Arizona Western College

The agenda includes a budget workshop followed by a regular meeting of the governing board. Discussion topics may include legal advice concerning agenda items, review of confidential records, and consultation regarding contracts, litigation, or settlement discussions during a potential executive session.

The board meeting addressed various administrative and operational items, including the acceptance of candidates for exempt positions and the approval of amendments to the 2026-2027 tuition and fee schedule to incorporate new apprenticeship program fees and correct course entries. Financial reports provided an overview of the district's robust health, noting increased revenues and efficient expenditures. Additionally, the board reviewed informational items regarding purchases exceeding $50,000 and received updates on college activities, including student government reports, faculty senate achievements, and recent national recognition for the communications and marketing team. Discussion also covered an international lab collaboration opportunity and preparations for upcoming end-of-semester celebrations.

This document serves as an update on the institution's strategic plan, which was launched in January 2018 and is set to sunset in 2025. It reviews the plan's core elements, including its mission, vision, student experience statement, and guiding values such as accessibility, technology, agility, and prosperity. The update details ongoing strategic initiatives and focuses on key areas such as Guiding Principles for Learning, Prior Learning Assessment, Guided Pathways, Shared Governance, Open Educational Resources, and Data-Driven Class Scheduling, all aimed at enhancing student success and institutional effectiveness. The document also includes a townhall discussing innovation fund projects that support these strategic objectives and outlines future considerations for the plan's evolution.

This document provides an update on Arizona Western College's strategic planning initiatives. It details implementation action plans for 19 strategic objectives, categorized under key directions: Agility, Technology, Accessibility, and Prosperity. The update also covers Innovation Fund proposals and links strategic planning efforts to enrollment plans, with objectives spanning from October 2018 to July 2025.

This document serves as an update and townhall presentation for the 2025 Strategic Plan. The plan is structured around four strategic directions—Agility, Technology, Accessibility, and Prosperity—encompassing 19 objectives, a mission, vision, values, and a student experience statement. Key initiatives highlighted include guiding principles for learning technology, guided pathways and high school articulation, centralized multi-year class scheduling, cross-training models, open educational resources, sensible workflow creation, and a professional development model. The update also details statistics on the innovation fund, reviews progress on 2022 funded projects, and outlines new projects planned for 2023 to further enhance institutional goals.