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Blueprint For The Future
The Blueprint for the Future, ICC's strategic plan, is a living document updated at least annually to address changes in the environment. Below are the goals and strategies established for FY10 to move ICC forward in achieving the vision.
Vision
Illinois Central College is a comprehensive community college committed to a future that "surprises" our students, employees and community. We do not think that "settling" or "satisfying" is enough. We, the people of ICC, are dedicated to becoming an institution that delights our students with exemplary service, relevant and up to-date classes, and an enriching campus life, all at an affordable cost. We know what it takes for our students to succeed, and we make it happen. Education at ICC leads to successful careers, transfer to baccalaureate degree programs, and life-long learning experiences for our students.
As a college community we are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience. In FY10, our strategic plan will focus on:
Strategic Priority #1: Enhance Outreach
Goal: Increase credit hours by 2.5% in FY10 and noncredit enrollment by 1% in FY10
Strategy 1.1: We will reach out to African Americans in our community by developing programs and services to meet their unique needs.
Strategy 1.2: We will reach out to nontraditional students (over age 25), particularly the recently unemployed, by developing a comprehensive set of programs, schedules, and services to meet their unique needs.
Strategy 1.3: We will reach out to the Pekin community and Tazewell County by building a comprehensive schedule of courses and offerings at the ICC South location.
Strategy 1.4: We will actively engage employees in the recruitment of students.
Strategy 1.5: We will develop a process for continually assessing the needs and expectations of the business community in order to develop training experiences to meet their needs, and to make sure the business community is aware of what ICC can do for them.
Strategy 1.6: We will reach out to the 65+ and/or retired citizens with noncredit learning experiences to meet their unique needs.
Strategic Priority #2: Improve Student Success
Goal: Increase student course success to 73.5% in FY10
Strategy 2.1: We will develop a sequence or sequence(s) of learning experiences that will get under-prepared students ready for success in their foundational and gateway courses and beyond.
Strategy 2.2: We will improve our students’ engagement in their learning and college experience.
Strategy 2.3: We will develop a more systematic way to provide timely feedback to students about their progress in a course.
Strategic Priority #3: Improve Service
Goal: Exceed the national benchmark in FY11 on the Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) to the items: "So far, how has your educational experience met your expectations?", "Rate your overall satisfaction with your experience here thus far" and "All in all, if you had to do it over, would you enroll here again?"
Exceed the prior year’s performance on teamwork and the overall climate on the Personal Assessment of the College Environment (PACE) in FY10
Strategy 3.1: We will improve academic advisement for full-time and part-time students.
Strategy 3.2: We will enhance the financial aid process.
Strategy 3.3: We will develop a systematic approach to measure and improve service to students and stakeholders.
Strategy 3.4: We will improve the recruitment/selection, retention, development and engagement of college employees.
Strategic Priority #4: Maintain Value
Goal: Contain the growth in unit cost to 3% and reduce utility cost per square foot to $1.90.
Strategy 4.1: We will reduce energy consumption.
Strategy 4.2: We will contain the growth in benefit costs.
Strategy 4.3: We will increase facility utilization.
Strategy 4.4: We will secure grants and donations to fund scholarships and to offset the costs of projects associated with the implementation of College plans.
Strategy 4.5: We will systematically apply the Baldrige criteria to improve our performance and achieve our goals.