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Blueprint For The Future

The Blueprint for the Future is a living document updated annually to address the emerging challenges we face as a College. A comprehensive scan of our community; data gathered through surveys of staff, students, and community; focus groups; trends in higher education; self-studies; and other sources of information help us focus our improvement efforts. Below are the strategies and objectives for each of the three strategic priorities which will be the focus for the next three years. By focusing on these areas, we hope to achieve our goal of being nationally recognized for student success among community colleges by 2016 and move closer to achieving our vision of creating “an exceptional educational experience” for the people we serve at ICC.

Strategic Priority: Outreach

Develop a Virtual Campus which will be a comprehensive online learning experience.

Objective: Increase online enrollments to 12,500 annual enrollments by FY2015.

Create/repackage short-term workforce readiness programs to meet the needs of the current business environment.

Objective: Increase number of people earning post-secondary credentials by completing short-term credit and noncredit workforce readiness certificates

Develop ICC North into a comprehensive campus.

Objective: Complete construction of ICC North buildings within 5% of budget and on time.

Objective: Provide improved student learning support services at the ICC North Campus.

Strategic Priority: Learning

Enhance academic and student support systems to increase student retention and success.

Objective: Increase first-year retention rates for first-time, full-time students from 71% to 76% by FY2015.

Support African American students to ensure they are successful in their courses.

Objective: Increase African American course success rates to 57.6% by FY2015.

Strategic Priority: Workforce

Develop a comprehensive employee recruitment plan to attract a diverse, high quality workforce.

Objective: Increase the percent of African American faculty such that it matches the African American student population by FY2017.