: A

sses

s th

e in

tent

and

leve

l of a

ctiv

ity a

t th

e C

orpo

rate

Cen

tre

in S

ioux

Cen

ter.

July

200

4M

arch

200

5St

rate

gy: D

eter

min

e fe

asib

ility

for

typ

e of

sat

ellit

e of

feri

ngs

& s

uppo

rt.

Jan.

200

5M

arch

200

5St

rate

gy: R

e-ev

alua

te g

oal.

Apr

il 20

05Ju

ne 2

006

Go

al:

Exp

and

part

ners

hips

wit

h ar

ea e

duca

tion

age

ncy,

sch

ool d

istr

icts

, 1,

2, 3

, 4, 5

com

mun

ity

colle

ges,

fou

r-ye

ar c

olle

ges.

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

lore

Reg

iona

l Aca

dem

y co

ncep

t.B

rock

, Kor

ver,

Penn

ings

Stra

tegy

: For

mal

ize

part

ners

hips

wit

h hi

gh s

choo

ls &

NC

C a

s de

term

ined

.Fe

b. 2

004

Oct

. 200

4St

rate

gy: D

evel

op a

nd d

eliv

er p

rogr

ams

iden

tifie

d by

par

tner

ship

.Se

pt. 2

004

June

200

5

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

lore

sha

red

prog

ram

s an

d/or

art

icul

ated

pro

gram

s/co

urse

s w

ith

othe

rB

rock

, Kor

ver,

com

mun

ity

colle

ges

and/

or f

our-

year

col

lege

s.Pe

nnin

gs, M

aton

ak

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

par

tner

ship

s with

oth

er I

CC

OC

inst

itutio

ns to

del

iver

pro

gram

s tog

ethe

r.Fe

b. 2

004

Aug

. 200

4St

rate

gy: E

xplo

re p

oten

tial

bio

-tec

h pr

ogra

mm

ing

utili

zing

Ind

ian

Hill

s C

omm

unit

y M

ar. 2

004

June

200

4C

olle

ge r

esul

ts.

Stra

tegy

: Con

tinu

e di

alog

wit

h lo

cal f

our-

year

col

lege

s re

gard

ing

pote

ntia

l M

ay 2

004

June

200

5pa

rtne

rshi

ps in

Eng

inee

ring

/Eng

inee

ring

Tec

hnol

ogy.

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

addi

tion

al o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

par

tner

ing

wit

h th

e in

tent

of

degr

ee c

ompl

etio

n.O

ct. 2

004

June

200

5


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 24

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Dev

elo

pin

g A

lter

nat

ive

Res

ou

rces

: N

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

will

agg

ress

ivel

y pu

rsue

alt

erna

tive

res

ourc

es t

hat

will

aug

men

t pr

ogra

ms

and

faci

litie

s.

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:Ex

pand

the

focu

s of

the

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge F

ound

atio

n.2B

, 5B

Ob

ject

ive:

All

maj

or b

usin

esse

s an

d in

divi

dual

s w

ill b

e aw

are

of t

he N

CC

Fou

ndat

ion.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Ide

ntify

10

busi

ness

es a

nd/o

r in

divi

dual

s pe

r ye

ar t

hat

have

not

bee

n Ju

ly 2

004

June

200

6in

volv

ed w

ith

NC

C a

nd s

olic

it t

heir

sup

port

.St

rate

gy: R

esea

rch

deve

lopm

ent

of a

sem

i-an

nual

Fou

ndat

ion

new

slet

ter.

July

200

5O

n-go

ing

Ob

ject

ive:

Est

ablis

h a

list

of n

eeds

and

art

icul

ate

a ca

se f

or s

uppo

rt f

or p

oten

tial

don

atio

ns.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Util

ize

unfu

nded

equ

ipm

ent a

nd n

ew in

itiat

ive

requ

ests

to id

entif

y ar

eas o

f nee

d.A

pril

2004

On-

goin

g

Ob

ject

ive:

Incr

ease

aw

aren

ess

and

supp

ort

for

the

Foun

dati

on a

nd p

rogr

ams

to a

lum

ni, p

aren

tsSn

yder

and

gran

dpar

ents

.

