Craven Community College faculty, staff administration and the Board of Trustees embarked on a strategic planning process over a six-month period in 2016-2017. The Board of Trustees approved the College’s new strategic plan, which will guide the college over the next five years.
Teaching and Learning
Conduct high quality and rigorous programs that are current and relevant to our community needs
- Regularly conduct and implement the results of Needs Assessments for university transfer, career, workforce development, health sciences and adult enrichment programs
- Expand Distance Learning presence through all appropriate course offerings
- Advocate the growth of Early College programs
- Develop increased educational opportunities for high school age students to access the College’s academic programs
- Enhance programs that reach out to educationally disadvantaged populations; develop and sustain students for college-level program entry
Align curriculum and workforce development programs to provide laddered credentialing
- Grow academic and career pathways via articulation agreements
- Increase student apprenticeship opportunities
Pursue marquee standing of select programs
- Achieve NLNAC accreditation of Associate Degree Nursing program
- Pursue new national certifications of career and workforce development programs
- Expand Veteran Administration recognition of workforce development programs
Construct the STEM Building
Open the new Workforce Development center
Promote growth opportunities in student writing skills in College curricula
Improve the integration of general education curricula with Career and Health Science programs
Student-Centered Experience
Improve student retention and completion
- Execute the Quality Enhancement Plan: Advising-Community-Engagement
- Provide comprehensive quality Academic Support services
- Implement “full service” support for online students
- Integrate Curriculum and Workforce Development support
Provide exceptional service to students
- Optimize services available to students
- Offer predictable and student-centered course scheduling
- Improve responsiveness to student queries and requests
- Develop online enrollment and payment back-office processes for Workforce
Development and Adult Enrichment
- Maximize technologies that enhance student experiences
- Refine registration processes using a student-friendly perspective
Construct the “First Stop”
- Enhance student “first contact”
- Streamline admissions processes
Utilize data-driven decision making
- Use assessment to inform continuous improvement
- Track student progress via robust analytics
- Implement the “data dashboard”
College Environment
Maintain a culture of College-wide shared commitment to effective teaching and learning
- Ensure creativity is valued, where a failed initiative is perceived as a growth opportunity
- Offer professional development and team building through the Center for Teaching and Learning for faculty and staff
- Create a Job Center portal through the College’s website
- Provide appropriate and adequate resources across academic programs, instructional sites and delivery modes
Sustain the College as a great place to work and learn
- Facilitate a community, family based environment
- Provide opportunities and forums for shared governance
- Promote health and wellness initiatives for faculty, staff and students
- Develop deeper understanding and buy-in of the College’s policies, procedures and processes
- Maintain a safe, accessible, and esthetically pleasing physical environment that reflects the College’s commitment to excellence in teaching and learning
Be reputed as an ideal employer within Craven County and North Carolina
- Advocate legislative initiatives that advance the professional interests of our faculty and staff
- Recruit and retain high quality faculty and staff
Community Service and Engagement
Significantly increase the Foundation endowment
- Engage College alumni
- Increase donor base breadth and long term commitments
Demonstrate engagement and commitment across community constituencies
- Maintain physical presence in historically underserved neighborhoods
- Aggressively respond to emerging business and industry needs
- Serve as community convener to build local partnerships
- Expand the Adult Enrichment Program
- Market the College strategically
- Establish a Master Marketing Plan
- Market the College as “first choice” for teaching and learning
- Promote a student-centered identity
- Use assessment to improve marketing effectiveness
Engage local and state leaders
- Implement an annual legislative plan
Our Mission
Core Values
Strategic Goals – Brochure – (pdf)
