PROPOSED NEW POLICIES AND POLICY REVISIONS---6/14/99
STUDENT RECRUITMENT
The College shall agressively reach out to attract all people in the community who need and can use its services. The President shall report annually to the Board on:
[1] ACC recruitment activities and the resources expended on them.
[2] the extent and composition of entry into and enrollment in ACC programs.
[3] estimates of enrollment at other local college/university and post-secondary vocational-training institutions.
[4] potential instructional programs with substantial enrollment at such other local institutions which are not offered at ACC but are within its legal scope.
[5] comparative costs to students of ACC and alternative local providers.
STUDENT GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Enabling students to meet their educational goals should be the central organizing principle of College activity. While most of the work on this task will be done by students and faculty as part of the instructional process, the College shall also provide these other needed supports:
A. Goal Declaration
The College shall help students relate their aptitudes and interests to career opportunities and the corresponding educational goals (which may or may not include further college education after ACC). Accordingly:
[1] The College shall provide current information about the career opportunities in its area (including current demand, starting salaries, and career salary prospects), the preparation typically required for success in those careers, and the subsequent success by academic sector of ACC students in job placement and/or university transfer.
[2] Students shall be assessed as to their preparedness for their goals and informed of the educational sequences ACC offers that would advance them toward those goals (or of an alternate supplier or method in cases where that would be in the best interests of a student).
[3] A current declaration of educational goal (which may or may not include a degree or certificate) shall be maintained for each college-credit student.
B. Advising
[1] Each college-credit student (except those who at entry declare a clear short-term goal and decline an advisor) shall be assigned a faculty or staff advisor prepared to assist with the specific educational goal of that student. For transfer students, this preparation shall include appropriate knowledge about articulation of ACC courses with their target college. For workforce students, knowledge of the student's target industry shall be included. In either case, students requiring remediation under state law shall be given assistance and advice on how to satisfy such requirements while advancing toward their specific goals.
[2] Students (especially those who have difficulty reaching their goals) shall be advised as to how to learn effectively at the college level and as to what combinations of preparation, courseload, and non-school activities have been found to be consistent with academic success at ACC.
C. Financial Aid
The College shall fully inform students as to their opportunities for financial assistance to attend college, and shall facilitate their use of those opportunities, especially for grants.
D. Counseling
The College shall assist students in addressing obstacles to the achievement of their educational goals. Accordingly:
[1] Counseling services shall be focused on enabling educational achievement. Counselors shall accordingly work with students (self-referred or identified by faculty or staff as needing attention) so as to help them:
(a) make good use of the support services available at the College.
(b) understand how other students with similar problems have successfully resolved them.
(c) develop work and classroom participation patterns which contribute to successful performance in school and in their intended career.
[2] Counseling shall reflect a consistent philosophy of operational delivery throughout the College, with counselor task assignments implementing a coordinated plan addressing both campus-specific services and college-wide responsibilities.
[3] Student-development staff shall ensure that student concerns are brought to the notice of the responsible authority. Counselors shall therefore:
(a) inform the appropriate supervisor in writing when a student reports any action by a College employee which might reasonably be seen as contrary to College rules or policy.
(b) inform students of the College's appeal systems when appropriate, while respecting the responsibility and authority of instructors.
E. Results
[1] The college shall provide assistance to its students in placement in jobs or further higher education when they have completed their preparatory work.
[2] Each year the President shall provide the Board with a comprehensive report on the extent and nature of College efforts and results regarding these elements of student goal achievement, including measures of the extent to which students fail to achieve their goals and recommendations for improving the College's ability to serve such students.