Stra

tegy

: Tra

ck a

lum

ni a

nd a

ctiv

ely

solic

it t

heir

sup

port

.Ju

ly 2

004

On-

goin

gSt

rate

gy: P

ilot

a pr

ogra

m w

here

fac

ulty

will

sen

d le

tter

s to

alu

mni

onc

e a

year

A

pril

2004

On-

goin

gre

ques

ting

sup

port

.St

rate

gy: M

eet

wit

h st

uden

ts p

rior

to

grad

uati

on t

o en

cour

age

cont

inue

d su

ppor

t of

M

ay 2

004

On-

goin

gC

olle

ge.

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

pot

enti

al o

f en

listi

ng s

tude

nts

to c

onta

ct a

lum

ni v

ia p

hone

.Ja

n. 2

005

On-

goin

gSt

rate

gy: R

esea

rch

the

deve

lopm

ent

of a

n A

lum

ni A

ssoc

iati

on.

Jan.

200

5O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Hav

e C

olle

ge b

ooks

tore

sel

l alu

mni

sw

eats

hirt

s an

d ot

her

item

s.A

pril

2005

On-

goin

g

Ob

ject

ive:

Mai

ntai

n tw

o sp

ecia

l fri

endr

aisi

ng e

vent

s an

nual

ly.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Con

tinu

e th

e Sy

mph

ony

Din

ner

at a

n al

tern

ativ

e si

te o

r de

velo

p a

new

A

ug. 2

004

On-

goin

gfr

iend

rais

ing

even

t.

Ob

ject

ive:

Inve

stig

ate

and

purs

ue t

he p

lann

ed g

ivin

g ar

ena.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Res

earc

h pl

anne

d gi

ving

inst

rum

ents

, dev

elop

pro

mot

iona

l mat

eria

ls, a

nd

July

200

4Ju

ne 2

005

iden

tify

con

tact

s.St

rate

gy: I

dent

ify s

taff

tim

e ne

eded

to

expa

nd t

he F

ound

atio

n in

thi

s di

rect

ion.

July

200

4Ju

ne 2

005


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 25

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:Pu

rsue

par

tner

ship

s th

at s

uppo

rt s

trat

egic

init

iati

ves.

1D, 2

BD

, 3D

,5A

BC

DO

bje

ctiv

e:M

ajor

bus

ines

ses,

indu

stri

es, h

ealt

h ca

re a

genc

ies

will

par

tici

pate

in p

artn

ersh

ips

Mat

onak

and

oppo

rtun

itie

s w

ith

NC

C.

Stra

tegy

: Mai

ntai

n cu

rren

t pa

rtne

rshi

ps a

nd d

evel

op f

ive

new

par

tner

ship

s an

nual

ly.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Go

al:

Purs

ue g

rant

opp

ortu

niti

es t

hat

supp

ort

stra

tegi

c in

itia

tive

s.1D

, 2B

D, 3

D,

5AB

CD

Ob

ject

ive:

Gra

nt o

ppor

tuni

ties

will

be

acti

vely

sou

ght

for

the

Col

lege

.B

rock

Stra

tegy

: Res

earc

h an

d su

bmit

fed

eral

gra

nt a

pplic

atio

ns. i

.e.,

Tit

le I

II,

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

TR

IO, H

uman

itie

s, D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

cati

on, N

atio

nal S

cien

ce

Foun

dati

on, D

epar

tmen

t of

Lab

or, e

tc.

Stra

tegy

: Res

earc

h an

d su

bmit

sev

en f

ound

atio

n gr

ants

ann

ually

.Ju

ly 2

004

June

200

6St

rate

gy: R

aise

aw

aren

ess

of f

acul

ty o

n th

eir

part

icip

atio

n an

d su

ppor

t in

Ju

ly 2

004

June

200

6de

velo

ping

cre

ativ

e pr

ojec

ts f

or p

oten

tial

gra

nts.

Ob

ject

ive:

Part

ner

wit

h K

–12

scho

ol d

istr

icts

in p

oten

tial

gra

nts

that

will

exp

and

lear

ning

B

rock

oppo

rtun

itie

s.

