St. Petersburg College

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St. Petersburg College

• The Baccalaureate Experience
• An Update and New Endeavors
• March 5, 2005

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Office of Baccalaureate Programs and University
Partnerships

• Dr. Thomas E. Furlong, Jr., Senior Vice
  President, Baccalaureate Programs and University
  Partnerships
• Kay Burniston, Associate Vice President,
• Baccalaureate Programs

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ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE

• SPC is the oldest 2-year college in Florida 77
  years
• Comprehensive Community College mission
• Fall enrollment 24,384

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BACKGROUND

• Unique Needs of Pinellas County
• 1. Employer needs identified for IT managers,
  teachers, BSN trained nurses
• 2. Pinellas 67 of 67 counties in Baccalaureate
  access
• 3. Geographic uniqueness a peninsula with
  heavy traffic volume
• 4. Need for AS graduates to a have a smooth AS
  to BAS transfer option

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STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE

• CCS strategic plan on Baccalaureate access
  solutions branches partnerships distance
  learning community colleges directly (Florida
  49th Pinellas 67th among counties)
• Two hundred AS programs statewide and only five
  AS to Bachelors articulation agreements

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STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE

• Legislature chose to also support a few niche
  Bachelors directly in high need areas IT
  (22,000), Nursing (critical), Teacher Education
  (162,000 shortage in ten years)
• Federal support for the online and partnership
  responses at St. Petersburg College (Project
  Eagle)

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SPC CHALLENGE

• How to implement Bachelors and be true to
  historical Community College Mission of
  workforce, 22, remedial and University
  Partnership missions?
• How to expand the open-door and keep instruction
  as a top priority as niche bachelor degrees are
  added
• How to serve our community with 4-year
  bachelors in high demand areas

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UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CENTER

• 43 Bachelors degree programs
• 29 Masters and Doctoral programs
• 15 Partners public/private example 24 with
  University of Florida Pharmacy
• SPC funded to provide support Partners provide
  direct instruction
• 2,136 students currently enrolled

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UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CENTER PARTNERS

• Barry University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Eckerd College
• Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
• Florida AM University
• Florida Gulf Coast University
• Florida Institute of Technology

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UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CENTER PARTNERS

• Florida International University
• Florida State University
• George Washington University
• St. Leo University
• University of Central Florida
• University of Florida
• University of South Florida

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UPC BACHELORS DEGREES

• Business Administration, Accounting, Human
  Resources, Professional Administration, General
  Business
• Construction Engineering, Electrical Engineering,
  Engineering Technology
• Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology
  Management
• Elementary Education, Exceptional Student
  Education, Secondary Education Math and Biology

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• Emergency Health Services, Health Sciences,
  Nursing, Dental Hygiene
• English, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences,
  Social Work
• Criminal Justice, Legal Studies
• Sports Management, Exercise Science
• Public Administration

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IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS WITH ACCREDITATION - SACS

• Consultant (April 2001)
• Legislature approved 1 million to develop help
  with faculty, library, etc.
• Document in October
• December 2001 annual vote of SACS Commission on
  Colleges on 4-year status
• November Team Visit recommended overall
  commendation to SACS

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DEGREE STANDARDS

• SUS academic policies for quality
• Time to degree 120 hours
• Common pre-requisites
• Specialized accreditation
• Ability of graduates to transfer into
  state/private graduate programs

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KEY TO IMPLEMENTATION

• Becoming 4-year across the College e.g.
  Institutional Effectiveness, faculty criteria,
  student services, library services
• SPCs challenge become one College, one faculty,
  one Curriculum and Instruction Committee, etc.
• Planning funds provided to develop a full upper
  division at SPC by the Legislature upper
  division to focus on teacher education, BSN
  nursing and AS to BAS articulation programs

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THREE AREAS OF INITIAL EMPHASIS

• Technology Management
• BSN Nursing
• Teacher Education
• Elementary Education
• Exceptional Education
• Secondary Mathematics
• Secondary Science

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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

• AS to BAS
• Dean/Faculty
• Corporate support for Coop paid training
  Capstone Projects
• Early Partners Raytheon, Raymond James, Franklin
  Templeton, Transition Optical, Brighthouse,
  Telecommunication Services, Concurrent
  Technologies, IBM

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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

• Develop curriculum blended/online
• Advisory group
• Enrollment goal 75 and 300 enrolled first year
• Modmester Demographics promote short, intense
  evening classes
• Current enrollment is 372
• Total graduates to date 92
• USF articulation agreement BAS to MBA

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BSN NURSING

• 22 AS to BSN only the RN is an admissions
  requirement
• BSN needed for management positions, to go for
  MSN, and specialized hospital positions
• NLNAC accredited on first try in 2004
• Dean has PhD and 5 PhD Nursing faculty
• Cohorts at 2 Morton Plant Hospital locations and
  at Oak Hill Hospital in Hernando County

