The meeting with the Board gave me insight into what influences the strategic planning goals for a community college board. As you can see from the agenda located here, the college wants the Board to combine their knowledge with current and projected college data, and then merge those things with external trends and analysis.
The meeting was very successful, and the WPI application beta release is now on several people’s radar. The local Employment Security Commission sees our county in the middle of a small business boom with steady growth in those companies with 20 or less employees. This means the college must do a better job communicating with those businesses and making sure we can provide them with employees. This situation is much more difficult to get a hold of than when you just have a few, large employers to keep a relationship with. This a challenge the Board must address in their strategic goals as well as in their dealings with the college and the community.
The down-side to this meeting was the trip. I drove 5 and a half hours to do a 45 minute presentation. Unfortunately, we could not have the meeting in an Information Highway room, but I will try to move towards that in the future. In the meantime, trips back to the college are costing the institution about $400 for a one night visit. I think there is a better way.
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