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Welcome toIllinois Central College

Founded in 1967, Illinois Central Collegeserves a metropolitan statistical area of morethan 350,000 people in the heart of the state.To meet the needs of the constituency, ICChas locations in East Peoria, Peoria, andPekin, as well as a “virtual online campus.”

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Executive Search Profile: President

ICC Executive Search Profile: President

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ICC’s district encompasses both the urban environsof Peoria, a city of about 116,000, and the rollingagricultural prairies of small towns like Farmington,Minonk, and Hanna City. Several medium-sizedtowns (Pekin, Morton, and Washington, for example) and villages also are part of the district.

Caterpillar Inc. is the major employer in the area,and brings a variety of international workers to itsplants in the area. Consequently, ICC has a fairlydiverse population for its location in the agriculturalbelt of the Midwest. Located on the banks of theIllinois River, the city of Peoria offers a variety ofrecreational, cultural, and environmental activitieson the riverfront. From festivals like SoulFest,Erin Feis, and Oktoberfest to sporting events likeSteamboat Classic 15K race, the Grand NationalsMotorcycle Parade, and the River City Runmarathon, the riverfront anchors many of Peoria’sspecial events.

The Riverfront Museum and the Caterpillar Visitors Center, as well as restaurants, shops, andart galleries, are located near the banks of the Illi-nois. Peoria’s Civic Center boasts a 7,000-seatarena, a 2,200-seat theater, and numerous meetingand exhibition halls. Additional theaters and sportsarenas also are found in nearby communities.

Three major shopping centers (two in Peoria, onein East Peoria) provide both local shops and majorbrand stores. And yes, we have Starbucks!

Besides the urban environment of Peoria, the districtoffers a wide variety of recreational activities. Mostof the small towns hold their own festivals duringthe year, including the Tremont Turkey Festivaland the Washington Good Neighbor Days Festival.The Peoria Zoo and Wildlife Prairie Park provideunique insights into animal life. A number of golfcourses, Frisbee golf courses, and bicycling/hikingtrails are scattered throughout the district.

Peoria itself boasts a Class A professional baseballteam (Peoria Chiefs, an affiliate of the St. LouisCardinals) and a Southern Professional HockeyLeague team (Peoria Rivermen). The award-win-ning Peoria Park District is home to the onlyAmerican FootGolf Association certified coursein central Illinois. Peoria and its surrounding com-munities also offer a wide variety of both profes-sional and community theater performances,comedy and jazz clubs, and musical perform-ances. “Red, White, and Boom,” Peoria/East Peo-ria’s annual July 4th fireworks exhibition, isreported to be in the top three percent of displaysin the nation and the biggest in the state!

Life in Central Illinois


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Illinois Central College embraces innovative approaches to improvement and progress. Homeof the first Caterpillar Dealer Service TechnologyProgram, ICC has a history of partnerships withindustry and business. ICC uses Six Sigma to improve processesand is an AQIP participant. The College employs interest-based bargaining as a negotiation tool. The success of these approacheswas recognized when ICC receivedthe Silver LincolnAward for Performance Excellence. No other educational institution had received this level ofrecognition at the time. ICC also has partnershipswith educational institutions in China, an interna-tional cultural center, and a division dedicated toadvancing diversity.

ICC’s library received the Association of Collegeand Research Libraries (ACRL) Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in 2014, recognizing it as the best community college library in the nation. In May 2015, ICC was one of only 15 colleges across the nation to be named as a 2014Promising Place to Work in Community Collegesby the National Institution for Staff and Organiza-tional Development (NISOD) and the publicationDiverse: Issues in Higher Education. This awardis given to colleges demonstrating their commit-ment to diversity, equitable staffing practices, andsupportive work environments. Also in 2015, Dr.Phillis Dewitt, of Pekin, Illinois, was named the2015 Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) Distinguished Alumnus,

an award recognizing a community college alumnuswith distinction in a chosen field, humanitarianservice, interest in support of education and community colleges, and ability to overcome life’sobstacles. Dewitt graduated from ICC’s nursingprogram in 1993. She and her late husband fostered175 children. In September 2015, ICC was one ofjust ten community and technical colleges in thenation invited to participate in the White HouseSummit called ApprenticeshipUSA. ICC was included because of its groundbreaking work indeveloping a secure software applied science degree in collaboration with key business leaders.

