Strategic Planning Team

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Strategic Planning Team

• External Stakeholders Group
• Environmental Scan Results
• September 21, 2007

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Who Are TheExternal Stakeholders?

• Prospective students and their support networks
• Community Groups
• Public and Private Partnerships/Joint Programs
• Alumni

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Prospective Students and Their Support Network

• Secondary Feeder Schools
• Guidance Counselors
• Dept Chair to Dept Chair Communication
• Middle Schools
• PTA/PTO
• Parents
• Financial Aid Federal and/or Private Sources

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Community Groups

• State Universities and Colleges
• Feeder Schools
• Employers
• Taxpayers
• Civic Groups
• Donors Non Alumni

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Private Public Partnerships

• Nursing Program with John C Lincoln Hospital and
  Scottsdale Healthcare
• Theatre Partnership with Arizona Jewish Theatre
  Company
• Palomino Middle School ESL Program
• Dietetic Technology Program Internships with
  Clinical/Community Healthcare Facilities

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Alumni

• Source of prospective students
• Source of feedback regarding effectiveness of
  learning and occupational programs
• Source of donations

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Important Themes Extracted

• Projected growth in PVCC service area
• New residential developments planned in Desert
  Ridge area and North Phoenix/Scottsdale
• The ability of future students to attend college
  needs nurturing
• Pockets of poverty in service area

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Important Themes Extracted

• Promoting student success at the college level
  needs additional support
• Programs such as I Start Smart
• Effective advisement
• Effective placement
• College needs effective communications with
  external stakeholders
• Early and often

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Responding To Important Themes

• What plans are in place to support projected
  growth in service area?
• What tasks and responsibilities are needed to
  support growth?
• From academic units
• From policy groups
• Who implements? Who is accountable?

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Responding To Important Themes

• What plans are needed to assist future students
  with financial challenges?
• What plans are needed to assist future students
  who are under prepared or re-entry students?
• What plans are needed to assist future student
  support networks?

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Responding To Important Themes

• What are the current PR/Marketing and Recruitment
  plans?
• How effective are the current plans for
  PR/Marketing and Recruitment?
• How are current plans assessed?
• How will future plans for PR/Marketing and
  Recruitment be developed to respond to important
  themes?
• Combine PR/Marketing and Recruitment?

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Summary

• External Stakeholders were identified.
• Important themes were extracted.
• Questions were developed to begin the discussion
  for responding to the important themes.