Stra

tegy

: Inf

orm

sch

ool d

istr

icts

whe

n po

tent

ial g

rant

s ar

ise.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Sub

mit

gra

nts

that

are

app

licab

le t

o N

CC

and

the

K-1

2 sc

hool

dis

tric

ts.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Go

al:

Enh

ance

legi

slat

ors’

awar

enes

s of

the

Col

lege

’s ec

onom

ic im

pact

and

1A

, 2A

B, 5

BD

fina

ncia

l nee

ds.

Ob

ject

ive:

Loc

al, s

tate

, and

fed

eral

legi

slat

ors

and

com

mun

ity

orga

niza

tion

s w

ill b

e aw

are

ofM

aton

akth

e C

olle

ge’s

econ

omic

impa

ct a

nd f

inan

cial

nee

ds.

Stra

tegy

: Edu

cate

loca

l pub

lic, c

ity

and

coun

ty o

ffic

ials

, and

com

mun

ity

Apr

il 20

04O

n-go

ing

orga

niza

tion

s on

the

col

lege

’s ec

onom

ic im

pact

.St

rate

gy: C

ompi

le a

nd p

rese

nt s

tati

stic

al d

ata

rega

rdin

g en

rollm

ent,

finan

cial

nee

d,

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

and

econ

omic

impa

ct o

f th

e C

olle

ge.

Stra

tegy

: Pre

side

nt w

ill m

eet

indi

vidu

ally

wit

h ar

ea le

gisl

ator

s.Ju

ly 2

004

On-

goin

gSt

rate

gy: E

ncou

rage

sta

ff, f

acul

ty, s

tude

nts,

and

tru

stee

s to

adv

ocat

e to

sta

te a

nd

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

fede

ral l

egis

lato

rs N

CC

’s ne

eds

and

issu

es im

pact

ing

the

Col

lege

.St

rate

gy: I

nvit

e le

gisl

ator

s to

Col

lege

fun

ctio

ns.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Inf

orm

legi

slat

ors

of a

lum

ni s

ucce

ss.

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

Stra

tegy

: Mee

t an

nual

ly w

ith

loca

l leg

isla

tors

in a

n op

en f

orum

.N

ov. 2

004

Nov

. 200

5St

rate

gy: E

nhan

ce s

tude

nts’

part

icip

atio

n in

Iow

a A

ssoc

iati

on o

f C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge

Jan.

200

5Ja

n. 2

006

Trus

tees

(IA

CC

T)

Legi

slativ

e Fo

rum

and

oth

er le

gisla

tive

even

ts fo

r st

uden

ts.


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 26

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Exp

and

ing

En

rollm

ent

Man

agem

ent:

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unit

y C

olle

ge is

com

mit

ted

to e

xpan

ding

enr

ollm

ent

man

agem

ent

init

iati

ves

to

ensu

re f

utur

e vi

abili

ty o

f th

e C

olle

ge’s

visi

on a

nd m

issi

on.

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:G

row

enr

ollm

ent

in a

ll pr

ogra

ms

to c

apac

ity.

2AC

, 3C

D, 4

AC

, 5A

BC

DO

bje

ctiv

e:T

arge

t re

crui

ting

of

non-

trad

itio

nal s

tude

nts.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

a M

arke

ting

Pla

n.Ju

ne 2

004

Aug

ust

2006

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

and

pilo

t fle

xibl

e pr

ogra

m s

ched

ules

wit

h m

ulti

-del

iver

y op

tion

s.Ju

ly 2

004

June

200

5St

rate

gy: A

sses

s th

e ty

pe o

f su

ppor

t sy

stem

nee

ded

for

posi

tive

ly im

pact

ing

July

200

4Ju

ne 2

006

non-

trad

itio

nal s

tude

nts.

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

10 c

ompa

nies

per

yea

r to

det

erm

ine

whi

ch h

ave

an e

duca

tion

al

assi

stan

ce p

rogr

am a

nd w

ork

wit

h th

ose

that

do

to p

rovi

de o

ffer

ings

for

the

ir

July

200

4Ju

ne 2

005

empl

oyee

s.

Ob

ject

ive:

Tar

get

recr

uiti

ng o

f tr

adit

iona

l stu

dent

s.Sn

yder

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

Mar

keti

ng P

lan

whi

ch w

ill b

egin

wit

h m

iddl

e sc

hool

stu

dent

s Ju

ly 2

004

June

200

5th

roug

h th

e se

nior

yea

r.St

rate

gy: E

xplo

re f

lexi

ble

prog

ram

sch

edul

es w

ith

mul

ti-d

eliv

ery

opti

ons.

