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NCA Criterion Two Committee Meeting

October 29, 2003

Present: Loman Clark, Darrell Carnahan, Dennis Shaw, Michael Hubbs, Cynthia Viera

Recording Secretary:  Donna Cole

The committee began with a review of criterion two.  Areas to address include: 

• Allocation of resources
• How institution allocates resources
• Demonstrates to fulfill mission of college

The chair of the committee encouraged committee members to familiarize themselves with the other criteria.

Criterion 1 – Mission & Integrity

Criterion 2 – Preparing for the Future

Criterion 3 – Student Learning and Effective Teaching

Criterion 4 – Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge

Criterion 5 – Engagement and Service

The core components of Criterion 2 are:

2A:      The organization realistically prepares for a future shaped by multiple societal and economic trends. 

2B:      The organization’s resource base supports its educational programs and its plans for maintaining and strengthening their quality in the future.

2C:      The organization’s ongoing evaluation and assessment processes provide reliable evidence of institutional effectiveness that clearly informs strategies for continuous improvement.

2D:      All levels of planning align with the organization’s mission, thereby enhancing its capacity to fulfill that mission.

The core components were broken down further and identified as follows:

2A – Main area that core component addresses is planning.

2B – Main area addresses resources.

2C – Main area addresses evaluation.

2D – Everything else ties in.

The committee focused on Core Component 2A: Demonstrate evidence/material that this is being done.  Collect materials related to: strategic plan, master plan, and budget plan.  Cyclical process – 10 year history of budget process, demonstrating how we handle our resources. 

The Committees charge is to: collect data, review strengths and weaknesses, identify problems and make recommendations for improvement.  The overall NCA committee will take the information and address the weaknesses.  Darrell will clarify with the NCA committee chair the process we are to use: 1) identify gaps; or 2) identify and then fix gaps.

How to identify flaws:  For each of 4 core components, example evidence is provided. 

Areas of planning:  Strategic Planning, BRC, SMAC, Staffing Committee.

Other documents to assist in gathering data were identified as follows:

• Get list of advisory committees that address the economic trends of the valley.

• List of standard reports from Research & Development, what is it used for. 

• Demographics of students for the next six years.  City could provide resource.

• Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) for resource of demographics. 

• Get copy of EMCC NCA report, most recently completed using newest criteria.