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Strategic Priorities 2022-2027
MISSION: WHAT WE DO.
We provide affordable, accessible learning opportunities to promote student success and strengthen our community.
VISION: WHERE WE'RE GOING.
Through our service as an academic and economic leader, we will empower students and our community to succeed through business and industry partnerships, cultural enrichment, and educational programming.
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: HOW WE GET THERE
Focused planning that will help us carry out our mission and achieve our vision while exhibiting the values we share.
Strategic Priority 1: LEARNER SUCCESS
EACC is committed to providing educational and career pathways with support for students from entry to goal completion.
GOAL 1.1 FOCUS PROGRAM OFFERINGS
EACC reviews, enhances, and strengthens student recruitment and completion of existing, high-performing programs.
GOAL 1.2 SUPPORT ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY
EACC provides ongoing enhancement of, access to, and utilization of online technology and academic content.
GOAL 1.3 IMPROVE ACADEMIC PROGRESSION
EACC fosters steady and timely progression toward achievement of students' academic goals. Explore adding new degree or certificate programs.
Strategic Priority 2: STUDENT EXPERIENCE
EACC provides a personalized student experience through accessible student services and opportunities for student engagement.
GOAL 2.1 EXPAND HOLISTIC STUDENT SERVICES
EACC provides students a seamless, timely, and personal experience.
GOAL 2.2 INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
EACC engages students in and outside of the classroom.
GOAL 1.3 IMPROVE RE-ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGIES
EACC guides students to successfully complete their academic goals.
Strategic Priority 3: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
EACC is dedicated to an outstanding working and learning environment through excellence in operations, policies, technology, facilities, employees, and leadership.
GOAL 3.1 ADVANCE "STRONGER TOGETHER" CAMPUS CULTURE
EACC employees identify with the Stronger Together campus culture.
GOAL 3.2 BROADEN LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EACC offers a variety of leadership and professional development opportunities to a broad range of employees.
GOAL 3.3 BUILD INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
EACC utilizes facilities and technological resources for the benefit of students and employees.
GOAL 3.4 ENHANCE EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
EACC recruits and retains motivated, qualified employees.
Strategic Priority 4: COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT
EACC is the leader in workforce education, economic development, and building regional partnerships.
GOAL 4.1 LEAD THE REGION IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
EACC offers credit and non-credit training opportunities that are data driven and meet industry needs.
GOAL 4.2 EXPAND AUTHENTIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
EACC develops and sustains instructional strategies that connect students to the real world community needs.
GOAL 4.3 STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RELATIONS
EACC uses strategies that strengthen community relations and involve stakeholders of our learning community.
Crosswalk for Mission, Vision, and Strategic Priorities 2022-2027
Stronger Together: Strategic Priorities 2018-2021
2018-2021 End of Cycle Closeout Report
MISSION: WHAT WE DO.
What we do and why we do it.
We provide affordable, accessible learning opportunities to promote student success and strengthen our community.
VISION: WHERE WE'RE GOING.
Who we want to be and what we aspire to achieve.
Through our service as an academic and economic leader, we will empower students and our community to succeed through business and industry partnerships, cultural enrichment, and educational programming.
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: HOW WE GET THERE
Focused planning that will help us carry out our mission and achieve our vision while exhibiting the values we share.
Strategic Priority 1. FOSTER STUDENT SUCCESS through retention, completion, and student-friendly processes, policies, and procedures.
Strategies to Achieve Strategic Priority #1:
1. Analyze and use data to improve fall-to-spring and fall-to-fall retention.
2. Implement Guided Pathways and Fast Track paths.
3. Research, design, and establish new and/or innovative student supports.
4. Conduct assessment mini-cycle to better use and understand data and processes.
5. Target completion of 15 and 30 credit hours as points of success.
6. Target completion of gateway courses that are predictors of success.
7. Improve enrollment, registration, and graduation policies and procedures to ensure they are student friendly.
Strategic Priority 2. INCREASE ENROLLMENT through community and business outreach, focused marketing and recruitment, new or expanded use of modern marketing and recruitment tools, and long- and short-range planning.
Strategies to Achieve Strategic Priority #2:
1. Engage the community through intensive outreach campaign to civic groups, community events, church groups, clubs and organizations, or other gatherings of community members.
2. Intensify business and industry outreach efforts.
3. Focus marketing and recruitment efforts on particular populations.
4. Add or expand use of modern marketing and recruitment tools.
5. Explore adding new degree or certificate programs.
6. Increase quantity and improve quality of online programs, learning, and interactions.
Strategic Priority 3. IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS between College and community, College and students and intra-departmentally within the College.
Strategies to Achieve Priority #3:
1. Comprehensively review, revise, and share College policies and procedures to ensure consistency across documents and establish homogeneity among College documents to aid in comprehension.
2. Increase utilization of standing committees.
3. Engage in short- and long-term planning and share plans and results.
3. Engage in an intensive service-area community outreach campaign.
4. Increase institutional activities and communications.
