1. St. Petersburg College The Baccalaureate Experience An Update and New Endeavors March 5, 2005

2. Office of Baccalaureate Programs and University Partnerships Dr. Thomas E. Furlong, Jr., Senior Vice President, Baccalaureate Programs and University Partnerships Kay Burniston, Associate Vice President, Baccalaureate Programs Baccalaureate Programs

3. ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE SPC is the oldest 2-year college in Florida: 77 years Comprehensive Community College mission Fall enrollment: 24,384

4. BACKGROUND Unique Needs of Pinellas County: 1. Employer needs identified for IT managers, teachers, BSN trained nurses 1. Employer needs identified for IT managers, teachers, BSN trained nurses 2. Pinellas 67 of 67 counties in Baccalaureate access 2. Pinellas 67 of 67 counties in Baccalaureate access 3. Geographic uniqueness: a peninsula with heavy traffic volume 3. Geographic uniqueness: a peninsula with heavy traffic volume 4. Need for AS graduates to a have a smooth AS to BAS transfer option 4. Need for AS graduates to a have a smooth AS to BAS transfer option

5. STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE CCS strategic plan on Baccalaureate access solutions: branches; partnerships; distance learning; community colleges directly (Florida 49 th ; Pinellas 67 th among counties) Two hundred AS programs statewide and only five AS to Bachelor’s articulation agreements

6. STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE Legislature chose to also support a few niche Bachelor’s directly in high need areas IT (22,000), Nursing (critical), Teacher Education (162,000 shortage in ten years) Federal support for the online and partnership responses at St. Petersburg College (Project Eagle)

7. SPC CHALLENGE How to implement Bachelor’s and be true to historical Community College Mission of workforce, 2+2, remedial and University Partnership missions? How to expand the open-door and keep instruction as a top priority as niche bachelor degrees are added How to serve our “community” with 4- year bachelor’s in high demand areas

8. UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CENTER 43 Bachelor’s degree programs 29 Master’s and Doctoral programs 15 Partners public/private example: 2+4 with University of Florida – Pharmacy SPC funded to provide support: Partners provide direct instruction 2,136 students currently enrolled

9. UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CENTER PARTNERS Barry University Case Western Reserve University Eckerd College Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Florida A&M University Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Institute of Technology

10. UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CENTER PARTNERS Florida International University Florida State University George Washington University St. Leo University University of Central Florida University of Florida University of South Florida

11. UPC BACHELOR’S DEGREES Business Administration, Accounting, Human Resources, Professional Administration, General Business Construction Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology Management Elementary Education, Exceptional Student Education, Secondary Education Math and Biology

12. Emergency Health Services, Health Sciences, Nursing, Dental Hygiene English, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Social Work Criminal Justice, Legal Studies Sports Management, Exercise Science Public Administration

13. IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS WITH ACCREDITATION - SACS Consultant (April 2001) Legislature approved $1 million to develop; help with faculty, library, etc. Document in October December 2001 annual vote of SACS Commission on Colleges on 4-year status November Team Visit recommended overall commendation to SACS

14. DEGREE STANDARDS SUS academic policies for quality Time to degree: 120 hours Common pre-requisites Specialized accreditation Ability of graduates to transfer into state/private graduate programs

15. KEY TO IMPLEMENTATION Becoming 4-year across the College e.g. Institutional Effectiveness, faculty criteria, student services, library services SPC’s challenge: become one College, one faculty, one Curriculum and Instruction Committee, etc. Planning funds provided to develop a full upper division at SPC by the Legislature; upper division to focus on teacher education, BSN nursing and AS to BAS articulation programs

16. THREE AREAS OF INITIAL EMPHASIS Technology Management BSN Nursing Teacher Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Exceptional Education Exceptional Education Secondary Mathematics Secondary Mathematics Secondary Science Secondary Science

17. TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AS to BAS Dean/Faculty Corporate support for Coop; paid training; Capstone Projects Early Partners: Raytheon, Raymond James, Franklin Templeton, Transition Optical, Brighthouse, Telecommunication Services, Concurrent Technologies, IBM

18. TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT Develop curriculum blended/online Advisory group Enrollment goal 75 and 300 enrolled first year Modmester: Demographics promote short, intense evening classes Current enrollment is: 372 Total graduates to date: 92 USF articulation agreement: BAS to MBA

