TITLE III, PART A

**ABSTRACTS FOR THE 2005 STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS**

# *[ALABAMA]{.underline}*

# P031A050132

**Lurleen B. Wallace Community College**

**Andalusia, AL**

**Contact: Peggy Linton, Project Director**

**334-222-6591 (office) 334-881-2300 (fax)**

[**plinton@lbwcc.edu**](mailto:plinton@lbwcc.edu)

**Project Description:**

The grant will provide funding to assist with utilizing a college-wide
approach in improving enrollment, accessibility, and retention through
the development of five new academic programs and four major retention
components. The idea is to increase college enrollment, retention rates,
and the effectiveness of faculty to incorporate different instructional
methods. In addition, the grant will increase student satisfaction with
advising, and decrease identified errors on college's Web site. The
college will use 10 percent of its grant funds each year for endowment
building.

# P031A050021

**Wallace Community College**

**Dothan, AL**

**Contact: John Fergus, Project Director**

**334-556-2201 (office) 334-556-2360 (fax)**

[**jfergus@wallace.edu**](mailto:jfergus@wallace.edu)

**Project Description:**

Improving Academic Programs through Technology Integration -- Through
this grant faculty members will be trained in the application of
instructional technology and the transfer of technology-enhanced courses
for online delivery. In addition, faculty members will be trained as
mentors, classrooms will be equipped with electronic instructional
technology for multimedia and Internet presentations, and Web-learner
stations for faculty will be installed. Finally computers and electronic
instructional technology designed to enhance classrooms and to provide
means to deliver courses via the Web will be installed.

## ARKANSAS

# P031A050314

# University of Arkansas at Little Rock

**Little Rock, AR**

**Contact: Sandra L. Robertson, Project Director**

**501-569-3200 (office) 501-569-8915 (fax)**

[**slrobertson@UALR.edu**](mailto:slrobertson@UALR.edu)

**Project Description:**

The purpose of this grant is to support the implementation of learning
communities for entering high-risk students, including faculty
development and acquisition of equipment. The activity is focused on
entering freshmen who are identified as being at risk for completing
their first year and progressing to the next year. The goal is to
improve retention rates, enhance learning opportunities, and provide
students with a way to develop a community with other students on the
non-residential campus.

# P031A050025

**Phillips Community College**

**of the University of Arkansas**

**Helena, AR**

**Contact: Steven Murray, Chancellor**

**870-338-8279 (office) 870-338-7542 (fax)**

[**murray@pccua.edu**](mailto:murray@pccua.edu)

**Project Description:**

Maximizing Student Achievement and Retention -- Funds will be utilized
to increase student success and retention through the development of
comprehensive information-based student support services. In addition,
the project will increase student success and retention through a
comprehensive program to develop and strengthen academic instruction in
developmental education and basic skills reinforcement through gateway
courses supported by learning assistance strategies. Examples of such
strategies include tutoring via computer and media assisted instruction.
The grant assists in the implementation of a comprehensive staff and
faculty development program to meet nontraditional students' needs in
instruction to address diverse learning styles.

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## CALIFORNIA

**P031A050186**

**California State University San Marcos**

**San Marcos, CA**

**Contact: Terry L. Allison, Project Director**

**760-750-4042 (office) 760-750-4033 (fax)**

[**tallison@csusm.edu**](mailto:tallison@csusm.edu)

**Project Description:**

Creating a College of Health and Human Services Through Community
Partnerships -- Funds will be utilized to improve academic planning,
implementation, and assessment. Research has indicated that the college
should double its academic programs based on the implementation of this
activity. Establishing the model in programs such as Kinesiology,
Nursing, Social Work, Physical Therapy, and Health Care Management will
permanently strengthen the college's capacity to maintain and grow
enrollments to meet regional needs, institutionalize learning outcomes
assessment, create college-focused fundraising programs and create
community partnerships to share personnel and space costs. The program
will serve as a model for other colleges.