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BSN NURSING

• Hospital scholarships
• Enrollment in first year 104
• Current Enrollment 228
• LPN, ADN/RN at SPC has increased its enrollment
  from 400 to 700 since the BSN program began
• Current graduates to date 48
• Career Ladder RN BSN MSN, DSN and PhD in
  University Partnership Center

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TEACHER EDUCATION

• Science Biology Education Math Education
  Elementary Education and Exceptional Child
  Education
• 70 courses to develop
• State program approval 2003 on first try
• NCATE currently initiating application process

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TEACHER EDUCATION

• Alternate certification proposal near completion
  for credit approval in cooperation with Pinellas,
  Pasco, and Hernando School Boards
• Enrollment in first year 175 students
• Current enrollment 428 students
• Graduates to date 85

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LIBRARY

• Add two librarians and cross train all staff
• Books and service currently at 5 locations
• Courier service
• Community College statewide automated library
  tied to 4-year automated library

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FINANCIAL AID

• USDOE approval
• Bright Futures
• FSAG need based
• Community College Minority Teachers Fund
• Financial Aid Fee

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STUDENT SERVICES

• Three 4-year Baccalaureate Specialists hired
  initially
• Each assigned a different site
• Each cross-trained in all 2 and 4 year programs

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RECORDS AND REGISTRATION

• Earlier admissions cycle
• Process and workload change from open door at
  lower division to restricted admission at upper
  level
• Work with three Deans on admission status by major

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FACILITIES

• COE building renovation at Tarpon Springs
  Bilirakis College of Education in two locations
• Clearwater portables plans for new facility
• Nursing renovations in Allied Health facility
• Capital outlay through CCS and SUS by statute

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FACULTY

• All four-year faculty have same pay schedule as
  all SPC faculty
• Twelve month contracts
• Faculty advising as part of responsibility
• All initial hires had a PhD in field

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PASCO-HERNANDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• Unique working outside our service area
• Common course helps students across the
  twenty-eight colleges
• Joint logos on marketing ads
• Courses at New Port Richey and Oak Hill Hospital

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FINANCE FORMULA

• State University per student-research plus upper
  division SPC fees
• Fees less than SUS, more than fees in our 2-year
  programs. Special fees less than USF
• Began at 20 less than SUS, and will widen each
  year (30 next Fall)
• CCS approach now at 85 of SUS upper division

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NEW PROGRAMAPPROVAL AND PROCESS

• Dental Hygiene
• Public Safety Administration
• Veterinary Technology
• USF Career Transfer Programs
• Orthotics and Prosthetics
• Proposed
• International Business
• Legal Assisting

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Determining 4-year Eligibility

• Needs assessment
• Student interest survey
• Job projections of positions available for
  graduates
• Current and projected labor market analysis
• Cost of program includes faculty, equipment,
  facilities, on-line possibilities and other
  expenses

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• Proposed campus location
• Projected Enrollment includes 1st year
  unduplicated headcount and fte and subsequent
  years
• Other private/public offerings of program both
  local and statewide
• Differentiation between currently offered
  programs and proposed program

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• Potential partners UPC proposals
• Narrative Rationale St. Petersburg College
  direct offering

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CURRENT ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS

• Daytona Beach CC Dental Hygiene
• Hillsborough CC Technology Management
• Manatee CC Dental Hygiene
• Pasco-Hernando CC Dental Hygiene, Education,
  Nursing, Technology Management.
• Santa Fe CC Public Safety Administration,
  Technology Management

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PROPOSED ARTICULATION AGREEMTENTS

• South Florida CC Technology Management
• St. Johns River CC Technology Management
• University of South Florida MBA Business
  Administration

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Unique 4-Year Opportunities

• 4-year eligible special area for example Kresge
• Unique federal grants at Bacclaureate level
• NCTT
• ECS

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FINALLY

• Key ingredients to early success have been
  respect for community college mission funds for
  planning and implementation and program majors
  selected were in high demand areas

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• We are offering Baccalaureate degrees at a 4-year
  open admission college at freshman level
• SACSs position is that if you have any upper
  division courses you change your name and seek
  accreditation change to higher degree
• Admission criteria are at the junior level e.g.
  BSN requires RN for admission

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OUTCOME

• Baccalaureate access greatly expanded in Pinellas
  County by the leveraged approach of the niche
  4-year degrees offered by St. Petersburg College
• Expanded online offerings
• Bachelor's degrees offered on our sites by our
  University Partners
• And expanded upper division offerings at the St.
  Petersburg branch of our regional university