Michelle Barnett

The document provides an overview of the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, Accelerated Study Program (COSI ASAP) at Colorado Mountain College. This program offers financial assistance, including scholarships and support for childcare, alongside personalized academic advising. Its objective is to help students, particularly low-income individuals and parents, accelerate their studies and complete an associate degree within an average of two years by bridging financial gaps and providing consistent guidance.

The strategic plan for Colorado Mountain College (CMC) focuses on elevating the economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality of its Rocky Mountain region. It aims to provide accessible, personalized, and affordable programs, fostering equity, care, innovation, and integrity. Key priorities include strengthening faculty and staff roles, improving student attainment, enhancing employee compensation and career advancement, and promoting environmental sustainability. The plan also emphasizes strategic partnerships, data-informed decision-making, and responsible fiscal stewardship to ensure the college's enduring contribution to its local mountain communities.

The 2025-2026 Goals and Work Plan for Colorado Mountain College focuses on advancing social and economic mobility through student success, unifying the college's story and culture through internal communication, reimagining learning through flexibility and human connection, and ensuring program health, sustainable resources, and civic participation. Key initiatives include designing academic models that integrate physical campuses, expanding access to high-wage programs, building new apartment buildings, scaling course offerings, and establishing a Center for Civics to enhance student and community engagement.

The Colorado Mountain College (CMC) 2023-2030 Strategic Plan, titled "Mountain Futures," focuses on four key commitments: Equity, Care, Innovation, and Integrity. The plan aims to enhance the economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality of the Rocky Mountain region by providing accessible, personalized, and affordable education and training. Specific areas of focus include strengthening faculty and staff roles in student success, improving student attainment metrics, ensuring equitable access and opportunities, fostering a positive work environment, promoting environmental sustainability, expanding professional development, leveraging data-informed approaches, and building strategic community and industry partnerships. The plan includes measurable performance metrics for each commitment to track progress and ensure accountability.

The 2020-2021 President's Goals and College Work Plan for Colorado Mountain College details the college's achievements and progress amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key areas of focus included modeling inclusion and equity, ensuring financial and operational stability, implementing strategic enrollment management, expanding academic programs, investing in technology, supporting mountain communities, preserving equity gains, implementing the Facilities Master Plan, and managing federal stimulus funds. Outcomes included successful navigation of the pandemic, maintaining financial health, high employee morale, improved student access and persistence rates, significant progress on student housing, the launch of new academic programs, and the attainment of Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) status. The plan also highlights community engagement efforts, workforce development initiatives, and progress on capital projects.