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# P031A050006

**College of The Redwoods**

**Eureka, CA**

**Contact: Cathy M. Dickerson, Project Director**

**707-476-4514 (office) 707-476-9300 (fax)**

[**cathy-dickerson@redwoods.edu**](mailto:cathy-dickerson@redwoods.edu)

**Project Description:**

Grant funds will be utilized to create and integrate a comprehensive
institutional research function to improve college decision-making and
resource allocation and to strengthen academic programs, institutional
management, and fiscal stability. The institutional research function
will create a culture of evidence by: identifying and collecting
relevant data; designing and conducting pertinent research; articulating
and disseminating significant finding; and training and assessing
faculty and administration in data-based decision-making.

# P031A050321

**Ohlone College**

**Fremont, CA**

**Contact: G. Robin Koelkeback, Project Director**

**510-659-7370 (office) 510-659-6058 (fax)**

**rkoelkebeck@ohlone.edu**

**Project Description:**

Improved Success Rates for Under-Prepared Students Through New Learning
Methods and Technology -- Implementation of this activity will lead to
widespread institutional reform. The developmental strategies include
adopting active and collaborative learning methodologies, embedding and
distributing technology throughout the curriculum, fostering a culture
of continuous improvement, and providing multiple scheduling and
delivery systems for student access to learning opportunities,
responsive to diverse backgrounds and learning styles.

# P031A050207

**Santiago Canyon College**

**Orange, CA**

**Contact: Mary Halvorson, Project Director**

**714-628-4881 (office)**

[**mary@rsccd.org**](mailto:mary@rsccd.org)

**Project Description:**

Four interwoven components of this project will result in increased
student success with the net result being that the college will see
increased student success in developmental, transfer, and vocational
courses. The four components are: 1) Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) --
provides for on-going training for faculty groups to revise or develop
course outlines integrating SLO concepts; 2) Academic Success Center --
personnel will be hired to guide the transition of the faculty from a
language lab into a center offering a range of academic support and
instruction for students who require significant study and guided
practice outside a classroom to strengthen their college readiness
skills; 3) Math Study Hall -- provides for moving current services into
their own facility, expanding the hours and hiring additional tutors,
and supplying the facility with a set of computers licensed for PLATO
software; and 4) Learning Communities -- involves identifying and
offering models which will become the basis of an ongoing cost effective
program providing students with a research-based, best practices
approach to integrated learning.

## ILLINOIS

**P031A050036**

**Carl Sandburg College**

**Galesburg, IL**

**Contact: Peggy S. Libby, Project Director**

**309-341-5308 (office) 309-344-1395 (fax)**

[**plibby@sandburg.edu**](mailto:plibby@sandburg.edu)

**Project Description:**

This project, Pathway to Success, has three key focal areas:
Strengthening Instruction for student success; Student Information for
student success; and Professional Development for student success. The
project includes redesigning developmental math, reading, writing, and
college survival skills courses to increase student preparedness, as
well as developing models that will designate and integrate basic
competencies in core college level courses. Alternative delivery methods
will be developed to address diverse learning styles and increase basic
skills levels. A wide array of new services to assist students in
achieving their educational goals will be developed, as well as a
student tracking system. The project also is intended to equip faculty
and staff with skills proven to be effective with at-risk,
under-prepared students. Faculty will increase their knowledge of
diversity and learning styles to teach more effectively by using
effective retention strategies.

# P031A050101

# Columbia College

**Chicago, IL**

**Contact: Lona G. Livingston, Project Director**

**312-344-8552 (office) 312-344-8022 (fax)**

[**llivingston@colum.edu**](mailto:skapelke@colum.edu)

**Project Description:**

This project, Improving Retention and Graduation Rates, is designed to
develop and implement new strategies based upon best-practice research,
in order to improve students' retention and graduation rates. Major
objectives are to increase: the fall-to-fall retention rate of students;
student satisfaction and advising services; learning resources and
special intervention programs for at-risk students; and the four-year
graduation rate. Faculty and staff will be trained to ensure their
awareness of the objectives of the project and how best to achieve them.

# P031A050042

**John A. Logan College**

**Contact: Tom Bell, Project Director**

**618-985-3741 ext. 8480 (office) 618-985-2248 (fax)**

[**tombell@jalc.edu**](mailto:tombell@jalc.edu)

**Project Description:**

The goal of this project is to strengthen academic programs and student
learning by transforming the college from a traditional teaching
institution to a learning-centered institution. Faculty, administrators,
student services staff, and others at the college will focus on helping
students achieve according to identifiable goals. The transition to a
learning-centered institution will be achieved through strengthening the
teaching and learning environment, as well as strengthening the
organizational framework for staff development. Strengthening the
organizational framework will be implemented by creating a teaching and
learning center, and by acquiring equipment for strengthening faculty
and staff technology skills.

