STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

Priorities

The three strategic priorities –and specific action steps and metrics – that will allow NSCC to pursue the vision are:

1. Align the college with regional needs to spur academic innovation and holistic student support. Align community partnerships to educate the whole student.

Customize course scheduling, teaching and learning, and the student support service experience to improve academic achievement. Collaborate deeply with community-based organizations to meet student non-academic needs and with employers and four-year universities to pave the way for graduates to good jobs and higher degrees.

Specific actions NSCC will pursue to advance this priority include:

1) Expand learning modalities so that online, hybrid, face-to-face, hyflex, and remote learning both meet students’ scheduling needs and address disparate course completion rates between minoritized and non-minoritized students.

2) Deepen employer connections to assure quality academic programs that address regional needs through the development of Centers of Excellence.

3) Connect degree, certificate, and shorter-duration educational options that are stackable, skillsdriven, and which meet learners where they are.

4) Promote dynamic teaching and learning practices through faculty experimentation and professional development which center the student experience and enhance faculty engagement.

5) Invest in technology that is proven to improve student academic success.

6) Partner with Community Based Organizations with resources and expertise to better meet non-academic student and family needs, including adequate food and shelter, child care, and digital access.

7) Expand the alumni network to engender internships, mentors, and career placement for students.