Matthew McCowan

This Strategic Enrollment Management Plan for Student Success outlines the institution's direction to enhance student outcomes through four key priorities. These priorities include increasing enrollment, retention, persistence, and completion; facilitating career, transfer, and terminal degree completion; strengthening alumni relations; and fostering campus and community engagement and outreach. The plan aims to achieve student independence, self-sufficiency, and academic success while building a strong, healthy Dakota community.

This document outlines the Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Workflow for CCCC, detailing responsibilities, data sources, timelines, methods, and rationale across various components. Key focus areas include engaging prospective students through outreach and campus activities, optimizing marketing and registration processes, monitoring enrollment and retention trends, assessing student success KPIs and graduation rates, and enhancing career services, transfer pathways, and alumni engagement. The workflow aims to maximize student supports, improve enrollment, persistence, completion, and overall student and alumni success through continuous assessment and strategic adjustments.

The 2023-2028 Strategic Plan for Cankdeska Cikana Community College outlines four key priorities: Nurture Student Success, Practice Effective Teaching & Learning Processes, Support Community Development, and Transparent & Sustainable Operations. Specific goals include maintaining student enrollment (300-325 students), improving retention and persistence rates (>50% and >65% respectively), increasing the graduation rate, establishing tracking systems for student transfers and employment, and creating an alumni group. Academic priorities focus on continuous improvement through project-based learning, faculty development, and the establishment of a research office. Community development goals include updating the Community Assessment, supporting the Advanced Manufacturing Certificate program, creating CEU courses, and supporting land grant programs. Operational priorities center on maintaining a functional website, state-of-the-art technology infrastructure, accreditation, and financial audits.