July

200

4M

arch

200

5

Ob

ject

ive:

Prom

ote

Con

tinu

ing

Edu

cati

on o

ppor

tuni

ties

to

curr

ent

cred

it s

tude

nts.

Bro

ck

Stra

tegy

: Pro

vide

car

eer

rela

ted

cont

inui

ng e

duca

tion

info

rmat

ion

duri

ng

Apr

il 20

04O

n-go

ing

sem

inar

s pr

esen

ted

by t

he C

aree

r C

ente

r C

oord

inat

or.

Stra

tegy

: Pro

vide

car

eer

rela

ted

cont

inui

ng e

duca

tion

info

rmat

ion

at e

xit

inte

rvie

ws.

May

200

4M

arch

200

5

Ob

ject

ive:

Dev

elop

a t

rack

ing

proc

ess

to a

sses

s en

rollm

ent

effo

rts.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

a s

yste

m t

o de

term

ine

why

pro

spec

tive

stu

dent

s w

ithd

raw

pr

ior

to p

rogr

am s

tart

s.Ju

ly 2

004

Feb.

200

5St

rate

gy: D

evel

op a

syst

em to

det

erm

ine

why

NC

C st

uden

ts d

o no

t com

plet

e a

prog

ram

.Ju

ly 2

004

Feb.

200

5


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 27

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:A

ggre

ssiv

ely

purs

ue r

ecru

itm

ent

acti

viti

es.

2AD

, 5A

B

Ob

ject

ive:

Dev

elop

cre

ativ

e re

crui

tmen

t ev

ents

.Sn

yder

Stra

tegy

: Exp

and

and

enha

nce

on-c

ampu

s ev

ents

. i.e

., ca

mpu

s vi

sit

days

, A

pril

2004

On-

goin

gca

mps

, AC

T t

esti

ng c

ente

r, et

c.St

rate

gy: E

xpan

d an

d en

hanc

e of

f-ca

mpu

s ev

ents

. i.e

., K

uder

Ass

essm

ent,

Apr

il 20

04O

n-go

ing

Bus

ines

s &

Ind

ustr

y re

crui

tmen

t.O

bje

ctiv

e:Id

enti

fy a

nd m

arke

t to

und

erse

rved

geo

grap

hica

l are

as a

nd p

opul

atio

ns.

Snyd

eri.e

., H

ispa

nic

popu

lati

on, m

ilita

ry p

erso

nnel

, and

pot

enti

al in

tern

atio

nal p

rogr

ams

Stra

tegy

: Gat

her

data

fro

m in

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal r

esou

rces

.Ju

ne 2

005

Oct

. 200

5St

rate

gy: D

evel

op m

arke

ting

str

ateg

y.Ju

ne 2

005

Oct

. 200

5

Go

al:

Exp

lore

opp

ortu

niti

es in

new

pro

gram

dev

elop

men

t.2C

, 4A

C, 5

AB

C

Ob

ject

ive:

Con

duct

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

l nee

ds a

sses

smen

t on

des

ired

pro

gram

s.M

aton

ak

Stra

tegy

: Rev

iew

wha

t th

e “h

ot”

jobs

are

for

the

futu

re a

nd c

reat

e pr

ogra

ms

acco

rdin

gly.

Apr

il 20

04Ju

ly 2

005

Stra

tegy

: Ana

lyze

gro

wth

pot

enti

al f

or t

rain

ing

need

s du

e to

ret

irem

ents

.A

pril

2004

July

200

5St

rate

gy: C

ondu

ct N

CC

/com

mun

ity/

busi

ness

/hig

h sc

hool

sur

veys

on

wha

t Se

pt. 2

004

July

200

6pr

ogra

ms

they

wou

ld li

ke t

o se

e of

fere

d.St

rate

gy: R

esea

rch

othe

r co

llege

pro

gram

off

erin

gs.

