McCall CollegeMay 2012

L. Bryan Williams, Ph.D.Social Ethicist

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Please stand when your area of involvement or interest is announced. Hold your applause. ◦ Board of Directors◦ Coordinators: Academic, Student, Curriculum,

Business Plan◦ Faculty ◦ Students◦ Staff◦ Donors◦ Interested Citizen

Please thank each other for our commitment to higher education in Central Idaho

A College Takes a Team

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Former Associate Professor of Ethics & Religion and Administrator, Warner Pacific College, Portland OR

Helped rejuvenate WPC with the Adult Degree Completion program that redeveloped office buildings into numerous college extensions.

Serves as Pastor, McCall Church of the Nazarene. Sees the problems of a lack of higher education in our region

Organizing Director

L. Bryan Williams, Ph.D.

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Successes◦ McCall-Donnelly High School is one of the top 3 HSs

in Idaho. It is ranked in the top 1000 in the US.◦ Idaho is 15th out of 50 states in students graduating

from High School Problems

◦ 41st out of 50 on # who enter college◦ 50th out of 50 on Fresh college student entering Soph. year. WHY??◦ 41st out of 50 on # who graduate within 6 years (B.S.)

Success◦ 11th out of 50 on # who graduate from Community college within 3

years But 30,000 people in 3 counties do not have a community

college within 100 miles from McCall.

Higher Education Challenges for Rural/Resort Idaho

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McCall College Foundation, Inc., ◦ is a non-profit, independent college,

has been formed with the purpose of starting a Community/Destination College, offering post-secondary programs in targeted areas and eventually granting Associate of Arts, Applied Science, or Science Degrees when able under accreditation guidelines.

Mission: ◦ Provide meaningful post-secondary education for

students of all ages helping them achieve their individual and social goals to develop a whole person in community and the world

McCall College

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Students who want a 2 year Community/Destination College

Students who want Computer Classes

Adults who want additional education Professionals who want Executive Seminars Citizens and visitors who want Summer

Programs Students who want to finish their GED

Market Niche

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Year 1 onward: ◦ Local residents who were never

able to start college or were not able to complete a degree

◦ Graduating seniors from Valley County and beyond who cannot afford to leave home to attend school, or

◦ Graduates who are not ready to make the leap from rural to urban life where other community colleges are usually located

Year 2 onward◦ Destination students who want to attend college and be

near McCall and Cascade amenities: skiing, white water, hockey, curling, hospitality, recreation and environmental career opportunities

Target Market & Timeline

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What our Students Need(Survey Results to date)

Totals Total Responses 401Total Students 160Total Staff 18Total Faculty 75Total Citizens 140

Survey at www.McCallCollege.org

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Students High School 53Some College 46Earned Degree 37

Residence Have Accommodations ; Need Dorm living- Pilgrim Cove

9815

Attend Year 2012 34

2013 34Not sure 56

Type of Student (n=158)?

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Type: Prof Tech 25

Type: Community College 51

Type: 4 year liberal arts 15

Type: 4 year research 21Type: not sure 42

Would you attend a college in McCall that met your needs?Yes 97

Type of College desired (n=156)?

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Major desired (n=144)?Business 42 (2)Social SciencesEnviron. Sciences

28 (6)24 (7)

Lang & Creative ArtsHealth & Wellness

45 (1)34 (3)

Performing ArtsEthics & Morality

17 (9)6 (10)

Sports & RecreationComputer Science

24 (7)28 (6)

TradesGeneral Studies

30 (4)29 (5)

# / (Rank)

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9 a.m. - noon 82

Noon – 3 p.m. 58

3 – 6 p.m. 38

6 – 9 p.m. 57

Time desired for Classes (n=142)?

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Faculty Business 15 (1)Social Sciences 14 (2)Physical SciencesLang & Creative Arts

14 (2)13 (3)

Health & WellnessPerforming Arts

11 (4)1 (8)

Ethics & Morality 5 (7)Sports & RecreationComputer Science

14 (2)6 (6)

Trades 1 (8)General Studies 7 (5)Other 23

Live in McCall 47

Online Experience 12

Faculty Available in McCall (n=65)

How do you Start a College?

