“ACTION PLANS”
FROM THE LCC ACCREDITATION SELF-STUDY (SEPTEMBER 2000)
STANDARD 1 – INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
1.1 Identification of Educational Purposes
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 42)
1.2 Students and Programs
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 44)
1.3 Institutional Planning and Decision Making
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 44)
1.4
Evaluation and Revision
During Spring 2001, the
campus at large, including faculty, staff, students, and administrators, will
be given the opportunity to review the mission statement before any additional
changes are made by any one group. (p 46)
STANDARD 2 –
INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY
2.1 Representation
of the College to the Public
The College will compile and
maintain an up-to-date listing of current publications that represent their
programs and services. (p 50)
2.2 Academic
Freedom and Responsibility
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 51)
2.3 Academic
Integrity
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 52)
2.4 Codes of
Conduct
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 53)
2.5 Academic
Honesty
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 54)
2.6 Equity and
Diversity
The College plans no significant
changes in this area. (p 60)
2.7 Athletic
Programs
The College has no athletic
programs. (p 60)
2.8
Institution’s Relationship with the Commission
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 61)
2.9 Institutional Self-Evaluation
The College needs to assign
responsibility for the Website to a staff member or hire a webmaster to maintain the Website. (p 62)
3.A
Institutional Research and
Evaluation
3.A.1.
Institutional Planning and Evaluation
The
College plans no substantial changes in this area. (p 65)
3.A.2. Resources
for Effective Research and Evaluation
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 66)
3.A.3.
Accomplishment of Mission and Purposes
The
College will identify the time frames for conducting program reviews,
identifying specific offices or responsibility, and developing outcome measures
for the systematic review of programs and services for all of its activities.
(p 69)
3.A.4.
Improvement of Programs and Services
See
Action Plan 3A.3. (p 72)
3.B Planning
Process
3.B.1. Planning
Processes and Development of Institutional Plans
See
Action Plan 3A.3. (p 73)
3.B.2. Identification
of Priorities for Improvement
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 74)
3.B.3. Planning
and Improvement in Programs and Services
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 75)
3.C
Institutional Outcomes Assessment
3.C.1. Specification
of Intended Outcomes and Documentation of Their Achievement
The
Academic Assessment Committee will develop methods to assess and document
student achievement in the remaining competencies specified in Standards 4B3,
4B.5, and 4B.6, and 4C.4.
The
College will develop methods to measure and document the achievement of its
intended institutional outcomes in areas outside of academics. (p 77)
3.C.2. Communication
of Matters of Quality Assurance to the Public
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 78)
3.C.3. Systematic
Review of Institutional Research Efforts
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 80)
4A. General
Provisions
4A.1. Educational
Needs
The
College will develop a better survey mechanism to collect data about the
educational needs and wants of its students and the community-at-large. (p 87)
4A.2. Program
Completion
The College plans no significant changes in this
area. (p 89)
4A.3. Program
Modification and Elimination
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 90)
4A.4. Human,
Financial and Physical (including Technological) Resources)
[No
specific Action Plan included; text refers to the “standards referenced.”]
4A.5. Academic
Advising Programs
[No
specific Action Plan included; text refers to Standard 5 Student Support and
Development.]
4B. Degree
and Certificate Programs
4B.1. Degrees
and Programs
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 92)
4B.2. Identification
of Degrees and Certificates
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 94)
4B.3. Expected
Learning Outcomes
Policies
and procedures of assessment in learning outcomes will be completed by the LCC
Assessment Committee. Implementation of
policies and procedures will be based on the recommendations of the committee
in consultation with faculty. (p 95)
4B.4. Program
Design
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 96)
4B.5. Competence
in Language and Computation
See
Action Plan for Standard 4B.3. (p 96)
4B.6. Documentation
of Technical and Professional Competence
See
Action Plan for Standard 4B.3. (p 97)
4C. General
Education
4.C.1. Publication
of General Education
The
College will identify in the LCC Catalog which specific courses are general
education courses.
The
College will determine and clearly indicate in the LCC Catalog which
general education courses are required for each program. (p 98)
4.C.2. General
Education Philosophy and Rationale
The
College will add an explanation of the College’s general education philosophy
and a rationale for the general education requirements to the LCC Catalog.
(p 100)
4.C.3. GE
Program Content and Methodology
See
Action Plan for Standard 4B.3. (p 101)
4.C.4. Competence
in Oral and Written Communication, Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning, and
Critical Analysis/Logical Thinking
See
Action Plan for Standard 4B.3. (p 102)
4D.
Curriculum and Instruction
4.D.1. Processes
for Establishing and Evaluating Educational Programs
The
College will investigate the present Program Health Indicators in relationship
to the College’s mission and institutional evaluation and planning and insure
that faculty are informed about and participate in this process.
