Iowa Central Community College

This strategic plan outlines four institutional goals: sustaining enrollment growth to meet regional workforce needs, providing comprehensive student support for goal achievement, fostering cooperative relationships with community stakeholders, and enhancing overall institutional excellence, continuous improvement, and effectiveness.

The 2023-2026 Strategic Enrollment Plan for Iowa Central Community College focuses on maintaining a headcount of 4,934 or a credit hour count of 51,503 each fall semester, increasing services to assist the undecided student population, and increasing overall retention (fall to fall) by 1.5% over the next 3 years. Key strategies include implementing College and Career Transition Counselors, creating a targeted communication plan, increasing out-of-state recruitment, establishing the iJAG program, increasing area V student participation in Triton Academy and Career Academies, enrolling transfer students in the Exploring Careers class, utilizing the Career Services Coordinator for workshops, promoting high school partnerships career exploration days, creating a new tracking system for drops and withdraws, tracking student involvement on campus, and implementing year-long enrollment.

The 2015-2020 Strategic Plan focuses on maintaining and sustaining enrollment growth to support regional workforce needs. Key objectives include increasing credit and non-credit course offerings, assessing campus life quality, and developing a comprehensive retention plan. The plan aims to enhance student support services, increase progression rates in developmental courses, and incorporate service learning opportunities. It also focuses on strengthening relationships with businesses, industries, and other organizations to promote student employment, while improving institutional excellence and effectiveness through continuous improvement and infrastructure development.

The strategic plan is designed to grow enrollment to support workforce needs, provide student support services, develop collaborative relationships with internal and external constituents, and improve institutional infrastructure and effectiveness. Key goals include identifying industry needs, targeting delivery methods to current and new markets, ensuring flexibility for diverse learners, and seeking competency-based accreditation. The plan also focuses on increasing case management for students, collaborating with businesses, expanding internal professional development, and improving technology use for efficiency and accountability.

The 2015-2020 Strategic Plan for Iowa Central Community College focuses on providing quality educational opportunities and striving to be the premier learning community. Key areas include contributing to the region's economic, social, and cultural opportunities, collaborating with businesses and other institutions, and monitoring progress against priorities. The plan also emphasizes professionalism, integrity, and service excellence, with institutional goals centered on maintaining enrollment growth, supporting student achievement, developing cooperative relationships, and improving institutional effectiveness.