About Illinois Central College

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Illinois Central College District 514

District Size: 2,322 square milesSource: 2013 Data and Characteristics of the Illinois Public Community College System


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Highly participative and an advocate of sharedgovernance, ICC’s Core Values were determinedby faculty and staff in 1997. Later,Core Values behaviors andoperational definitions, alsodetermined through staffand faculty input, were added. Learning – Changing the world by increasing knowledge and skills Community – Changing the world by buildingrelationships Integrity – Changing the world by building trust Responsibility – Changing the world by being accountable for our actions Excellence – Changing the world by achieving more

Like the Core Values, the Mission (shown above)and Diversity Pledge (below) also were developedwith the input of faculty and staff.

About Illinois Central College continued

– DIVERSITY PLEDGE –

Illinois Central College stands committed to diversityin all of its dimensions. The College embraces, values, and encourages diversity at all levels of itsoperation. The College stands for tolerance, non-discrimination, and cultural sensitivity.

Inclusion is at the core of Illinois Central College’seducational and service strategies. Respect for diverse individuals will be evident in the College’sinteractions with students, employees, and the communities it serves.


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ICC offers four transfer associate degrees and oneassociate in applied science degree. Transfer de-grees include 48 areas of study, while studentsmay earn applied science degrees in 58 programs.Another 58 programs offer occupational certificates.ICC also provides adult and basic education,GED, English as a Second Language, and professional development and continuing education classes. Leisure and recreationalclasses also are offered.

ICC was the first college in the nation to offer the Caterpillar Dealer ServiceTechnology program. ICC also offersthe General Motors AutomotiveService EducationalProgram (GM-ASEP).The College has 18health careers programs,including registered nursing, therapeutic massage, and respira-tory care. Recently the college added an associate degree in secure software programming.ICC’s virtual campus provides more than 200 online classes each semester. Each spring about350 students participate in the commencementceremony, now held in the Peoria Civic Center.

ICC’s graduation rate is 25 percent and student retention for first-time, full-time students is 69percent. ICC offers most of its professional

development and recreational courses at its NorthCampus. Leisure courses include photography,book discussion, crafts, and day-trips. Professionaldevelopment courses often are designed to meetthe needs of the client and may cover topics suchas leadership, construction, sustainability, andcomputer programs.

The College is a member of the Illinois Articu-lation Initiative (IAI), which provides pathwaysfor smooth transition between community colleges and four-year institutions. ICC’s transfer

students are reported to performas well or better than native students at Illinois’ public universities. Additionally,

ICC has several general and program-specific transfer

agreements with a number of four-year institutions, includingIllinois State University, BradleyUniversity (Peoria), Universityof Illinois/Urbana-Champaign,

University of Illinois/Springfield, Eastern IllinoisUniversity, Western Illinois University, and Southern IllinoisUniversity. ICC’sTransfer Center assists students inmaking a smoothtransition to the receiving institu-tion. ICC has 42clubs and organiza-tions, including Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Campus ActivitiesBoard, SkillsUSA, Student Association for the Environment, International Justice Mission, ICCVeterans Club, and the Student Government Association. ICC’s school newspaper is publishedboth in print and online and is called The Harbinger.

Academics at ICC

2,500courses

600scholarships

112 DEGREEprograms

averageclasssize:

16

full-time 173 faculty

73CERTIFICATEprograms


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Six buildings on campus provide roughly 300beds in apartment-style living for ICC students.ICC’s mascot is Cosmo the Cougar, andthe team name is “Cougars.” ICC fieldsbasketball, volleyball, softball, crosscountry, and soccer teams for womenand basketball, baseball, soccer, crosscountry and golf teams for men. The College also produces a variety of art,music, and theater showsand performances.

