The Community College

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The Community College

• The American Community College Model Highlights
  and Characteristics
• The Iowa Model
• The EICCD

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ACCESS a distinguishing characteristic of the
American Community College

• The Open Door Policy
• Near-by Campus Locations
• Affordability
• Convenience and Flexibility
• Diversity of programs
• Focused on teaching, not research
• Focused on learning, not teaching
• Determined to maximize student success

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Community Service The community in the
community college mission

• Provide education to citizens with a wide range
  of ability and learning needs
• Involved, through workforce development and a
  variety of partnerships, in community economic
  development

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Accountability to Community

• Governed by locally elected (or State appointed)
  Boards
• Accredited by regional accrediting bodies
• Supported by state and/or local taxes

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U.S. Community Colleges

• 1,173 Community Colleges
• Public, private and tribal
• Average tuition 1,518

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U.S. Community Colleges

• 10.4 million students
• 5.4 million credit
• 5 million non-credit
• 450,000 associate degrees annually
• 200,000 two-year certificates

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U.S. Community Colleges

• Student Profile
• 58 women 42 men
• 63 part-time 37 full-time
• 44 of all U.S. undergraduates
• 45 of all first-time freshmen
• Approximately half of all minority
  undergraduates
• Average age 29 years old

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U.S. Community Colleges

• Governance
• More than 600 boards of trustees
• 6,000 board members
• Boards vary by state some local, some state,
  some mixed

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Iowa Community Colleges
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Iowa Community Colleges

• 15 community colleges, established in 1965 to
  serve all of Iowas 99 counties
• 106,000 credit students
• 332,000 non-credit students

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Iowa Community Colleges

• Locally elected boards of trustees
• 5, 7 or 9 members elected to staggered
• 3-year terms

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Eastern Iowa Community College District

• 10,000 credit students
• 61 Arts and Sciences programs
• 53 Career and Technical programs
• 52,000 non-credit students
• Vocational-technical skill retraining
• Continuing and general education
• Adult Basic Education

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Eastern Iowa Community College District

• Student Profile
• 92 Iowa residents
• 60 attend part-time
• 84 have jobs
• 61 are women
• 11 are ethnic minorities
• Average age 26 35 are 27

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Eastern Iowa Community College District

• Board of Directors
• 9 Directors elected from 9 districts
• 3-year terms
• Unpaid, non-political position
• Functions are policy making, oversight

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Community College Function by Student

• Arts and Science Transfer
• Career and Technical Education
• Continuing/Community Education
• Adult Basic Education
• Economic Development