Sept

. 200

4Ju

ly 2

006

Stra

tegy

: Ass

ess

resu

lts o

f Sk

ills

2006

Sur

vey

and

CC

Ben

efit’

s C

omm

unit

y C

olle

geSe

pt. 2

004

July

200

5St

rate

gic

Plan

.

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

and

or u

pdat

e ex

isti

ng p

rogr

ams.

Mat

onak

Stra

tegy

: Add

add

itio

nal s

ecti

ons

for

prog

ram

s at

cap

acit

y.Ju

ly 2

005

Nov

. 200

5St

rate

gy: O

ffer

alte

rnat

ive

form

ats.

July

200

5N

ov. 2

005

Stra

tegy

: Exp

lore

new

init

iati

ves

wit

h ar

ea L

ocal

Edu

cati

on A

ssoc

iati

ons

(LE

A’s)

.Ju

ly 2

005

Nov

. 200

5

Ob

ject

ive:

Res

earc

h un

ique

pro

gram

init

iati

ves

outs

ide

of t

he b

ox o

f tr

adit

iona

l cre

dit

or

Bro

ck, M

aton

ak,

cont

inui

ng e

duca

tion

off

erin

gs.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Ana

lyze

oth

er c

olle

ge in

itia

tive

s.Ju

ly 2

004

Mar

ch 2

005

Stra

tegy

: Exp

and

upon

exi

stin

g in

itia

tive

s.Ju

ly 2

004

Mar

ch 2

005


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 28

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Em

bra

cin

g a

Co

llab

ora

tive

Cu

ltu

re:N

orth

wes

t Io

wa

Com

mun

ity

Col

lege

fac

ulty

, sta

ff a

nd a

dmin

istr

atio

n ar

e de

vote

d to

em

brac

ing

a co

llabo

rati

ve c

ultu

re t

hat

will

ser

ve a

s th

e fo

unda

tion

for

qua

lity

in s

tude

nt a

nd c

omm

unit

y le

arni

ng.

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:B

uild

inte

rnal

coh

esiv

e te

ams

and

coal

itio

ns.

1D, 5

D

Ob

ject

ive:

Enh

ance

inte

rnal

Col

lege

imag

e by

bui

ldin

g a

unif

ied

Col

lege

atm

osph

ere.

Mat

onak

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

com

mun

icat

ion

stan

dard

s ac

ross

cam

pus.

i.e

., ho

w a

nd w

hen

July

200

4Ju

ly 2

005

team

s an

d co

mm

itte

es r

epor

t, an

noun

cem

ents

fro

m a

dmin

istr

atio

n, e

tc.

Stra

tegy

: Im

plem

ent

coff

ee f

orum

s w

ith

targ

eted

dis

cuss

ion

for

all e

mpl

oyee

s, w

hen

appr

opri

ate

deve

lop

cros

s fu

ncti

onal

tea

ms

to a

ct a

s re

pres

enta

tive

s to

the

Ju

ly 2

004

On-

goin

gE

xecu

tive

Cou

ncil.

Stra

tegy

: Dev

elop

dir

ecto

ry o

f C

olle

ge t

eam

s an

d co

mm

itte

es, o

utlin

ing

mem

bers

hip,

ho

w o

ften

gro

up m

eets

, obj

ecti

ves

of t

he g

roup

, how

to

join

, etc

. Upd

ate

on

Aug

. 200

4O

ct. 2

004

a re

gula

r ba

sis.

Go

al:

Enh

ance

Col

lege

imag

e to

ext

erna

l com

mun

itie

s.5B

, 1E

Ob

ject

ive:

Ope

n th

e ca

mpu

s to

com

mun

ity.

Snyd

er

Stra

tegy

: Pla

n an

d ho

st a

n ev

ent f

or g

ener

al p

ublic

to c

eleb

rate

NC

C’s

40th

Ann

iver

sary

.Ju

ly 2

004

Apr

il 20

06St

rate

gy: I

nvite

com

mun

ity o

rgan

izat

ions

and

gro

ups

to h

ost m

eetin

gs o

n N

CC

cam

pus.

