Sowela Technical Community College

The strategic plan for Sowela Technical Community College outlines a roadmap to enhance student access and success while ensuring quality and accountability. Key objectives include increasing fall headcount enrollment, improving student retention rates (both fall-to-fall and fall-to-spring), maintaining and increasing statewide graduation rates, and boosting the number of completers across various award levels, including 1-year certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, and for adult and minority students.

The strategic plan for SOWELA Technical Community College serves as a roadmap to guide the institution in an efficient and effective manner, aiming to enhance lives and businesses and build a stronger economy for the SW Louisiana region through workforce development. The plan outlines four key strategic priority areas: Students, focusing on increasing enrollment for adult learners, special populations, and workforce development; Faculty/Staff Capacity and Compensation, addressing merit systems, benefits, recruitment, and funding; Technology, emphasizing the implementation of new systems for communication, curriculum management, and infrastructure improvements; and Security, covering cybersecurity, physical security, and training initiatives. The overarching vision is to be the premier workforce development institution in Louisiana.

The strategic plan for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System focuses on several key goals to be achieved by 2020. These include doubling the number of graduates to 40,000 annually, doubling the annual earnings of graduates to $1.5 billion, quadrupling student transfers to four-year universities to 10,000 annually, doubling the number of students served to 325,000 annually, quadrupling partnerships with business and industry to 1,000 annually, and doubling foundation assets to $50 million. The plan emphasizes aligning credentials with high-demand fields, enhancing the transfer process, serving more adult learners, and strengthening industry relationships to meet the workforce needs of Louisiana's growing economy.

The Louisiana Board of Regents' Strategic Plan (FY 2020-2021 through FY 2024-2025) focuses on expanding access to and success in completing postsecondary education, eliminating equity gaps, and significantly increasing the education level of adults. Key strategies include increasing enrollment, improving student retention and graduation rates, expanding access to programs and services for underrepresented groups, and alleviating the burden of textbook costs. The plan aims to increase fall headcount enrollment, improve student retention rates at both two-year and four-year institutions, increase the number of completers across all award levels, and reduce equity gaps by increasing the number of underrepresented minority and adult completers. The plan's success will be measured through various performance indicators, including enrollment numbers, retention rates, graduation rates, and the number of completers across different award levels and demographics.

The Louisiana Community & Technical College System (LCTCS) aims to achieve "Reaching Equitable Prosperity by 2030." This goal focuses on increasing adult educational attainment to improve overall prosperity. The plan addresses Louisiana's low adult literacy and numeracy rates by targeting equity, quantity, and quality in educational outcomes. LCTCS intends to graduate 330,000 individuals by 2030, with each earning 150% above the median income. Individual colleges will set their own goals and strategies to support unique community needs and specific populations. The plan builds upon the success of the "Our Louisiana 2020" initiative, which met four out of six goals.