The
College will evaluate the Liberal Arts AA degree program and integrate this
evaluation with those of all the other established academic programs as part of
the overall institutional evaluation and planning. (p 104)
4.D.2. Quality
of Instruction, Academic Rigor, and Educational Effectiveness
See
Action Plan for Standard 4B.3.
The
College will give instructors the final grades of all sections of the courses
they taught so that they can compare the grades they gave with the aggregate
grades of all other sections of the same course.
The
College will gather random samples of Course Outlines for specific courses
taught at the College and at other institutions in the System, compare them,
and determine if they show the same academic rigor. (p 107)
4.D.3. Evaluation
of Student Learning
The
College will revisit the use of the F and N grades and determine whether the
rules for their use need to be clarified and/or standardized. The result of this will be clearly
publicized to both faculty and students.
The
College will identify the minimum letter grade for each prerequisite and state
in the LCC Catalog descriptions of all affected courses. (p 109)
4.D.4. Transfer
of Credit Policies
The College plans no significant changes in this
area. (p 111)
4.D.5. Delivery
Systems and Modes of Instruction
The
College will evaluate the long-term need for alternative delivery systems and
provide funding for those deemed important to the College’s mission. (p 115)
4.D.6. Course
and Program Design, Approval, Administration and Evaluation
The
College will resolve the credit-non-credit differences and integrate various
evaluation components and processes into its overall institutional evaluation
and planning. (p 118)
4.D.7. Electronic
Delivery Systems
The
College will insure that the appropriate resources are provided to its DE
program as the number of sections offered and student enrollment change. (p
122)
4.D.8. Curricula
in Foreign Locations
[No
Action Plan included. The College does
not offer curricula in foreign locations.]
5.1
Published Admissions Policies
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 126)
5.2
Provision of Information to Students
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 127)
5.3
Educational Support Needs
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 128)
5.4
Student Involvement
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 129)
5.5
Assessment Instruments and Placement Practices
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 131)
5.6
Student Services Off Campus/Via Alternate Systems of
Delivery
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 135)
5.7
Campus Climate for Diverse Student Population
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 137)
5.8
Co-Curricular Environment
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 139)
5.9
Student Records
The College will look into
purchasing fire-resistant containers that are especially designed to protect
tapes and film. The College will
re-locate the back-up tapes that are currently in the Admissions and Records
Office to another building on campus that is at a distance from the computers
where the hard disk resides. (p 140)
5.10
Evaluation of Student Services
The Student Services
Division will review the PHI to determine if measures identified and the
criteria established are appropriate for each of the programs evaluated. Revisions will be made appropriately. The Dean will work with each program to
develop a dynamic instrument that will help the Division identify ways in which
it can continually improve its delivery of services.
As stated in Standard 3.C.1,
the College will form an Institutional Assessment Committee to develop methods
to measure and document the achievement of intended outcomes in Student
Services as well as academic and other non-academic areas. (p 142)
6.1
Sufficiency of Information and Learning Resources
The College will clearly
communicate plans regarding information and learning resources to faculty and
staff. (p 147)
6.2
Acquisition and Maintenance of Educational Equipment
and Materials
The College will reconvene
the Strategic Planning for Information Technology (SPIT) Committee, which will
be tasked with coming up with goals and recommendations regarding technology on
campus. (p 149)
6.3
Accessibility of Information and Learning Resources
The College will develop a
plan to reassess learning resource needs based on demands from winter and three
summer sessions. (p 151)
6.4
Professionally Qualified Staff
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 154)
6.5
Sufficient and Consistent Financial Support
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 156)
6.6
Formal Agreements with Other Institutions and Other
Sources
The College plans no significant
changes in this area. (p 157)
6.7
Adequacy and Effectiveness of Learning and
Information Resources and
Services
The College will develop a
plan so that all Learning Resource units conduct surveys of users to assess the
effectiveness and currency of their services and resources. (p 158)
7A
Qualifications and Selection
7A.1 Sufficiency
of Faculty and Staff
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 163)
7A.2 Criteria,
Qualifications, and Procedures for Selecting Personnel
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 165)
7A.3. Criteria
for Selecting Faculty
The
College will, with regard to changes in faculty position advertisements from
initiating units to higher levels of review, improve communication and
consultation in both directions. (p 166)
7A.4. Degrees
Held by Faculty and Administrators
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 166)
7B.