Se

t ra

te f

or r

ent

and

defin

e ef

ficie

nt s

ched

ulin

g pr

oces

s.Ju

ly 2

004

On-

goin

gSt

rate

gy: G

row

and

pro

mot

e ex

istin

g ev

ents

, i.e

., M

anuf

actu

ring

Engi

neer

ing

Tech

nolo

gyA

ug. 2

004

On-

goin

gro

boti

cs d

emo,

Too

l Fai

r, et

c.St

rate

gy: P

lan

a co

mm

unit

y ev

ent

invo

lvin

g ar

ea s

choo

ls a

nd b

usin

esse

s. i

.e.,

July

200

5D

ec. 2

006

Hol

iday

Fes

tiva

l of T

rees

, etc

.

Ob

ject

ive:

Enh

ance

NC

C v

isib

ility

.Sn

yder

Stra

tegy

: Wor

k fo

r m

ore

publ

ic r

elat

ions

exp

osur

e in

new

spap

ers

by b

uild

ing

Apr

il 20

04O

n-go

ing

rela

tion

ship

s w

ith

area

new

spap

ers,

i.e

., fr

ont

page

art

icle

s, m

ore

phot

os

prin

ted,

‘Wha

t’s H

appe

ning

at

NC

C’ s

ecti

on, e

tc.

Stra

tegy

: Upd

ate

para

de e

ntri

es, t

rade

sho

w b

ooth

s, e

tc.

Mar

ch 2

005

On-

goin

g


Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 29

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

rite

ria

Res

po

nsi

ble

Tim

elin

eTi

mel

ine

Sta

rtC

om

ple

tio

nG

oal

:C

onti

nue

effo

rts

to im

prov

e em

ploy

ee m

oral

e.4B

D, 5

D

Ob

ject

ive:

Hol

d on

goin

g en

rich

men

t ac

tivi

ties

.Sn

yder

, Stu

bbe

Stra

tegy

: Sur

vey

empl

oyee

s to

fin

d ou

t ne

eds/

desi

res

for

soci

al e

vent

s, le

arni

ng

July

200

4D

ec. 2

004

wor

ksho

ps, e

tc.

Stra

tegy

: Im

plem

ent

once

a q

uart

er e

mpl

oyee

soc

ial e

vent

s to

be

held

in d

iffer

ent

July

200

4O

n-go

ing

depa

rtm

ents

.St

rate

gy: E

xpan

d ev

ents

suc

h as

Fal

l Rec

ogni

tion

Cer

emon

y, M

ake

a D

iffer

ence

, etc

.Se

pt. 2

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2004

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lan

2004

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n 20

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Pag

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tor,

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IA

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ter

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of T

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ter,

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IA

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ldon

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ms,

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IA

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Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 32

Nor

thw

est

Iow

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unity

Col

lege

App

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x I-

c

Str

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lan

nin

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plic

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ns

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op

Ext

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arti

cip

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200

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wn

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son

Wad

dell

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isor

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IA

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id J

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tor,

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Siou

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ny M

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ner

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pora

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of

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nc.,

CE

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held

on, I

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, She

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IA

Ric

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LP, C

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IA

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k, P

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& C

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AK

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tor

of T

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ter,

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hn V

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tor,

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Info

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ion,

Gen

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ager

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ldon

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Who

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f, W

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Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 33

Nor

thw

est

Iow

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unity

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lege

App

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x I-

d

Str

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ic P

lan

nin

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ns

Wo

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Inte

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Par

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pan

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8, 2

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Self-Study

Str

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ic P

lan

2004

–200

8/O

pera

tiona

l Pla

n 20

04–2

006

Pag

e 34

Nor

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2004

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Pag

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l Pla

n 20

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thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

NC

AC

RIT

ER

IAF

OR

AC

CR

ED

ITA

TIO

N

Cri

teri

on

On

e:M

issi

on

an

d In

teg

rity

The

org

aniz

atio

n op

erat

es w

ith

inte

grit

y to

ens

ure

the

fulfi

llmen

t of

its

mis

-si

on t

hrou

gh s

truc

ture

s an

d pr

oces

ses

that

invo

lve

the

boar

d, a

dmin

istr

atio

n,fa

culty

, sta

ff, a

nd s

tude

nts.

Co

re C

om

po

nen

ts

1aT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s m

issi

on d

ocum

ents

are

cle

ar a

nd a

rtic

ulat

e pu

blic

ly

the

orga

niza

tion

’s co

mm

itm

ents

.

