Eastern Iowa Community College The Community College The American Community College Model:...

Eastern Iowa Community College

The Community College

• The American Community College Model: Highlights and Characteristics

• The Iowa Model• The EICCD


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


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


Accountability to Community

• Governed by locally elected (or State appointed) Boards

• Accredited by regional accrediting bodies

• Supported by state and/or local taxes


U.S. Community Colleges

• 1,173 Community Colleges

Public, private and tribal

• Average tuition = $1,518



• 10.4 million students

5.4 million credit

5 million non-credit

• 450,000 associate degrees annually

• 200,000 two-year certificates



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



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

some state, some mixed


Iowa Community Colleges



• 15 community colleges, established in 1965 to serve all of Iowa’s 99 counties

• 106,000 credit students

• 332,000 non-credit students



• Locally elected boards of trustees

• 5, 7 or 9 members elected to staggered

3-year terms


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



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+



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

oversight


Community College Function by “Student”

• Arts and Science Transfer

• Career and Technical Education

• Continuing/Community Education

• Adult Basic Education

• Economic Development

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