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Campus Housing

Performing Arts Center

$4,061averagefinancial aid package

60Illinois collegesand universitiesstudents can transfer toas well as others out-of-state

6on-campusapartmentcomplexes

4 campuses

study-abroadOPTIONS: 8

in places like England,China, Guatemala,Austria and France

27 ACT scoreeligible for ICC’sHonors ProgramFREE tuition if accepted

**Source: College Navigator for 2013-2014 UndergraduateFinancial Aid


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ICC is part of the Illinois Community CollegeBoard (ICCB). The ICCB coordinates the community college system consisting of 48 publicinstitutions. While the ICCB board is appointed bythe governor, the trustees of individual communitycolleges (with the exception of Chicago) are locally elected. According to the ICCB, theseboards “set policies that guide their colleges inachieving local and statewide goals.”

Location: Central Illinois – East Peoria, Peoria,and Pekin, as well as a virtual campus (see districtmap page 3).

Founded: By local election, District 514 was estab-lished in 1966. Classes began in September 1967.

Accreditation: On August 15,2013, the Higher LearningCommission Institutional Action Committee continuedthe accreditation of Illinois Central College withthe next Reaffirmation of Accreditation to be setin 2020-21.

Board of Trustees: Seven locally elected membersand one member elected by and from the studentbody.

Educational Foundation Board of Directors:Eighteen members who are identified, nominated,and seated by their peers; two Board of Trusteemembers and two college administrators.

Campus and Buildings:

East Peoria Campus, located on 400 acres ofwooded terrain; nine academic/administrationbuildings; campus housing; athletic fields. Downtown Peoria Campus, two academic buildings, scheduled to relocate to North Campusin 2016. North Campus, located on 62 acres of park-likeland in northern Peoria; nine academic buildings. Pekin Campus, located in the industrial park onHanna Drive, south of Peoria in the Pekin com-munity, one building.

Illinois Community College Structure

East Peoria Campus Downtown Peoria Campus

North Campus Pekin Campus

• 147 classrooms• 34 computer labs• 19 science labs• 3 art galleries• 116 smart classrooms• Testing Center• 500-seat Performing ArtsCenter (East Peoria)

• 195-seat Lecture Recital Hall(East Peoria)

• 90-seat Auditorium (North) • CougarPlex: 2 gymnasiums, fitness center, and classrooms; juice bar

• Softball and baseball diamonds,tennis courts, soccer fields, cross country, and nature trails

• Disc golf course (East Peoria)

• Très Café dining area, Café Breve coffee shop (East Peoria),Culinary Arts Institute dining room/demonstration kitchen (North)

• Automotive, diesel-powered equipment, Caterpillar equip-ment labs

• Horticulture land lab, agricultural fields

Classrooms and Facilities:


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Investment in Plant, Less Depreciation $135 million

Plant Replacement Insured Value $371 million

Cost of Operating Physical Plant $8.8 million

Endowment/Foundation $20.2 million

Operating Budget $72.3 million

Revenue Mix: Tuition and Fees 42%Local 38%State 16%Other 3%Federal Grants 1%

Operating Budget per FTE $12,362.47

Tuition $135 (FY2015)

FTE Student Enrollment Fall 2014 5,851

Total Headcount Fall 2014 10,296

Developmental Credit Hours as a 7.55% of Total Credit Hours Percentage of Total Credit Hours Fall 2014

Non-Credit Enrollment FY2014 Adult Community Programs = 3,569Corporate Education: Business Effectiveness, Computer Training, Continued Professional Health Education, Technical Training, Truck Driving = 2,345

Student Diversity Fall 2014 American Indian/Alaska Native = 0.3%Asian = 1.8%Black/African American = 10.5%Hispanic of Any Race = 4.6% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander = 0.2%Race/Ethnicity Unknown = 4.9%Non-Resident = 0.2%Two or More = 2.5%White = 75.1%

Percent In-District Graduating High School Fall 2014 = 28.7% Seniors Who Enroll at ICC in the Fall after Five-Year Average = 31.4%Graduation

First Year Retention Rate Fall 2014 69% (First-Time, Full-Time students)44% (First-Time, Part-Time Students)

Number of Degrees Awarded Annually 1,866 (Degrees and Certificates)

Number of Students Transferring to 19% (Percentage of Full-Time, First-Time 4-year Institutions Annually Students Who Transferred Out Within 150%

of “Normal Time” to Completion for Their Program)

Tuition and Fees42%

StateSupport

16%

Grants&Other

4%Local Taxes38%

Key Indicators

REVENUE MIX

STUDENT DIVERSITY


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Number of Full-Time Faculty 173