1bIn

its

mis

sion

doc

umen

ts, t

he o

rgan

izat

ion

reco

gniz

es t

he d

iver

sity

of

its

lear

ners

, oth

er c

onst

itue

ncie

s, a

nd t

he g

reat

er s

ocie

ty it

ser

ves.

1cU

nder

stan

ding

of

and

supp

ort

for

the

mis

sion

per

vade

the

org

aniz

atio

n.

1dT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s go

vern

ance

and

adm

inis

trat

ive

stru

ctur

es p

rom

ote

effe

ctiv

e le

ader

ship

and

sup

port

col

labo

rati

ve p

roce

sses

tha

t en

able

the

or

gani

zati

on t

o fu

lfill

its

mis

sion

.

1eT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

upho

lds

and

prot

ects

its

inte

grit

y.

The

Hig

her

Lear

ning

Com

mis

sion

: Nor

th C

entr

al A

ssoc

iati

on C

rite

ria

for

Acc

redi

tati

on a

re o

rgan

ized

und

er f

ive

maj

or h

eadi

ngs.

• M

issi

on a

nd I

nteg

rity

• Pr

epar

ing

for

the

Futu

re

• St

uden

t Le

arni

ng a

nd E

ffec

tive

Tea

chin

g

• A

cqui

siti

on, D

isco

very

, and

App

licat

ion

of K

now

ledg

e

• E

ngag

emen

t &

Ser

vice

Cri

teri

a St

atem

ents

:The

se s

tate

men

ts, a

dopt

ed b

y th

e C

omm

issi

on, d

efin

ene

cess

ary

attr

ibut

es o

f an

org

aniz

atio

n ac

cred

ited

by

the

Com

mis

sion

. An

orga

niza

tion

mus

t be

judg

ed t

o ha

ve m

et e

ach

of t

he C

rite

ria

to m

erit

accr

edit

atio

n. S

anct

ions

may

be

appl

ied

if an

aff

iliat

ed o

rgan

izat

ion

is in

jeop

ardy

of

not

mee

ting

one

or

mor

e of

the

Cri

teri

a.

Cor

e C

ompo

nent

s: T

he C

omm

issi

on id

enti

fies

Cor

e C

ompo

nent

s of

eac

hC

rite

rion

. An

orga

niza

tion

add

ress

es e

ach

Cor

e C

ompo

nent

as

it p

rese

nts

reas

onab

le r

epre

sent

ativ

e ev

iden

ce o

f m

eeti

ng a

Cri

teri

on. T

he r

evie

w o

fea

ch C

ore

Com

pone

nt is

nec

essa

ry f

or a

tho

roug

h ev

alua

tion

of

how

an

orga

niza

tion

mee

ts a

Cri

teri

on.

App

endi

x II


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ateg

ic P

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e 37

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thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Cri

teri

on

Th

ree:

Stu

den

t L

earn

ing

an

d E

ffec

tive

Tea

chin

gT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

prov

ides

evi

denc

e of

stu

dent

lear

ning

and

tea

chin

g ef

fec-

tive

ness

tha

t de

mon

stra

tes

it is

ful

fillin

g it

s ed

ucat

iona

l mis

sion

.

Co

re C

om

po

nen

ts

3aT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s go

als

for

stud

ent l

earn

ing

outc

omes

are

cle

arly

sta

ted

for

each

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

am a

nd m

ake

effe

ctiv

e as

sess

men

t pos

sible

.

3bT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

valu

es a

nd s

uppo

rts

effe

ctiv

e te

achi

ng.

3cT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

crea

tes

effe

ctiv

e le

arni

ng e

nvir

onm

ents

.

3dT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s le

arni

ng r

esou

rces

sup

port

stu

dent

lear

ning

and

ef

fect

ive

teac

hing

.

Cri

teri

on

Tw

o:

Pre

par

ing

fo

r th

e F

utu

reT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s al

loca

tion

of

reso

urce

s an

d it

s pr

oces

ses

for

eval

uati

onan

d pl

anni

ng d

emon

stra

te it

s ca

paci

ty t

o fu

lfill

its

mis

sion

, im

prov

e th

equ

ality

of i

ts e

duca

tion,

and

res

pond

to

futu

re c

halle

nges

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s.

