Committee Meeting: Excels Access Committee Date: 2/21/18 Minutes taken by: Kristy Bigouette, Assistant to the VP of Enrollment Committee Management Chair: Attendees: Fabio Escobar, Diane McLaughlin, Karen Roberts, Pat Ryan, Steven Smith Steven Smith, Phil Struebel. Absent: Marilou Blair, Dave Usinski. MINUTES Call to order: 2pm Announcements: This is the first meeting with our new chair Steven Smith. The Excels key document can be found through MyECC in the upper right hand in the governance and planning section and selecting Excels. Membership in this committee needs to be refreshed. New Business: Project Updates Project 2: Goal - Increase enrollment by providing programs and services that are accessible and adapt to students’ personal needs. Initiative: Increase accessibility to ECC for students who require transportation, housing, and food plans allowing ECC to compete with other colleges. The Project manager is Steve Smith. Team members have been identified as Shannon Munch, Culinary Arts representative (possibly Chef Wright) and an ASC representative. Steve Smith has been visiting with local colleges to see where partnerships would fit for student housing. Project 5: Goal-Explore the effect of costs and aid on enrollment and recommend a five-year tuition plan to optimize enrollment. Initiative: Identify opportunities to reduce textbook costs for students through the use of open educational resources. The promotion of AIM (Affordable Instrumental Materials) will begin in this fall semester’s catalog. Faculty can get a stipend based on an MOU starting in October. The list of courses & text costs received from the bookstore. The OER badging system is established but faculty need assistance with badging. Fall SUNY OER Saturday workshops is being held 10/21/18. Sandbox training sessions are being held 11/21/18, 1/28/18, 2/8/18 and there are more to come. Performance Indicators include the completion rate being up, costs are down, the badging system established although it needs refinement & clarification.
Committee Meeting: Excels Access Committee Date: 2/21/18 Minutes taken by: Kristy Bigouette, Assistant to the VP of Enrollment Management Committee Chair: Attendees: Fabio Escobar, Diane McLaughlin, Karen Roberts, Pat Ryan, Steven Smith, Phil Struebel. Absent: Marilou Blair, Dave Usinski. Steven Smith MINUTES Call to order: 2pm Announcements: This is the first meeting with our new chair Steven Smith. The Excels key document can be found through MyECC in the upper right hand in the governance and planning section and selecting Excels. Membership in this committee needs to be refreshed. New Business: Project Updates Project 2: Goal - Increase enrollment by providing programs and services that are accessible and adapt to students’ personal needs. Initiative: Increase accessibility to ECC for students who require transportation, housing, and food plans allowing ECC to compete with other colleges. The Project manager is Steve Smith. Team members have been identified as Shannon Munch, Culinary Arts representative (possibly Chef Wright) and an ASC representative. Steve Smith has been visiting with local colleges to see where partnerships would fit for student housing. Project 5: Goal-Explore the effect of costs and aid on enrollment and recommend a five-year tuition plan to optimize enrollment. Initiative: Identify opportunities to reduce textbook costs for students through the use of open educational resources. The promotion of AIM (Affordable Instrumental Materials) will begin in this fall semester’s catalog. Faculty can get a stipend based on an MOU starting in October. The list of courses & text costs received from the bookstore. The OER badging system is established but faculty need assistance with badging. Fall SUNY OER Saturday workshops is being held 10/21/18. Sandbox training sessions are being held 11/21/18, 1/28/18, 2/8/18 and there are more to come. Performance Indicators include the completion rate being up, costs are down, the badging system established although it needs refinement & clarification.
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