Key Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

Programs

People

Key Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

Programs

People

DonorsIRS

Accredited College or University

Key Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

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Accredited

Non-Credit

State Board of Education

Regional Accreditation

Key Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

Programs

People

Staff

Students

Key Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

Programs

People

StaffOffices

Housing

StudentsStudent Center

Classrooms/Labs

BookstoreComputer Center

Library

Key Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

Programs

PeopleVolunteers

Non-specific

SpecificStaff

Professors

Paid

All Milestones

Open theDoors

Partners

Places

Programs

People

StaffOffices

Housing

StudentsStudent Center

Classrooms/Labs

BookstoreComputer Center

Library

Volunteer

Non-specific

Specific

Staff

Professors

Paid

DonorsIRS

Accredited College or University

Accredited

Non-Credit

State Board of Education

Regional Accreditation

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We are designing a college that meets regional accreditation standards

Phase I:

Phase II: Health & Wellness; Sports & Recreation; Performing Arts; Ethics & Leadership

Phase III: Professional Technical Campus in Valley County

Our Program

AS Degrees (with partner)

Certificates (no partner)

Business (Entrepreneur) Business

Social Science Life Skills

Art Creative Arts

Environmental Science GED

Computer Science Computer Skills

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We are in conversation with accreditation partners.◦ With partner such as Lewis-Clark

State College 4-6 year process for McCall College

accreditation Regional accreditation comes with partnership Offering their degrees and transcript

◦ No partner (proprietary college) Individual program development 4-6 years for national accreditation (no transfer) 6-10 years for regional accreditation (transfer)

Accreditation

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SI I: Build an Effective College Organization SI II: Identify & Meet Community Educational

Needs. What other programs would be helpful?

SI III: Develop and Effective Infrastructure of Campus Buildings◦ Goal A. Outcome #1: Use furniture and equipment

in each classroom that is equivalent to the HS experience

◦ Goal A. Outcome #2: Use furniture and equipment in each Tech Center that is equivalent to the HS experience

Our Strategic Imperatives

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◦ SI III.Goal E: Develop a publically funded Professional Technical School to serve Valley County and the region

SI IV: Develop outstanding Students SI V: Develop outstanding Faculty and Staff SI VI: Insure Institutional effectiveness

Strategic Imperative (con’t)

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The Foundation has arranged for5 – 7,000 sq. ft. of space & utilities in the Park Center Professional Center on Park Street to house◦ Administrative Offices, ◦ Academic & Student Center, ◦ Bookstore, ◦ 4 Classrooms◦ 1 Technology Center.

The owner is willing to wait for students before billing for space.

Facilities

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We are striving to develop a college that remains affordable

We are targeting a tuition in the range of $250.00 per credit equivalent. Most classes are 3 credit equivalent classes.

We are currently all volunteers. We have access to college equipment contracts to equip college

at wholesale costs A Lili grant (through local library) makes EBSCOhost available to

Idaho free of charge (leading collegiate search engine/ online library).

Our current expenses are the permits, fees, development costs (marketing, office supplies, advertising, engineering), and insurance required for start-up

Affordability

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Staff jobs:◦ Minimum 7 full time staff and

management Teaching jobs:

◦ Minimum of 64/3=21 classes per program

◦ 5 programs means over 100 teaching assignments.◦ We believe that most of these can be filled by regional

residents Fill under-utilized office space & seasonal

housing during Sept. - May Economic impact of over $3.2 mil / year

Advantages to Our Region

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Cultivate Higher Ed Partner Program and catalog

development for either track Idaho State Board of Education application Student and Faculty Recruiting Grants (Albertson, Murdock, Micron) Fund Raising Conditional Use Permit

◦ P&Z meeting: July 10th City Hall 6pm

3 Month Action Plan

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Survey Response ◦ www.McCallCollege.org◦ 5 minute survey◦ Crucial to grant support

Volunteer:◦ Fund Raising, marketing, Facebook, ◦ Contact Dr. Williams or Woody

Donations◦ Make checks out to MCIC – McCall College.

McCall Community Improvement Corporation (MCIC) will forward your tax receipt.

◦ Hat at the door.

How can you help?

Thank you for your support of

McCall Collegeinfo@McCallCollege.org