Strategic Enrollment Management Committee (SEMC)
Meeting Summary
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Present: Gayle Arries, Amanda Blanton, Jackie Blakley, Lou Ann Martin, Gwen Owens, Lisa Robinson, and Lynn Lewis
Absent: Eugene Grant and Linda Driggers
The following is a summary of the SEMC meeting which occurred on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.
Review/Approval of Minutes:
· The minutes of the November 21 meeting were approved.
Spring Enrollment Update:
· Amanda gave a brief update regarding spring enrollment figures compared to the same week last year. As of December 6, registration is up .02 percent. Including continuing students, 5466 students have registered. Full time enrollment is down 3 percent, paid registrations is down 9 percent, and continuing is down 106 students.
· Lisa reported that as of last week 472 students had attended Orientation, with 55-60 students coming through this week as compared to 437 last year. She is anticipating 400-500 students on late registration day.
Withdrawal Survey:
· The Divisions are currently calling students who have their Rans set but who have not registered. Amanda hopes to have the data regarding reasons students are withdrawing (and therefore are not registered for spring) compiled by next meeting.
College Plan Retention Activity:
· Amanda asked for input regarding the strategic activity related to retention to be included in the College Strategic Plan. This year, the goal is to refine and implement retention activities, based on the college-wide retention plan and upcoming retention charter. The rationale is that the ongoing planning, review, and evaluation of College-wide retention activities will enable the SEMC to determine the success of activities and where revisions are needed. This initiative contributes to the strategic objectives to improve student success and academic goal achievement through a systematic process of monitoring retention activities and benchmarks.
Retention Updates:
· Gayle – Student Interviews:
o Marketing has been working on a campus video about programs and services and gathered data on what students like about TCTC in order to provide the committee with reasons for why students are retained. Thirteen students were asked the same questions regarding what they liked about TCTC. All of the students talked about how their instructors had made a difference. Some of the students had developed friendships with their instructors, they said their instructors are why they stay at Tri-County, and the students feel they can go to their instructors if they are struggling in class. The students said that instructors made the impossible possible. The College intends to post the video on the College’s website, on Facebook, and on AndersonHD.com. Gayle said that she would send the committee a list of instructors names mentioned by the students for the committee to hear about their best practices.
· Connection Article:
o Amanda asked the committee members what they would like to publish in the January issue of Connection. It was decided that the first article should introduce what the College is doing about retention, introduce Lisa’s new job title, mention that the portal is set up and encourage faculty and staff to join it. The committee can review the article before it is published.
· Academic Recovery Workshops, eTC Portal:
o Lisa explained that she is working on an Academic Recovery workshop to help students who did not do well academically this fall. These 1 – 1 ½ hour workshops will take place the end of January and the beginning of February on the Pendleton, Anderson, and Easley Campuses. Attendance will be optional but students who are identified will be strongly encouraged to attend.
o The eTC retention portal is set up and all committee members are encouraged to join it. Resources will be available on the portal, including information on the Academic Recovery workshops, a list of activities for the year, best practices, and a PowerPoint presentation which contains links to resources.
· Retention Brainstorming Ideas:
o Eugene will talk about EIT Retention Brainstorming ideas at the January meeting.
· Professional Development for Student Success:
o On November Election Day 2012, professional development workshops that focus on student retention and student success, as well as other workshops, will be planned. In March, Andy Masters is presenting on customer service and in June, Mark Taylor is presenting on teaching to the millennium generation.
· Retention Best Practice:
o The committee members decided to invite faculty members or department heads who practice good retention ideas to present to the Committee at its monthly meetings. It was suggested that instructors who were mentioned by name in the video interviews be contacted to present, and an article could be published in Connection welcoming faculty who are doing best practices to present. The committee could start a repository on best practices in the portal and presenters could write an abstract. People on campus are doing great things and they deserve recognition.
General Announcements:
· Lou Ann announced that the results from the Smarter Measures surveys are identifying issues with students before they get to Tri-County. She intends to have those results integrated into Banner in the future.
Next Meeting:
· January 23rd at 10:00 am
