Strategic Plan Priority 3 - Enrollment
Educating the citizens of Delaware and Chester Counties is the primary reason Delaware County Community聽College exists.
As a result, identifying ways to increase our impact and聽reach (enrollment) is critical for our聽strategic planning.聽
The College commits to using a student-centered approach to examine what success means to students and聽eliminating barriers to their success. We will improve enrollment, retention, progression, and completion by聽learning from students and faculty, implementing best practices, and using data to inform our decisions.聽This work will be designed and implemented with a commitment to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.聽The College has set a goal of increasing credit enrollment by 3% over the next three years.
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Increase credit enrollment by 3% over the next three years: new聽and continuing students (i.e., retention).
Strategy:
- Develop Strategic Recruitment and Retention Plans that assess and enhance enrollment and retention.
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Increase enrollment and retention of underserved populations.
Strategies:
- Include strategies in Strategic Recruitment and Retention Plans that specifically address the聽unique needs of underserved populations.
- Provide ongoing DEI training to faculty and staff responsible for recruitment and retention.
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Improve programmatic retention.
Strategies:
- Improve structures, processes, practices, and programs to strengthen enrollment, retention,聽progression, and completion.
- Develop and expand inclusive onboarding activities that prepare new students for success in our diverse聽educational environment.
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Expand dual enrollment by partnering with additional high schools and聽increasing the number of students enrolled from each high school.
Strategy:
- Develop value proposition for dual enrollment and continuously educate school districts on its benefits.
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Review multi-semester academic scheduling that is student-focused and聽enhances students鈥� abilities to register for more credits per semester.
Strategy:
- Develop course schedules that are student-focused, flexible, and created with input from various stakeholders from聽across the College to encourage optimal student enrollment.
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Position the College as an agile leader in innovation鈥攁 change agent鈥攐ne that is responsive and capable of fulfilling the talent needs of the聽regional workforce and the global economy.
Strategies:
- Capture and report on student outcomes to meeting their individual educational goals (degree and certificate聽completion, transfer success, credit attainment for select courses, etc.) and identify any barriers to progression聽(financial, mental health and well-being, transportation, etc.).
- Capture and report on employer鈥檚 needs and develop programs that meet those needs.