Metropolitan Community Colleges mission is to provide quality learning experiences for a diverse com

1
(No Transcript)
2
(No Transcript)
3

• Metropolitan Community Colleges mission is to
  provide quality learning experiences for a
  diverse community of lifelong learners.

4
Did you know? METRO

• Serves over 44,500 students
• Has largest number of undergraduate students in
  the state
• Has an average class size of 16 students
• Offers more than 125 one-year and two-year
  career programs

5
Did you know?

• Average cost of an Associate Degree is 4,000 for
  in-state students
• 95 of graduates remain in Nebraska
• 64 of employed graduates work in
  training-related jobs
• 57 plan to continue their education

6
Where is Metro?
Everywhere

• 3 campuses
• 3 centers
• 80 community locations

7
When is Metro open?
24/7

• Days
• Evenings
• Weekends
• Online

8
Our challenge

• Demand is growing in
• industries that require
• specialized space
• Total annual credit hours on
• the riseup 18 over the
• past 5 years

9
METRO
Listens

• Labor Shortages Projected
• Health Careers
• Food Industry
• National Security
• Faster training for
• displaced workers

10
Responds
METRO

• Certified Financial PlanningTM
• CulinologyTM
• E-Commerce
• Network Security

11
Responds
METRO

• CDL Class A Truck Driver Training
• Lab Technology
• Diesel Technology
• Emergency Management

12
Responds
METRO

• Landscape Design
• Home Repair
• Web Certificate
• Command SpanishTM
• Healthcare Interpreter

13
METRO
Collaborates

• 150 businesses partner with Metro for workforce
  training
• Partnerships with City of Omaha and City of
  LaVista save taxpayers millions of dollars on
  construction costs.
• Metro is largest training provider of dislocated
  and incumbent workers.

14
Metropolitan
COMMUNITY
College
15
METRO
Empowers
16
METRO
Provides options

• Adult Basic Education
• 3000 GED students
• Enrollment up 20

17
Start here. Go anywhere!
18
E-Learning
19
Excellent instructors
20
Partners
Airlite Plastics
21
Partners
Cox Communications
22
Partners
Lozier Corporation
23
Partners
Metro Area Transit
24
Our Vision
Learning Connector Hub
25
South Omaha Campus
Expansion Project
26
South Omaha Campus
Expansion Project

• Plan for expansion is part of larger Campus
  Master Plan
• SOC
• Houses most vocational programs
• Has largest student enrollment
• Is part of historic stockyards district
• 40 acre site

27
SOC Expansion Phase One

• Phase one includes
• Joint use Library
• Learning Connector Hub
• MAT Transit Facility
• Landscaped Quadrangle
• New Parking area north of campus
• Next part of Phase 1
• Health Sciences Building

28
Learning Connector Hub

• 65,000 Square feet
• Connects two existing academic buildings
• Student services
• Food court and study spaces
• Faculty areas
• Learning/computer lab
• Writing and math labs
• Classrooms
• Walkway to library

29
Learning Connector Hub
30
Joint Use Library

• Omaha Public Library and Metro
• 30,000 square feet
• Public meeting rooms
• Computer lab
• Private study rooms

31
MAT Transit Hub
32
MAT Transit Hub

• Commuter waiting area
• Simultaneous parking for 10-11 buses

33
Quadrangle and Parking
34
Quadrangle and Parking

• 2 acres
• Pedestrian focused
• New entrance to campus adjacent to Livestock
  Exchange building
• Public spaces
• 1,400 parking spaces added

35
Construction Milestones

• May 2 - parking lot construction began
• Nov. 1 - MAT construction begins
• Nov. 1 - connector building construction begins
• Spring 2007 - estimated phase one project
  completion

36
Our vision
Health Careers Institute
37
Our vision
Center for Applied Technologies
38
Economic Impact
39
Community Impact

• According to 2004
• Economic Impact Study
• Metro is a significant contributor to the
  economic health of taxpayers, students, and
  businesses.
• Conducted by CCbenefits, Inc. of Moscow, Idaho.

40
Impact on Students

• Associate degree graduates earn 35 more
• 300,000 more over a lifetime
• Students recoup their investment in less than 5
  years.

41
Impact on Workforce

• 95 of graduates stay in the Metro area
• Metro students have earned around 4 million
  credit hours since 1974.
• 442.6 million in annual earnings
• 13,000 equivalent jobs

42
A great investment

• Taxpayers see a real return of 19.3 on taxes
  paid to support Metro.
• Every 1 of state or local tax money invested in
  Metro today returns 20 over the next 30 years.

43
Were building for the next generation
44
Join us

• Share what youve heard
• Keep learning
• Hire our graduates
• Support our growth

45
(No Transcript)