maintaining the community college mission: partnerships with universities are the key dr. mary...
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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.
There will be members of the MSU Bagley College of
Engineering team located on the Jackson County Campus
of MGCCC