# P031A050209

**Robert Morris College**

**Chicago, IL**

**Contact: Florentine Hoelker, Project Director**

**312-935-4237 (office) 312-935-4248 (fax)**

[**fhoelker@robertmorris.edu**](mailto:fhoelker@robertmorris.edu)

**Project Description:**

This project will strengthen academic programs, institutional
management, and fiscal stability by expanding opportunities for minority
and low-income students, and creating new Associate and Bachelor's
Degree Programs in high-demand health care fields. The goal is to
provide more diverse educational offerings through coursework in
high-demand health care fields, and expanding educational program access
to underserved students. Funds over the five- year period will also be
used for endowment building.

**P031A050057**

**Spoon River College**

**Canton, IL**

**Contact: Beverly Bowen, Project Director**

**309-649-6251 (office) 309-649-6235 (fax)**

[**bbowen@spoonrivercollege.edu**](mailto:bbowen@spoonrivercollege.edu)

**Project Description:**

This project is designed to improve student academic success. Project
goals include: an effort to address and reduce student attrition;
increasing the percentage of students meeting career and education
goals; and increasing the percentage of students who master competencies
in developmental education. In addition, Spoon River College will
increase the number of faculty using a competency-based curriculum and
alternative teaching strategies that address diverse learning, and
increase the number of faculty and staff who use technology that support
advisement and measurement of student outcomes and institutional
effectiveness. The college proposes to redesign the matriculation
process, transform the developmental education and gateway program,
strengthen faculty and staff development, and strengthen college-wide
access to critical student information. Funds will also be used for
endowment building.

# P031A050072

# Triton College

**Chicago, IL**

**Contact: Carl A. Patricia, Project Director**

**708-456-0300 (office) 708-583-3121(fax)**

[**pcarl1@triton.edu**](mailto:pcarl1@triton.edu)

**Project Description:**

The goal of this project is to foster the persistence of multicultural
students to goal achievement by creating a learning environment that
understands and adapts to their unique needs. The plan is to improve
student access to college programs by: simplifying and personalizing the
enrollment process; familiarizing students with college and opening
their eyes to the academic opportunities available to them; establishing
a foundation for a student progress program that will include career
planning and exploration; improving assessment of basic skills, learning
styles and career aptitudes; improving placement in developmental
education courses; and proactive student advisement. Learning
communities will be formed to address cultural diversity and the needs
of the at-risk students. These communities will be formed around course
clusters of developmental education and gateway courses. Faculty and
staff will be in involved in comprehensive professional development
programs designed to provide training in cultural diversity and
alternative teaching and support strategies.

## IOWA

# P031A050226

**Mount Mercy College**

**Contact: Kathy Toborg, Project Director**

**319-368-6468 (office)**

[**ktoborg@mmc.mtmercy.edu**](mailto:ktoborg@mmc.mtmercy.edu)

**Project Description:**

The project focuses on one central activity -- Strengthening Academic
Programs through Integration of Technology in the Teaching and Learning
Process. Two distinct components, technology integration and teaching
and learning processes, have been designed to increase enrollment
revenue through the infusion of technology in newly developed and
re-designed curricula in two critically important academic programs:
Nursing and Computer Science. The activities of these components will
lead to increased enrollment and student retention and will introduce
proven technological and pedagogical strategies to improve the college's
academic programs. Funds will be used for endowment building as well.

**P031A050112**

**Waldorf College**

**Forest City, IA**

**Contact: Daniel Hanson, Project Director**

**641-585-8113 (office)**

[**hansson@waldorf.edu**](mailto:hansson@waldorf.edu)

**Project Description:**

The Waldorf College plan is to address the critical issues of reversing
a six-year decline in enrollment by re-establishing itself as a
quality-driven, Bachelor of Science and/or Bachelor of Arts granting
institution. The institution plans to address these issues through a
comprehensive academic improvement activity that impacts curriculum
design, faculty professional development, laboratory upgrades, library
enhancements, and technological integration across the curriculum.