Evaluation
7B.1 Evaluation
of Staff
The
College will evaluate the new APT and Administrative evaluation procedures are
implemented, the College will evaluate the procedures for effectiveness and
fairness. [exact quote] (p 170)
7B.2 Assessment
of Effectiveness and Improvement
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 170)
7B.3 Criteria
for Evaluation of Faculty
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 171)
7C.1 Opportunities
for Professional Development
The
College will explore ways to allow time for all categories of staff to learn
and improve skills.
The
College will develop an ongoing faculty-run teaching forum to exchange ideas on
campus.
The
College will implement a supervisory skills training program open to all
supervisors including staff members who supervise student assistants. (p 174)
7C.2 Planning
and Evaluating of Staff Development Programs
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 176)
7D. General
Personnel Provisions
7D.1 Policies
in Employment Procedures
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 177)
7D.2 Employment
Equity Objectives
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 177)
7D.3 Personnel
Policies and Procedures
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 179)
7D.4 Security
and Confidentiality of Personnel Records
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 179)
8.1
Appropriateness and Adequacy of Space Allocation
The College will work with
the Facilities Planner at the Chancellor’s Office and the faculty and staff to
justify the expansion of the College and to examine ways to redesign and
reallocate current space according to changing needs and functions. The College will revisit its Long Range
Development Plan to support this effort.
The College will look into
fire safety codes to insure that it is in compliance. (pp 184-185)
8.2
Repair and Maintenance of Facilities
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 186)
8.3
Access, Safety, Security, and Healthy Environment
The College will look into
improving entry access to the LRC and Library and will explore options for
providing covered parking or a covered drop-off and pick-up area and a
Handi-van phone line for persons with disabilities.
The College will vigorously
pursue construction of a second access road for the campus. (p 189)
8.4
Equipment
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 192)
8.5
Facilities Planning
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. (p 194)
9A Financial
Planning
9A.1 Supports
Institutional Goals
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 196)
9A.2 Annual
and Long Range Planning
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 198)
9A.3 Annual
and Long Range Capital Plans
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 199)
9A.4 Financial
Planning and Budgeting
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 201)
9A.5 Administration,
Faculty, Support Staff
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 202)
9B Financial
Management
9B.1 Control
Mechanisms
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 203)
9B.2 Allocation
and Use of Resources
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 205)
9B.3 Oversight
of Finances
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 206)
9B.4 Auxiliary
Activities and Fundraising
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 207)
9B.5 Contractual
Agreements and External Entities
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 207)
9B.6 Financial
Management
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 208)
9C Financial
Stability
9C.1 Future
Obligations
The College
plans no significant changes in this area. (p 208)
9C.2 Risk
Management
The
College has no significant plans for changes in this area. (p 209)
9C.3 Cash
Flow Arrangements
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 209)
9C.4 Financial
Emergencies
The
College plans no significant changes in this area.
10A The
Governing Board
The College plans no
significant changes in this area.
Appropriate action will be carried out at the system level. (p 217)
10B
Institutional Administration and Governance
10B.1 The
Chief Executive Officer
The College plans no significant change to this area.
(p 219)
10B.2 Management
of Resources, Implementation of Budgets, Expenditures, Statutes, Regulations,
and Board Policies
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 221)
10B.3 Administrative
Organization, Staffing, Leadership and Management
The College
plans no significant change in this area. ( p 222)
10B.4 Administrative
Officer’s Training, Experience, Duties and Responsibilities
The
College will insure that administrators are given annual written evaluations of
their strengths and weaknesses and be held accountable for making changes in
the areas of weaknesses.
The
College will insure that faculty and staff have a significant opportunity to
comment on the job performance of administrators with whom they work.
The
College’s process for evaluating administrators will itself be evaluated on a
regular basis. (p 224)
10B.5 Administrative
Role in Institutional Governance
The College
plans no significant change in this area. (p 225)
10B.6 Faculty
Role in Institutional Governance
The
College will widely publicize the roles and responsibilities of the Campus
Council.
The
College will communicate to all faculty and staff the decisions and actions of
the Campus Council. (p 229)
10B.7 Faculty
Senate Input Regarding Institutional Governance
The
Faculty Senate will put [the] revised Charter and By-Laws into effect.
(p 230)
10B.8 Faculty
Participation in Governance and on Appropriate Policy, Planning and Special
Purpose Bodies
The
College will communicate its process for shared decision-making to make it
clearer and more fully understood by the faculty. (p 232)
10B.9 The Role
of Staff in Institutional Governance
The
College will develop a formal organization for the Operations and Maintenance
group with formal by-laws. (p 233)
10B.10 The Role of Students in Institutional
Governance
The
College plans no significant changes in this area. (p 234)
10C
Multi-College Districts and/or Systems
The College plans no
significant changes in this area. Appropriate action will be carried out at the
system level. (p 244)
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