Consumer 信息 and Student Achievement
Mountain Empire Community College relies on its mission to drive its processes used to identify the College’s goals and outcomes for student achievement. The mission of Mountain Empire Community College is to provide our region with accessible, quality higher education, workforce training, and community programs to ensure an educated population and globally competitive workforce. To achieve its mission, the College offers a variety of programs and services to meet the diverse needs of its 学生 and the community, including the needs of regional employers.
学院 伊娃luates student achievement by means of external and internal reviews by programmatic areas, as well as overall college goals. The 伊娃luation criteria supporting the College mission include enrollment, 保留, 毕业, and transfer rates, as well as national and state certification and licensing examination results.
As one of 23 colleges within the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), MECC receives benchmark data from the VCCS annually for each of the criteria used for 伊娃luating student achievement. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) also publishes data via the SCHEV website that is specific to MECC and other Virginia educational institutions. MECC strives to exceed a threshold of achievement that is greater than national or state averages that are consistent with current trends in education.
招生
Compared to other community colleges within the VCCS, MECC serves a high percentage of its regional population (3.1% in 2019-20, compared to 2.4% for the VCCS). 招生 data is monitored by headcount and full-time equivalency (FTE) of 学生 enrolled.
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保留
MECC maintains data related to the percentage of 学生 retained from Fall to Spring and Spring to Fall annually. As outlined in the College’s Strategic Plan, the College has established two goals related to 保留:
Goal #1: By 2021, the fall to spring 保留 rate for first-time, full-time curricular 学生 will be 90%.
Goal #2: By 2021, the 坠落到坠落 保留 rate for first-time, full-time curricular 学生 will be 70%.
In addition to measuring the 保留 of first-time-full time curricular 学生, the College also monitors the 保留 rates of all of its 学生, including those who attend part-time and/or are not program-placed.
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毕业生
MECC maintains data related to the percentage of all attending 学生 who graduate. The results are bench-marked against the overall VCCS average. 例如, the 毕业 rate for MECC’s 2015 Cohort for first-time, full-time program placed 学生 was 41.7% as compared to the VCCS average of 28.6%.
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MECC 学生 may receive multiple awards, but is counted as a single graduate for reporting purposes.
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转移
Associate of 艺术 and Sciences, Associate of Science, and the General Education Certificate degrees are designed for 学生 who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree program. 整体, MECC’s transfer rate (transferred with 16 or more credits) is generally higher than the VCCS average.
MECC also collects data from the National Student Clearinghouse and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) regarding the number of 学生 who graduate from MECC and are enrolled in another institution the following Fall term. 学院’s annual goal is to increase the number of its graduates continuing their education by 2% from the previous year.
State/Professional Licensing Examinations: MECC also considers student performance on state licensing examinations and/or professional certification examinations in its 伊娃luation of student achievement. Programs that prepare 学生 for licensure exams administered by state boards or professional commissions include Respiratory Therapy, Registered Nursing, Licensed Practical Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant, 放血, Emergency Medical Technician (Basic, 先进的, & 护理人员). These programs use licensing exam results as a third-party assessment of student achievement. Goals are set for licensure exam pass rates that meet or exceed the minimum thresholds set by the respective accrediting body. Actual pass rates of program graduates are used to track program performance during annual program reviews.
Additional goals and expected outcomes for student achievement are identified in MECC’s current Strategic Plan, as well as its Student Success and 招生 Management Plan. Both plans align with the objectives established by the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System which focus broadly on connection, entry (enrollment), 保留 (progress) and completion. The strategic planning process begins with a review of system wide VCCS goals, the College’s mission, 愿景, and value statements, and concludes with this revised strategic planning document, intended to guide the College’s future directions. The VCCS mission drives both the establishment of VCCS strategic initiatives as well as the MECC mission and strategic goals. The process involves all members of the College community (faculty, 工作人员, 学生, and administrators), soliciting input from the community, utilizing institutional effectiveness data, and designing a plan which responds to changing community needs.
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Health and 安全
Institutional and Virginia Community College System-Wide Data and Reports
State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) Reports
US Department of Education
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