Efficiency, Effectiveness and Accountability Committee

STRATEGIC PLAN Kentucky Community and Technical College

Advance excellence and innovation in teaching, learning and service Increase student access, transfer and success Cultivate diversity, multiculturalism and inclusion Enhance the economic and workforce development of the Commonwealth Promote the recognition and value of KCTCS

Target Active Learning Student Effort Academic Challenge Student / Faculty Interaction Support for Learners Community College Student Survey of Student Engagement Benchmark Scores Definition: Average scores on CCSSE’s benchmarks of effective educational practice. Source: Community College Survey of Student Engagement

Licensure / Certification Pass Rate Source: Individual Kentucky State Boards and/or KCTCS Colleges Definition: Percent of first-time takers passing licensure and certification exams required by the profession for entry-level positions as reported by state and national examining boards or college licensure exam administrators/program coordinators.

TARGET English Source: KCTCS Student Records Database. Definition: Percent of first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental English level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college English level within two year.

TARGET Math Source: KCTCS Student Records Database. Definition: Percent of first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental Math level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college Math level within two year.

TARGET Reading Source: KCTCS Student Records Database. Definition: Percent of first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental Reading level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college Reading level within two year.

TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE; US Census Bureau Population Estimates; KPR Projections. Definition: KCTCS fall credit enrollment from colleges’ enrollment clusters divided by the population aged 18-64; KCTCS participation rate includes all Kentucky resident students.

TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE. Definition: Annual count of total credentials (associate degrees, certificates, and diplomas) awarded.

TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE. Definition: Annual count of associate degrees awarded.

TARGET Source: KCTCS Student Records Database and National Student Clearinghouse. Definition: Percent of fall/summer first-time credential-seeking students who have earned a credential, transferred to a four-year institution, or are still enrolled at the end of three year.

TARGET Source: Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education Definition: Annual number of students who enter public, independent or proprietary postsecondary institutions in Kentucky as a first-time transfer student or transfer KCTCS credit.

Student Diversity TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE; National Center for Health Statistics; US Census Bureau Population Estimates. Definition: Percent of students with known ethnicity in all racial/ethnic categories excluding white and nonresident alien, based on fall unduplicated headcount, compared to percent minority population aged in enrollment cluster.

TARGET Source: IPEDS, Official data as reported to CPE, and National Center for Health Statistics. Definition: Percent of employees in all racial/ethnic categories excluding white, nonresident alien, and unknown compared to percent minority population aged in enrollment cluster.

TARGET Source: KCTCS Student Records Database and National Student Clearinghouse. Definition: Percent of minority first-time, credential-seeking students testing at a developmental Reading level who successfully complete a developmental course or re-test at a college Reading level within two year.

TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE; Kentucky Occupational Outlook; Occupational Wages. Definition: Number of unduplicated credentials in programs cross-walked to a high wage, high demand occupation.

Wage Index TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE; UI wage match; Office of Employment and Training’s Occupational Wages. Definition: Median quarterly wage of all graduates making at least $2,500 in the 2 nd quarter post graduation divided by the Kentucky median occupational wage.

Workforce Matriculation TARGET Source: Official data as reported to CPE and KCTCS Student Records. Definition: Percent of students with workforce non-credential academic plan (excluding fire rescue students) who enroll as credential-seeking students or earn a credential within three academic years.

Source: KCTCS Office of Advancement, Grants, and Contracts, and Treasury Definition: Annual dollar amount (rounded to the nearest $1,000) of financial contributions from grants, contracts, advancement, and other external sources and endowment income.

TARGET Source: VOCUS, “Today’s News”, compiled by KCTCS Public Relations. Definition: Number of media citations and positive citations as a percent of total.

Volume metrics: credentials awarded, associate degrees awarded, transfer, media focus Access: minority representation

Success Rates: developmental education, persistence Achievement Gaps: minority persistence Responsiveness to Economy: wage index, high wage/high demand completions Action Planning