1. ECC Excels
ECC’s Strategic Plan

2. Strategic Plan Focus Areas
Access
Completion
Engagement
Operations
Success
Strategic Plan Focus Areas

3. Excels: Targets Enrollment: Moderate increase of 1.4% annually
Faculty/Staff Diversity: Increase in faculty minority rate from 10.1% to 18.4%
Retention: Increase from 53.5% to 62%
Graduation: Increase from 19.4% to 24.8% in the 3- year graduation rate
Degrees Awarded: Increase from 2,474 to 2,800 by
Time-to-Degree: Decrease from 4.01 years to years
Improvements in Student Financial Literacy and, START-UP NY Rollout, Increased Philanthropy, etc.
Excels: Targets

4. Collaboration: Task Forces and Work Groups
Access
Accessibility, Cost, Curriculum, Distance Learning, Employee Diversity, Intake, Non-Credit/High School, Recruitment
Completion
Communication, Completion, Data, Distance Learning Success, Intake, Support
Engagement
TBD
Operations
Success
Applied Learning, Financial Literacy, Multicultural Experiences, Successful Transfer, Workforce Success/Job Linkage
Collaboration: Task Forces and Work Groups

5. Collaboration: Access Task Force and Work Groups
Accessibility
Cost
Curriculum
Distance Learning
Employee Diversity
Intake
Non-Credit/High School/Advanced Studies
Recruitment
Meetings:
First Meeting:
December 21
Upcoming: February 11, South 1113; 1:30 to 3
Collaboration: Access Task Force and Work Groups

6. Collaboration: Completion Task Forces and Work Groups
Communication
Completion
Data
Distance Learning Success
Intake
Support
Meetings:
First Meeting: January 7;
Upcoming: February 18, G100; 2-3:30
Collaboration: Completion Task Forces and Work Groups

7. Collaboration: Engagement Task Forces and Work Groups
Civic Engagement (External/Community Relations)
Philanthropy
Staff and Student Engagement (Includes staff development)
Workforce Development
Meetings:
First Meeting: February 2;
Upcoming:
February 11; City 172 and North G106; 2 to 4
February 16; City 162 and North G100; 2 to 4
Collaboration: Engagement Task Forces and Work Groups

8. Collaboration: Operations Task Force and Work Groups
Groups (Detailed charges not yet defined):
Administrative Processes
Finance
Facilities
Technology
Meetings:
First Meeting: February 10, POST 172, North G106, South 1113; 2:30 to 4:30
Upcoming:
February 17
February 24
Collaboration: Operations Task Force and Work Groups

9. Collaboration: Success Task Force and Work Groups
Applied Learning
Financial Literacy
Multicultural Experiences
Successful Transfer
Workforce Success/Job Linkage
Meetings:
First Meeting: Opening Day; First Full Meeting: January 15;
Upcoming: February 19; South 1113, North G100, City 162; 2 to 4
Collaboration: Success Task Force and Work Groups

10. Major Issues Being Discussed: Access
Testing incoming students for college readiness
Establishing a rational tuition plan
Expand use of OER
Streamlined Intake Structure
Increased access to support services for DL students
Establish online advisement
Adoption of SUNY Diversity Task Force recommendations
Reform of incoming transcript workflow
Major Issues Being Discussed: Access

11. Major Issues Being Discussed: Completion
Establishing a comprehensive communication matrix for faculty and students to promote student completion
Pushing out more critical communication to students
Requiring the use of by students
Improving the capacity of advisors to participate in student completion
Expand online tutoring for DL students
Grow DL program capacity to assist with instructional design
Adoption of OSCQR for DL courses
New graduation procedures
More college readiness training during intake period
Increased use of Starfish throughout the institution; e.g., Collegewide rollout of electronic attendance tool
Improvements to academic and financial aid probation/dismissal processes
Improved career counseling at intake
Development of academic success plans for students
Study of late admissions; consideration of late start term or other solutions;
Major Issues Being Discussed: Completion

12. Major Issues Being Discussed: Success
Increased use of transfer, employment, and wage data to track students after they leave ECC; increased engagement by academic departments in post-ECC success measures
Establishment of Civic Engagement Center; expanding collaboration between Career Resource Center and Applied Learning entities (Service Learning, Internships, etc.)
Increased programming around multicultural experiences with an eye toward college climate improvements
Increased use of SUNY Smart Track to improve financial literacy
Improved communication between CRC and academic departments
Major Issues Being Discussed: Success

13. Major Issues Being Discussed: Engagement and Operations
TBD
Major Issues Being Discussed: Engagement and Operations