John Colson

This strategic plan outlines three core goals: strengthening student success, enhancing the college's public image and engagement, and optimizing internal operations. It focuses on expanding educational programs, improving student completion and career readiness, and enhancing support services. The plan also aims to increase visibility through marketing and community engagement, promote employee development, and ensure operational efficiency by streamlining processes, investing in technology, securing funding, and improving facilities.

The strategic plan focuses on exceeding the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) average for graduation and retention rates. It aims to maintain a consistent job placement rate of 99.0% through 2025. Additionally, the plan seeks steady improvement in the IPEDS graduation rate, targeting rates at or above historical peer institution averages, while considering disaggregate data of gender, race, ethnicity, and financial need.

The document outlines student achievement benchmarks and data for GPTC, focusing on graduation rates (IPEDS and TCSG), retention rates, and job placement rates. It compares GPTC's performance against peer institutions and TCSG averages, setting targets for improvement through 2025. The data includes breakdowns by gender, race/ethnicity, and financial aid type.

The document presents data on GPTC's retention, placement, and graduation rates, comparing them against TCSG peer institutions. It outlines benchmarks for retention (65% in AY 2022 to 72% in AY 2025), aims to maintain a 99% placement rate through 2025, and sets graduation rate targets (74% in AY 2022 to 77% in AY 2025). Additionally, it includes IPEDS graduation rates, broken down by gender, race/ethnicity, and Pell recipient status, with benchmarks for improvement through AY 2025.

The strategic plan focuses on improving graduation and retention rates within the Technical College System of Georgia. It includes specific benchmarks for IPEDS graduation rates, overall graduation rates, and retention rates, with the goal of exceeding the TCSG average. The plan also aims to maintain a consistent job placement rate of 99.0% through 2025.