19. BSN NURSING 2+2 AS to BSN only; the RN is an admissions requirement BSN needed for management positions, to go for MSN, and specialized hospital positions NLNAC accredited on first try in 2004 Dean has PhD and 5 PhD Nursing faculty Cohorts at 2 Morton Plant Hospital locations and at Oak Hill Hospital in Hernando County

20. BSN NURSING Hospital scholarships Enrollment in first year 104 Current Enrollment: 228 LPN, ADN/RN at SPC has increased its enrollment from 400 to 700 since the BSN program began Current graduates to date: 48 Career Ladder: RN; BSN; MSN, DSN and PhD in University Partnership Center

21. TEACHER EDUCATION Science Biology Education; Math Education; Elementary Education and Exceptional Child Education 70 courses to develop State program approval 2003 on first try NCATE currently initiating application process

22. TEACHER EDUCATION Alternate certification proposal near completion for credit approval in cooperation with Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando School Boards Enrollment in first year: 175 students Current enrollment: 428 students Graduates to date : 85

23. LIBRARY Add two librarians and cross train all staff Books and service currently at 5 locations Courier service Community College statewide automated library tied to 4-year automated library

24. FINANCIAL AID USDOE approval Bright Futures FSAG need based Community College Minority Teachers Fund Financial Aid Fee

25. STUDENT SERVICES Three 4-year Baccalaureate Specialists hired initially Each assigned a different site Each cross-trained in all 2 and 4 year programs

26. RECORDS AND REGISTRATION Earlier admissions cycle Process and workload change from open door at lower division to restricted admission at upper level Work with three Deans on admission status by major

27. FACILITIES COE building renovation at Tarpon Springs: Bilirakis College of Education in two locations Clearwater portables – plans for new facility Nursing renovations in Allied Health facility Capital outlay through CCS and SUS by statute

28. FACULTY All four-year faculty have same pay schedule as all SPC faculty Twelve month contracts Faculty advising as part of responsibility All initial hires had a PhD in field

29. PASCO-HERNANDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE Unique working outside our service area Common course helps students across the twenty-eight colleges Joint logos on marketing ads Courses at New Port Richey and Oak Hill Hospital

30. FINANCE FORMULA State University per student-research plus upper division SPC fees Fees less than SUS, more than fees in our 2-year programs. Special fees less than USF Began at 20% less than SUS, and will widen each year (30% next Fall) CCS approach now at 85% of SUS upper division

31. NEW PROGRAM APPROVAL AND PROCESS Dental Hygiene Public Safety Administration Veterinary Technology USF Career Transfer Programs Orthotics and Prosthetics Proposed: International Business International Business Legal Assisting

32. Determining 4-year Eligibility Needs assessment: Student interest survey Job projections of positions available for graduates Current and projected labor market analysis Cost of program includes faculty, equipment, facilities, on-line possibilities and other expenses

33. Proposed campus location Projected Enrollment includes 1 st year unduplicated headcount and fte and subsequent years Other private/public offerings of program both local and statewide Differentiation between currently offered programs and proposed program

34. Potential partners – UPC proposals Narrative Rationale – St. Petersburg College direct offering

35. CURRENT ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS Daytona Beach CC – Dental Hygiene Hillsborough CC – Technology Management Manatee CC – Dental Hygiene Pasco-Hernando CC – Dental Hygiene, Education, Nursing, Technology Management. Santa Fe CC – Public Safety Administration, Technology Management

36. PROPOSED ARTICULATION AGREEMTENTS South Florida CC – Technology Management St. Johns River CC – Technology Management University of South Florida – MBA Business Administration

37. Unique 4-Year Opportunities 4-year eligible special area for example Kresge Unique federal grants at Bacclaureate level NCTTECS

38. FINALLY Key ingredients to early success have been respect for community college mission; funds for planning and implementation; and program majors selected were in high demand areas

39. We are offering Baccalaureate degrees at a 4- year open admission college at freshman level SACS’s position is that if you have any upper division courses you change your name and seek accreditation change to higher degree Admission criteria are at the junior level e.g. BSN requires RN for admission

40. OUTCOME Baccalaureate access greatly expanded in Pinellas County by the leveraged approach of the niche 4-year degrees offered by St. Petersburg College Expanded online offerings Bachelor's degrees offered on our sites by our University Partners And expanded upper division offerings at the St. Petersburg branch of our regional university