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Academic Resilience Post Budget Cuts - Accreditation Update Response

Reflecting on the strategic reductions made by COA due to financial constraints, highlighting impacts on campus services and student success indicators. Despite challenges, academic excellence and student outcomes were maintained and improved.

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Academic Resilience Post Budget Cuts - Accreditation Update Response

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  1. Flex Day 01-17-2013 Accreditation Update Response to Recommendation 5

  2. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 Shed the Dread & Strut Our Threads

  3. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 The Basic Question: • How did COA make our reductions, what are the negative impacts of the budget reductions, and how are we planning for the future? • Response was fueled from Program Reviews

  4. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 HOW DID WE DO IT? • Reductions were made through a participatory governance process • Reductions were made thoughtfully, driven by COA’s mission and maintain program integrity • Did it Hurt? You betcha!

  5. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 • Reductions were felt across campus • Hours of service reduced • Fewer students served • 28% fewer sections offered since 2009 • Reductions in faculty, staff, & administrators

  6. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 Despites the CUTS: • Academic Excellence remained high • Programs such as ECON, ENGL, SPAN, ADAM, ATECH created positives from the negative • IT and Student Services reorganized • Institutional Integrity & our ABC’s maintained • Student Success Indicators remained solid or improved

  7. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 • Persistence rates remained the same for 11-12 as 09-10 • Student Success Rates rose 1.4% since 2008 • Degrees/ Certificates went from 367 in 09-10 to 437 in 11-12 • Transfers to UC remained unchanged from 09-10 to 11-12 • Transfers to CSU’s rose from 178 in 09-10 to 186 in 11-12

  8. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 Parcel Tax and Prop.30 helped turn the Frown Upside Down • 2 new counselors • 5 new faculty members • 3 new IT staff members • 1 new Library staff • New VPSS • 2 Half-time staff positions-LRC, Curriculum

  9. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 • 43 sections added to Spring 13 • New Veterans Center • 8 AA/AS-T degrees • New Grant • Computer Refresh • What is your good news?-Share it with colleagues, share it with the visiting team in April

  10. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 Timeline: • Jan. 22-Feb. 1-Constituent review and feedback • Feb. 4-Report goes to the Chancellor • Feb. 12 Board of Trustees 1st Read/Feedback • Feb. 26-Board Adopt • Feb. 26-Mar. 12 Incorporate feedback • March 13 final report goes to the ACCJC • April-Visiting Team arrives

  11. Accreditation UpdateResponse to Recommendation 5 What Can I Do To Help? • Read the response to recommendation • Give feedback • Accentuate the positive with the visiting team

  12. New Leave Banking Policy • Audit findings and tax law compliance • Agreement between District and PFT in October 2012 • New form • Cash-out all or part for “Documented critical financial emergencies” only, occurring within 6 months preceding the request

  13. Documented Emergencies • Death of unit member • Death in immediate family • Bankruptcy • Foreclosure • Divorce • Birth or adoption • Retirement • Termination • Resignation • Permanent disability

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