Number of Tenure Track Faculty 149

Number of Part-Time Faculty 400

Faculty Diversity Full-TimeAmerican Indian = 1 Asian = 3 Black/African American = 8 Hispanic = 1 White = 160

Adjunct Asian = 4 Black/African American = 14 Hispanic = 5 White = 377

Average Full-Time Faculty Salary $61,300

Average Adjunct Faculty Salary $9,600

Average Class Size 16

Library Volumes 148,977 62.8% Electronic Volumes (includes streaming media and physical DVDs)

Unions Carpenters UnionFaculty Collective Bargaining Unit

NJCAA Athletic Teams Men’s and Women’s Basketball Men’s and Women’s Soccer Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Women’s VolleyballWomen’s Softball Men’s Baseball Men’s Golf

Outsourced Services The College operates all of its primary services internally.

Board of Trustees Elected; Seven Locally Elected, One Student Trustee;Six-year Terms

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Illinois Central College Board of Trustees invitesapplications and nominations for the next Presidentof the College. The next President will have theopportunity to lead the College to even higher levels of student access, success, and completionas the College enters a promising, dynamic chapterin its history. Illinois Central College has experi-enced successful and significant physical and programmatic growth for nearly 50 years. Thenext President will have the support of an active,committed Board of Trustees, and a highly capableand dedicated faculty and staff. Our goal is simplystated: student success.

Goals and ExpectationsThe next President will possess the vision, knowl-edge, experience, skills, creativity, understanding,and motivation to inspire members of the Collegeand the external community to support initiativesand strategies that will benefit students, the College, and the community. The transformativePresident will make a long-term commitment tothe College, and lead the College to the next levelof achievement and recognition. The successfulcandidate will have demonstrated success in theseand comparable areas:Establishing comprehensive goals for the number and type of students needed to fulfill the College’s mission, with consideration for the region’s demographic characteristicsand trends;

Developing strategies and procedures for effectively workingand communicating with the Board of Trustees;

Making effective decisions by consulting with those, or repre-sentatives of those, who will be affected by the decisions, andthose who will be required to implement the decisions;

Guiding, motivating, and developing teams in continuous college-wide, quality-improvement efforts, while encouragingand empowering others to grow professionally;

Engaging with business and industry, educational institutions,non-profit organizations, and other entities to develop strate-gies, initiatives, partnerships, and resources that assist inaligning the College’s training and academic programs withcurrent and future employment opportunities;

Serving as the chief fundraiser, ambassador, and advocate forthe College by supporting the College Foundation; continuingto strengthen the relationship with alumni; expanding the College’s revenue opportunities; elevating the College’s

stature; and strengthening the role of the College in the re-gion and beyond;

Ensuring that diversity and equity are fundamental to everyaspect of the College and communicating how and why suchdiversity and equity add value to the College, students' education, and the quality of life in the community;

Working collaboratively with members of the College com-munity and external groups and organizations to determinethe most efficient and effective use of the College’s campusesand instructional sites so that programs, services, staffing,and resources at each location are aligned with the needs ofthe students and the community, and are consistent with thestrategic plan;

Establishing and utilizing effective communication channelsto engage faculty, staff, and students in order to gain a betterunderstanding of how their needs are being met, to solicittheir recommendations for improvement, and empower implementation;

Attending events at the College and in the community, and interacting with and engaging those in attendance at theevents;

Understanding current and emerging trends in higher educa-tion, and implementing changes at the College in response tothe trends when necessary so that the needs of students andthe community are met in the most efficient and effectivemanner;

Evaluating the talents of the administrative team, empoweringteam members to carry out their responsibilities, and makingchanges as required to capitalize on the strength of the administrative team;

Communicating expectations to staff, providing the professionaldevelopment and resources that staff need to meet expecta-tions, and holding staff accountable for meeting expectations;

Leading collaborative, strategic planning efforts, developingand managing budgets that are aligned with the strategicplan, and providing adequate controls to ensure fiscal stabilityand prevent fiscal mismanagement;

Aligning technology with institutional goals, and updating andacquiring new technology, to support students, faculty, staff,and administrative needs;

Developing and using established and creative marketing andpublic relations strategies to increase enrollment, elevate theCollege's image and role in the community and the region,and generate greater opportunities for the College;

Promoting and maintaining an environment of respect, trust,and collaboration with representatives of the College’s employeegroups; and

Directing the collaborative effort to provide our students, faculty, staff, and visitors with a safer learning and work environment.

