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A Plan to Deliver

Accessible and

‘Stackable’ Credentials @

Richard Bland College

Virginia General Assembly

Higher Education

Sub-Committee

Debbie L. Sydow, Ph.D., President Richard Bland College

of The College of William and Mary January 14, 2013

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The Opportunity

Today’s students seek fast, flexible,

affordable and convenient pathways to

4-year degrees.

Students are increasingly diverse and

demand more technology-based services.

Roughly 10 percent of students in 2003

took at least one online course. That

fraction grew to 25% in 2008, was nearly

30% in the fall of 2 009, projected to be 50%

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Virginia’s “Junior College”

• College was established in 1960 by the General Assembly as a branch college of W&M

with a primary mission of offering transfer associate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences. Similarly, Christopher Newport began as a two-year extension of W&M in Newport News, and Old Dominion was a two-year extension of W&M and VPI in Norfolk. George Mason began as the Northern Virginia branch of UVA, and Clinch Valley College as the Southwest Virginia branch of UVA.

• When the community college system was established in the mid-1960s to provide

geographical and general access to both transfer and technical education for all

Virginians, most two-year, branch colleges became independent and escalated to four-year status.

• In 1966 a bill to allow RBC to offer upper-level (Y3,4) coursework was introduced in

the General Assembly, and 90 credit hours (Y3) was authorized by the W&M Board of Visitors. The escalation process began, and Y3 courses were developed and delivered.

• In 1968 in response to opposition for escalation from Virginia State University and

SCHEV, RBC changed its “purpose” to be the state’s only public junior college. This purpose statement was only slightly modified in 1977, 1987 and 1997.

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Academic offerings: Associate of Science and Associate of Art degrees, certificates

(approved by W&M Board of Visitors in fall of 2012)

Tuition: $1,829/semester for full-time, in-state students; $6,762/semester for full-time

out-of-state

Enrollment: 1,554 students in the fall of 2012

Region: Southside Virginia 3-county, 3-city area of Dinwiddie, Prince George,

Chesterfield, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights

Residence halls (initiated in 1981, approved by BOV in 1991, opened in 2008) were

built to expand RBC’s span of service throughout the Commonwealth by welcoming

students from outside the Southside region.

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Headcount and FTE

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 RBC FTE RBC Enrollment

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Who are they? What do they need? What do they want?

Threats

Tomorrow’s Delivery Systems

How can we use new/existing delivery systems to meet those needs and wants?

Paradigm Shift

Larger market share in Southern Virginia Niche to compete

outside the area New, more effective business models for higher education

Tomorrow’s Products/Services

What programs and services will meet those needs and wants?

Opportunities Weaknesses

Strengths

Snapshot of Current Strategic Planning Process

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STRENGTHS

Respected faculty with focus on student success

Capacity for enrollment growth

New LEED Gold, high-tech science and technology facility

Partnerships

o

Army Logistics University (ALU) – Ft. Lee

o

Southside Regional Medical Center (SRMC)

o

Virginia’s Gateway Region (Regional Economic

Development Organization)

o

Articulations Agreements (Colleges and Universities)

o

Dual Enrollment Partnerships (Local High Schools)

Unique status as Commonwealth’s only residential “junior

college”

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OPPORTUNITIES

Align academic portfolio with demand in accordance with

Governor and General Assembly’s TJ21 goals:

o

Technology-enhanced instruction

o

Increased STEM-H Degrees

o

New programs or initiatives

o

Increased enrollment of Virginia students

o

Increased degree completion for Virginia residents who

have partial credit for a degree

o

Increased degree completion in a timely manner

o

Improved retention and graduation rates

o

Enhanced transfer programs

o

Increased adult learners

Capacity for:

o

Specialized programming in STEM-H, logistics (ALU, et al)

o

Innovative online program delivery

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Current Course Sections by

Delivery Mode

2.21% 3.32% 94.46% Online Courses Evening Courses Traditional Courses

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OPPORTUNITIES

Outcomes:

o

Online certificate designed to connect to all existing

programs + newly developed, high-demand programs.

o

20% increase in FTEs by Fall 2016

o

20% increase in graduation rate by 2018

o

Partnership with ALU to deliver high-demand, stackable

credentials to military students

o

Enhance programming and delivery with SRMC nursing

and radiology students

o

All academic degrees and certificates available online by

2018

Impact for Commonwealth:

o

Increased credentials and degrees toward TJ21 goals

o

Support of regional business and industry needs for trained

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Comparison of Online Degrees

Offered by State Colleges vs. LU

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

AS and AA programs BS and BA programs

State Institutions Liberty

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SOFTS

: A Robust

Online Learning

Platform

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SOFTS

:

o

PEC Inc., a technology company whose primary client is the DOD,

created the Special Forces Tele-training System (SOFTS platform) to

provide U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) soldiers and

personnel online language training classes.

o

Individuals participate in “live” virtual classes (with asynchronous

capability) while stationed or traveling around the world.

o

An individual only needs broadband internet capability to access

the platform.

o

SOFTS allows a seamless transition for faculty who have not taught

distance education courses previously.

o

Online instructional resources and learning metrics are superb

o

Class content can be viewed outside of normal class times,

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Amend Appropriation for FY13

:

$125,000 to create an online certificate program

using the SOFTS online learning platform, which will

serve as the foundation for an online associate’s

degree in business/logistics and other new

programs and “stackable” credentials for RBC

students.

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