Educational Master Plan (EMP) Online Feedback: College Mission + EMP Goals PaRC December 3, 2015 E. Kuo FH IR&P

Online Form Administration   Online Form Administration November 19-30, 2015 Email invite with embedded link Campus-wide feedback: FH employees and students Feedback sought regarding: College mission revise EMP goals

Online Participation Respondents: 284*   Online Participation Respondents: 284* Administrator: 8 Classified Staff: 14 FT Faculty: 22 PT Faculty: 10 Student: 229 Online perspective: 21% work/take classes mostly or all online [52 out of these 58 are students] *Respondents include email feedback (Classified Staff=1; FT Faculty=3) S15 EMP online input:125 respondents

EMP Awareness Aware of EMP revise: 52% (Yes/Somewhat)   EMP Awareness Aware of EMP revise: 52% (Yes/Somewhat) 78% of employees responded Yes Aware of mission revise: 41% (Yes/Somewhat) 82% employees responded Yes/Somewhat EMP revise N=276; College mission revise N=277

Proposed Mission Feedback   Proposed Mission Feedback Do you support the proposed changes? Yes: 49% No: 12% Majority of employees support changes (Yes: 60%) N=269; Unsure=39%

Proposed Mission Feedback   Proposed Mission Feedback What elements do you like about the proposed mission statement?* “Empowering students”: 68% “Core values”: 51% “Equity”: 40% “Democratic society”: 30% “Student population type”: 22% All items resonated with employees Multiple options could be selected so totals do not add up to 100%. N=264

Proposed Mission Feedback   Proposed Mission Feedback What elements do you not like about the proposed mission statement?* “Student population type”: 43% “Democratic society”: 37% “Equity”: 23% “Core values”: 23% “Empowering students”: 14% Multiple options could be selected so totals do not add up to 100%. N=190

Proposed Mission Feedback   Proposed Mission Feedback All “disliked” elements received less than half of the total responses. “Student population type” may be unclear. “Democratic society” received approximately similar response for like and dislike (~1/3 of responses) Concern regarding language “We don’t live in live in a democratic society. We’re in a republic.”

Proposed Mission Comments   Proposed Mission Comments Top Concerns: Shorten statement (“so all stakeholders can remember it”) Drop the word “Believing” (“grammatically awkward”) Remove core values (“mission and values are two separate ideas”) Confusion about “California students” (“international students may view that statement as excluding them”)

Proposed Mission Comments   Proposed Mission Comments Several comments discussed conciseness of current compared to proposed statement. Confusion remains about changes related to repeatability. Some discussed inspirational approach of proposed statement.

  EMP Goals Feedback Goal 1: Create a culture of equity that promotes student success, particularly for underserved students. Should a focus on “equity” be a college goal? Yes: 68% N=273

  EMP Goals Feedback Goal 2: Strengthen a sense of community and commitment to the College’s mission; expand participation from all constituencies in shared governance. Should a focus on “community” be a college goal? Yes: 78% N=273

  EMP Goals Feedback Goal 3: Recognize and support a campus culture that values ongoing improvement and stewardship of resources. Should a focus on “improvement” and “stewardship of resources” be a college goal? Yes: 76% N=271

EMP Goals Comments “Equity” as concept is vague   EMP Goals Comments “Equity” as concept is vague “Equity” conflated with other concepts (equality, opportunity, etc.), including a preference for certain student groups over others. Comment regarding other goals focus on lack of clarity Does “community” include local community? “Stewardship of Resources” should focus on environment, not budget Not explicit enough for specific metrics to be instituted Confusion reflected as several comments discussed goals as part of mission statement.

  Summary General support for the proposed college mission statement among employees Additional communication needed as one-third of respondents are unsure All three goals received a majority of support (more than two-thirds in agreement) Consider information dissemination process to increase support from all constituents