Co

re C

om

po

nen

ts

2aT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

real

isti

cally

pre

pare

s fo

r a

futu

re s

hape

d by

mul

tipl

e so

ciet

al a

nd e

cono

mic

tre

nds.

2bT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s re

sour

ce b

ase

supp

orts

its

educ

atio

nal p

rogr

ams

and

its p

lans

for

mai

ntai

ning

and

str

engt

heni

ng th

eir

qual

ity in

the

futu

re.

2cT

he o

rgan

izat

ion’

s on

goin

g ev

alua

tion

and

asse

ssm

ent

proc

esse

s pr

ovid

ere

liabl

e ev

iden

ce o

f in

stit

utio

nal e

ffec

tive

ness

tha

t cl

earl

y in

form

s st

rate

gies

for

con

tinu

ous

impr

ovem

ent.

2dA

ll le

vels

of

plan

ning

alig

n w

ith

the

orga

niza

tion

’s m

issi

on, t

here

by

enha

ncin

g it

s ca

paci

ty t

o fu

lfill

that

mis

sion

.

App

endi

x II


Self-Study

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

2004

–200

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l Pla

n 20

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006

Pag

e 38

Nor

thw

est

Iow

a C

omm

unity

Col

lege

Cri

teri

on

Fiv

e: E

ng

agem

ent

and

Ser

vice

As

calle

d fo

r by

its

mis

sion

, the

org

aniz

atio

n id

enti

fies

its

cons

titu

enci

es a

ndse

rves

the

m in

way

s bo

th v

alue

.

Co

re C

om

po

nen

ts

5aT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

lear

ns f

rom

the

con

stit

uenc

ies

it s

erve

s an

d an

alyz

es it

sca

paci

ty t

o se

rve

thei

r ne

eds

and

expe

ctat

ions

.

5bT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

has

the

capa

city

and

the

com

mit

men

t to

eng

age

wit

h it

s id

enti

fied

cons

titu

enci

es a

nd c

omm

unit

ies.

5cT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

dem

onst

rate

s it

s re

spon

sive

ness

to

thos

e co

nsti

tuen

cies

that

dep

end

on it

for

ser

vice

.

5dIn

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal c

onst

itue

ncie

s va

lue

the

serv

ices

the

org

aniz

atio

n pr

ovid

es.

Cri

teri

on

Fo

ur:

Acq

uis

itio

n, D

isco

very

, an

d A

pp

licat

ion

of

Kn

ow

led

ge

The

org

aniz

atio

n pr

omot

es a

life

of

lear

ning

for

its

facu

lty, a

dmin

istr

a-ti

on, s

taff

, and

stu

dent

s by

fos

teri

ng a

nd s

uppo

rtin

g in

quir

y, c

reat

ivit

y,pr

acti

ce a

nd s

ocia

l res

pons

ibili

ty in

way

s co

nsis

tent

wit

h it

s m

issi

on.

Co

re C

om

po

nen

ts

4aT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

dem

onst

rate

s, t

hrou

gh t

he a

ctio

ns o

f its

boa

rd,

adm

inist

rato

rs, s

tude

nts,

facu

lty a

nd st

aff,

that

it v

alue

s a li

fe o

f lea

rnin

g.

4bT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

dem

onst

rate

s th

at a

cqui

siti

on o

f a

brea

dth

of

know

ledg

e an

d sk

ills

and

the

exer

cise

of

inte

llect

ual i

nqui

ry a

re

inte

gral

to

its

educ

atio

nal p

rogr

ams.

4cT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

asse

sses

the

use

fuln

ess

of it

s cu

rric

ula

to s

tude

nts

who

will

live

and

wor

k in

a g

loba

l, di

vers

e, a

nd t

echn

olog

ical

soc

iety

.

4dT

he o

rgan

izat

ion

prov

ides

sup

port

to

ensu

re t

hat

facu

lty, s

tude

nts,

an

d st

aff

acqu

ire,

dis

cove

r, an

d ap

ply

know

ledg

e re

spon

sibl

y.

App

endi

x II


Str

ateg

ic

Pla

n20

04–2

008

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ratio

nal

Pla

n 20

04–2

006

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rth

we

st I

ow

a C

om

mu

nit

y C

olle

ge

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