Student Success
Provide services and resources that empower students to attain their goals
Goal 1
Enhance student centered services and processes
Initiatives
- Create and implement a college-wide process for strategically scheduling classes to meet student needs
- Increase educational opportunities and services to historically underrepresented populations and the Greater KC region
- Develop and implement a plan to engage more students in service-learning, undergraduate
research, apprenticeship and similar opportunities - Examine and determine added value of implementing national student success initiatives such as Complete College America and Achieving the Dream
Goal 2
The College will maintain a retention rate of first-time full-time degree/ certificate-seeking students at or above KCKCC’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Comparison Group Median and maintain a baseline of at least 58%
Initiatives
- Enhance academic advising and wrap-around student support services
- Coordinate intentional outreach and interventions for students based on known risk categories, and/or students experiencing academic challenges
- Design and implement an individual student success plan that assists students in identifying and obtaining their educational pathway
- Enhance the developmental education process to expedite students entrance to college-level work
Goal 3
The College will maintain a 150% of normal time completion rate of firsttime full-time degree/certificate-seeking students at or above KCKCC’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Comparison Group Median and maintain a baseline of at least 28%
Initiatives
- Implement a year-long schedule to assist student planning of classes needed for graduation
- Increase accessibility of student support services to meet the needs of all students
- Create targeted initiatives that assist second year students to achieve degree and certificate completion
- Increase use of different instructional modalities to enhance student choice for degree completion
Goal 4
Increase student engagement and satisfaction
Initiatives
- Expand activities that recognize students for academic or other accomplishments
- Add extra- and co-curricular activities and services that target historically underserved student populations
- Evaluate opportunities to expand supplemental instruction and/or mentoring to enhance active and collaborative learning
- Expand services and opportunities to provide career readiness and employment placement services