2024-2029 Strategic Planning in Progress
5/22/24- The work continues in creating our next 5-year Strategic Plan with assistance from Coraggio Group. The gathering phase has now concluded, and an insight report has been created. We remain on target with our timeline for completion by September. You will see in this report that there is a lot of work to be done, but it gives us insights into what our community expects of us and is a great starting point to create a successful strategic plan for the next 5 years and beyond serving our community.
From Coraggio Group:
Between January and April 2024, Clatsop Community College underwent the initial research and interested party engagement phase of creating its next Strategic Plan. This report is a summary of the data collection and interested party engagement conducted by Coraggio Group on behalf of CCC. The themes contained within this report are meant to serve as a starting point for the Core Planning Team as they work to craft Clatsop Community College’s next Strategic Plan.
2018-2023 Strategic Plan
FY2018 – FY2023
Board Adopted 9/10/19
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Core Theme 1: Foundational SkillsÂ
Core Theme 2: Academic and Student Success
Core Theme 3: Community and Personal Enrichment
FY2018 – FY2023
Board Adopted 6/12/18
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Strengthen the Academic Environment for Students
- Assess opportunities to improve existing programs and explore options for new programs.
- Improve academic scheduling to make it possible for students to graduate in two years.
- Develop a comprehensive enrollment management plan.
- Increase student participation in all aspects of the college via student government, clubs, and other college sponsored activities.
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Cultivate Connections with the Community
- Create a community outreach team for coordination and connection of internal effort with external partners.
- Partner with public and private entities to expand options for experiential and service learning.
- Increase community and partner participation at the College.
- Support expansion of community education and customized training, as appropriate.
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Commit to Equity and Inclusiveness
- Provide training for the Campus Community in areas of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Establish and empower a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council to review and recommend updates for policies and procedures related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Create a student center for clubs with space for activities, meetings and access to resources that encourage diversity, equity and inclusion on campus.
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Advance Institutional Accountability
- Promote a campus culture of collaboration and teamwork focused on improvements in communication and data-driven decision making.
- Improve practices related to support of all employees.
- Utilize appropriate evaluation tools to promote resource allocations.
2013-2017 Strategic Plan
FY2013-FY2017Â
Board Approved 7-10-12Â
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Core Theme 1 – Foundational SkillsÂ
Prepare students with a foundation of the skills and abilities needed for college study and life-long learningÂ
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Core Theme 2 – TransferÂ
Prepare students to successfully continue their education at a bachelor degree-granting institutionÂ
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Core Theme 3 – EmploymentÂ
Prepare students for career employment in a global marketplaceÂ
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Core Theme 4 – Business ProductivityÂ
Improve the knowledge and skills of proprietors and employees of district businessesÂ
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Core Theme 5 – Personal EnrichmentÂ
Assess the educational interests of the community and provide the resulting educational activities that are within the College’s authority to provide
FY2013-FY2017Â
Board Approved 7-10-12Â
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Improve College ProcessesÂ
- Schedule programs and courses to maintain an average credit section size of 20 studentsÂ
- Increase job placement rates for career-technical programs by percentÂ
- Improve staff and faculty satisfaction with institutional governance and operationsÂ
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Improve the Vitality and Stability of the CollegeÂ
- Increase general fund ending balance to 15 percent of General FundÂ
- Increase non-general fund revenue by 20 percent (exclusive of Financial Aid flow-through)Â
- Increase tuition-paying student enrollment (FTE) by 3 percent each yearÂ
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Improve Accountability and TransparencyÂ
- Improve student satisfaction with instruction, advising, and registration servicesÂ
- Regularly evaluate services and instructional programs to document program effectiveness and adjust program operation as indicated