maintaining the community college mission: partnerships with universities are the key dr. mary...

Maintaining the Community College Mission: Partnerships with

Universities are the Key

Dr. Mary Graham Dr. Jason Pugh Dr. Jerome Gilbert

About Mississippi Gulf Coast Community

College About Mississippi State University -

Bagley College of Engineering The Impetus to Partner Choosing the Right Programs Implementation Support and Resources Project Goals/Next Steps

Presentation Outline

Over 100 years providing educationMGCCC serves more than 30,000 annuallyMGCCC’s Strategic Plan 2020: Four Institutional

Commitments1. Teaching and Learning2. Student Success3. Community Engagement and

Partnerships4. Culture of Innovation

About Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

New Degree Offering – Associate of Science (AS)

STEM Area Focus Jackson County Campus, Gautier, MS MGCCC’s commitment of $5 million for

a STEM Building Gulf Coast Scholars Scholarship

Program (NSF)

About Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

MSU established in 1878 - Land Grant

institution 20,000+ students -1,300+ faculty - 53

departments State of Excellence - MSU Strategic Goal

Foster Teaching and Learning Promote Research and Creativity Expand Outreach and Engagement Encourage Globalization Enhance Institutional Culture and Environment

About Mississippi State University-Bagley College

of Engineering

Bagley College of Engineering - 3rd

largest college 3,200 BS students – Top 20% in US 453 BS Degrees to a Diverse

Population 19% Females & 12% African American Top 10% in US

11 different BS Degree programs Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering

About Mississippi State University-Bagley College

of Engineering

MGCCC Strategic Plan 2020MSU Strategic PlanCommunity engagement and partnershipsDistrict-wide educational and workforce needsNation-wide trend of community colleges offering baccalaureate degrees

Impetus to Partner

Initial discussions between Presidents 2007-2013Expanded meetings with College and University personnel 2013-2015Demand Assessment conducted October 2013Approvals received from MS IHL & MCCB-2014SACSCOC Accreditation approval sought-2015First cohort admitted Fall 2015, MSU first course, Spring 2016

Timeline

Past MGCCC and MSU articulation agreementMGCCC Engineering Transfers – 12% of all

2013-14 transfersDemand Assessment conducted October 2013Results of Demand Assessment

Community Demand Student Demand

Choosing the Right Programs

Environmental Market Assessment (2013)

Demand Assessment

Region Current Projected (2020)

MS Gulf Coast 2,776 3,293

Mobile 3,752 4,529

New Orleans, LA 11,303 13,314

Totals 17,831 21,136

Expected retirements demand more graduates

Increase of 19%

Environmental Market Assessment (2013)

Demand Assessment

State Current Projected (2020)

Mississippi 17,192 20,717

Alabama 50,138 60,845

Louisiana 32,268 37,997

Totals 99,598 119,559

Expected retirements demand more graduates

Increase of 20%

Accreditation ApprovalsConcurrent Enrollment DesignMSU & MGCCC departments vital to the partnership met

Implementation

Program Curriculum & Laboratories

Logistics, Classrooms Career Center &

Internships

Accreditation Finance/Tuition Admissions &

Financial Aid Technology

Corporate Support Shipbuilding, Power Generation, Oil & Gas,

Advanced Manufacturing

Institutional Support College and University Presidents College and University Faculty

Student Interest Current students Adult students High school students

Support and Outside Interest

Both colleges to intake 80 students Fall 2016

40 begin Electrical Engineering 40 begin Mechanical Engineering

Use Cohort ModelFull Implementation by Spring 2016Graduate 25 students in each program cohort with a Bachelor of Science.

Project Goals

Initial Cost – $1.5 to $2.5M in total costs Laboratory equipment Classroom renovations Distance Learning classrooms

Revenue Sources Tuition Budgets External Funding, i.e. Grants, Foundations,

Alumni and Industry Support

Resources

Status as of April 2015Remaining work to be doneInstitutional RelationshipsPublic Relations and Support

Next Steps

Questions?

Location & Contacts

There are members MGCCC’s teaching & learning and community campus team

located or available to you at every location of the college.

mary.graham@mgccc.edu

jason.pugh@mgccc.edu

There will be members of the MSU Bagley College of

Engineering team located on the Jackson County Campus

of MGCCC

jgilbert@provost.msstate.edu