Institutional Planning and Budget Council

PRIORITY OBJECTIVES, 2007-08

Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness

• Integrate program review findings into institutional planning, evaluation and budgeting.

(Goal 6, Objective 6b; Lead Responsibility: IPBC.)

• Provide professional development opportunities enabling faculty and staff to develop ways to improve student learning and institutional effectiveness; focus faculty development on student learning outcomes and learning assessment.

(Goal 10, Objective 10c; Lead Responsibility: Staff Development Committee.)

• Formulate and execute a comprehensive plan for implementing student learning outcomes and learning assessments for courses, programs and degrees.

(Goal 14, Objective 14d; Lead Responsibility: Academic/Faculty Senate.)

• Aggressively implement Facilities Master Plan, focusing on learning-centered college concepts as integral to the design of each new facility.

(Goal 24, Objective 24a; Lead Responsibility: Facilities Committee.)

Increasing Enrollment and Student Retention

• Improve the quality and scope of distance education offerings; increase response to online enrollment demand.

(Goals 4&8,Objectives 4g,8h; Lead Responsibility: DECSC.)

• Maintain or increase enrollment during bond-funded construction; formulate a scheduling plan and marketing plan addressing reduced classroom capacity during construction and moving classes into afternoon, early morning, and evening.

(Goal 8, Objective 8d; Lead Responsibility: CEMC.)

• Expand marketing and outreach activities; improve the college’s profile in the community.

(Goal 8, Objective 8a; Lead Responsibility: Marketing & Recruitment Committee.)

• Increase semester-to-semester persistence; develop new and enhanced support mechanisms and services to help Chabot students stay and become successful in their courses.

(Goal 19, Objective 19b; Lead Responsibility: Deans Council.)

• Increase persistence from basic skills to college-level courses.

(Goal 19, Objective 19d; Lead Responsibility: Deans Council.)

Engaging in an On-going Dialog about Learning and Institutional Effectiveness

• Initiate a conversation about what learning-centered means for Chabot College, including college-wide dialog about the population that the college intends to serve, with participation by 100% of regular fulltime staff, and X% of hourly/adjunct staff.

(Goal 26, Objective 26a; Lead Responsibility: College Council.)

• Increase timely communications regarding college-level planning and decision-making processes to the entire campus community.

(Goal 28, Objective 28a; Lead Responsibility: College Council.)

Goal 6, Objective 6b