UCF Regional CampusesThe Power of Partnerships

New Vision CouncilLake-Sumter Community College

David T. Harrison, Ph.D.March 25, 2010

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What kind of partnership could...• Increase the percentage of the local population

with degrees?• Guarantee access to local students who have the

ability and the desire to earn a degree?• Leverage the regional assets that are already in

place?• Ensure that regional investments are additive, not

duplicative?• Address regional workforce needs in a strategic,

sustainable way?

• Guaranteed admission of all consortium community college AA and AS graduates to the University of Central Florida.

• Doubling of UCF bachelors and graduate programs on consortium community college campuses.

• Joint-use facilities with Valencia and Seminole. • Preferential and concurrent admission to selective UCF

programs with coordinated advising and support.• Joint philanthropy to support student scholarships and access. • Focus on strategic program areas in support of regional

workforce needs.

The Central Florida Higher Education Consortium: A First-of-a-Kind Regional Higher Education Strategy

Results and Impact• UCF is now the 3rd largest university in the U.S. and

accepts more community college transfer students than any university in Florida.– Over 8,000 new community college transfers at UCF in

2009-10– Over 30,000 students in the DirectConnect pipeline

• More than half of UCF’s bachelor’s degrees are awarded to community college transfer students, including:– Two-thirds of teaching and nursing degrees– Half of business degrees– Over 40% of engineering degrees

Lake-Sumter Students

• UCF @ Lake-Sumter: 475 @ S. Lake, 60 @ Leesburg

• LSCC DirectConnect students: 694 currently at UCF; 1139 in the pipeline

• LSCC DirectConnect Grads:– 111 in 2008-09– 34 education, 20 business, 11 health, 11

psychology

Cooper Memorial Library – LSCC South Lake

Shared Use Facility, Valencia West Campus

Shared Use Facility, Seminole State Sanford/Lake Mary Campus

• Implementation of DirectConnect principles into regional high schools

• Data sharing: confronting the hard facts• Communication with students and families,

helping them plan• “Summits” in November 2007, April 2008,

February 2009. February 17, 2010 summit focused on high school accountability strategies.

• Pilot high school opening Fall 2010

College Access Initiative:Regional strategy to expand access to the bachelor’s degree

www.collegeaccess.ucf.edu

Curriculum Alignment• Goal: closer alignment of general education for all

students • Faculty teams from UCF and partner community

colleges• Common learning outcomes, learning activities, and

assessment techniques for targeted courses• Math, chemistry, physics, biology, digital media• Next: include high school teachers in the project

www.curriculumalignment.ucf.edu

The Architecture Partnership:The Voice of the Employer

• Bachelor of Design in Architecture developed in collaboration with American Institute of Architects

• Partnership with Valencia Community College and the University of Central Florida• 2+2+2 Design• AA at Valencia or other Consortium college,

Bachelor’s at UCF, Master’s at UF• UF Master’s program at City-Lab at the Center for

Emerging Media in downtown Orlando• First junior class in Fall 2010; focus on non-

traditional students

Questions and Discussion

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