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Professional and Personal QualificationsThe Board of Trustees seeks a proven leader withintegrity who will promote a culture of continuousimprovement, quality, and excellence with a focuson improving student access, success, and com-pletion. The politically astute President will havethe desire and ability to gain broad buy-in frominternal and external stakeholders. Further, thesuccessful candidate should possess the followingprofessional and personal qualifications:Documented record of collaboratively working with faculty,staff, and students or student representatives to improve student access, success, and completion;

Proven effectiveness using a transparent, inclusive, collabo-rative, data-informed, student focused, decision-makingprocess;

Evidence of teaching or providing direct support to a diversestudent body;

Proven ability to make complex ideas understandable to diverse constituencies;

Evidence of leadership in developing, through collaboration,innovations in instruction and curriculum designed topromote student success and completion;

Demonstrated effectiveness in generating enthusiasm forwhat the College does by interacting with, engaging, andmaking presentations to boards of trustees, foundationboards, legislators, business and industry leaders, non-profit boards and leaders, community and civic leaders, andrepresentatives of accrediting agencies and related entitiesand leaders;

Evidence of success collaborating with and engaging key internal and external stakeholders, such as students, faculty,staff, potential donors, and other leaders and groups with aninterest in the College and its role in the community and theregion;

Success developing, managing, and monitoring complexbudgets, and implementing controls to maintain effective fiscal management;

A record of supporting and implementing initiatives that serveto recruit a diverse group of students and employees, who arevalued, respected, and included; use of data to ensure thatstudents accomplish their educational goals and employeesare fairly compensated, evaluated, and promoted;

Evidence of success in participating in or leading college-wide continuous quality improvement efforts, including responding to regional accrediting agencies, such as theHigher Learning Commission (HLC) and its Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP);

Experience using and applying technology in innovative waysto support students, faculty, staff, and administrative and operational functions;

Documented success managing or providing services or instruction at a multi-site or multi-campus institution, prefer-ably serving both urban and rural constituents;

A record of effectively collaborating with an institution's marketing, communication, and public relations efforts topromote initiatives aimed at improving student access, success, and completion;

Accomplishment at the senior management level, preferablythree to five years at a community college; and

An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institutionof higher education is preferred.

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The review of applications begins November 13, 2015, and will continue until the position is filled.To ensure full consideration, materials should be received by that date.

Candidates should email [email protected], as MS Word or Adobe Acrobat attachments:1. a cover letter that specifically addresses each of the Goals and Expectations and Professional and Personal Qualifications identified as critical by the College. (This material will be evaluated by thePresidential Search Committee.);

2. a current resume; and 3. the names and contact information of three professional references.Email all materials to: [email protected]

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

Ms. Elizabeth (Liz) RocklinSenior Consultant(703) 743-2273

cell: (202) 302-7541–OR–

Mr. Jesse ThompsonSenior Consultant(617) 901-4880

2607 31st Street, NWWashington, DC 20008

rhperry.com

R. H. Perry & Associates is committed to the highest standards of professionalism in all dealings with candidates, sources, and references. We fully respect the needfor confidentiality and assure interested parties that their background and interests will not be discussed without consent of the applicant prior to her or his becominga candidate.

Illinois Central College - NON-DISCRIMINATION Statement: Illinois Central College is committed to non-discrimination and equal opportunity in programs, activities,and employment (except where gender, age, or lack of disability is a bona fide occupational or programmatic qualification) for students and employees regardless ofrace, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or other factors prohibited by law. It is the policy of Illinois Central Collegethat no person shall be excluded from consideration or denied employment because of discrimination. The affirmative action status of the College is an extension ofthis basic respect for an individual’s dignity and understanding the needs of its heterogeneous population for diverse role models provided by the College’s facultyand staff. Inquiries and complaints may be addressed to the Vice President of Diversity, International & Adult Education, (309) 694-5561.

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