# P031A050079

**Western Iowa Technical Community College**

**Sioux City, IA**

**Contact: Larry Obermeyer, Project Director**

**712-274-8733 ext. 1284 (office) 712-274-6412(fax)**

[**obermel@witcc.com**](mailto:obermel@witcc.com)

**Project Description:**

Three new degree programs will be developed: 1) Emergency Services -
Homeland Security designed this program to train individuals as
coordinators, designers, and developers of emergency management services
and front-line first responders in emergency management service; 2)
Emergency Services Information Systems -- provides students with the
training needed to design, develop, and implement security systems in
order to prevent computer-related crimes; and 3) Construction Technology
-- intended to prepare students for positions in the construction
industry by providing a strong technical foundation that focuses on all
aspects of the industry. Endowment building is planned to assist with
institutionalization of the programs developed.

## KANSAS

**P031A050109**

**Cloud County Community College**

**Contact: George C. Knox, President**

**785-243-1435 (office)**

[**gknox@cloud.edu**](mailto:gknox@cloud.edu)

**Project Description:**

The focus of this project is to revise the curriculum of targeted
technical programs, reconfigure facilities and equipment, and establish
a viable professional faculty development program with emphasis on
infusing technology into the curriculum. The programs to undergo
curriculum revision are Journalism/Broadcasting, Graphic Design, and
Administration of Justice. These programs are considered high-demand
programs. The Nursing program has been identified for intensive redesign
of instructional strategies to incorporate nursing-specific
instructional technology. A faculty development center will be
established for helping faculty learn competency-based instructional
technology, utilizing computer-assisted and media-assisted instruction
delivery systems.

## KENTUCKY

**P031A050007**

**Bluecrass Community and Technical College**

**Lexington, KY**

**Contact: Sandra Carey, Project Director**

**859-257-4872 ext. 4240 (office) 859-257-5706 (fax)**

[**sandra.careykctcs.edu**](mailto:egmowb00@uky.edu)

**Project Description:**

The activity is designed to establish a Transfer Center to improve the
transfer rate of students to four-year institutions by expanding
services. Existing space will be renovated to accommodate the Transfer
Center. The goals are to increase: the transfer rate of students; peer
transfer counseling programs that serve African American students as
well as the general pre-baccalaureate student; and written articulations
between the institution and four-year institutions.

# P031A050148

# Madisonville Community College

# Technical College

# Madisonville, KY

# 

# Contact: David Schuermer, Project Director

**270-824-8633 (office) 270-821-1555 (fax)**

[**david.schuermer@kctcs.edu**](mailto:david.schuermer@kctcs.edu)

**Project Description:**

The grant will assist the college with strengthening instructional
programs and student services to improve student success and increase
retention and graduation rates. The activity focuses on two key
components: 1) the comprehensive revision of existing technical
curricula; and 2) the establishment of effective student support and
learning assistance services. Curriculum revision efforts will focus on
converting to a credit hour rather than a clock hour model; streamlining
curricula to create seamless degree pathways; enhancing the general
education component of technical curricula to address employer demands;
and delivering classes on non-traditional schedules to meet student
need.

# P031A050173

**Morehead State University**

**Morehead, KY**

**Contact: Beth Patrick, Project Director**

**606-783-2447 (office) 606-783-5012 (fax)**

[**b.Patrick@moreheadstate.edu**](mailto:b.Patrick@moreheadstate.edu)

**Project Description:**

The project goals are: reengineering the institutional processes to
improve delivery of student services; streamlining the administration;
and reducing operational costs through the implementation of an improved
institutional information system. The plan is to create a
student-centered campus culture by building an online comprehensive
student support system, by promoting student-centered practice, and
preparing faculty, staff, and administrators to deliver innovative,
student-centered academic and support services. The objective is to
better integrate information-based support services from enrollment
through assessment, advising, monitoring, and alumni follow-up to better
serve students both on- and off- campus. Funds will be utilized to
establish a technology endowment.

# P031A050053

**West Kentucky Community and Technical College**

**Contact: Paul Ross, Project Director**

**270-554-9200 (office) 270-534-6291 (fax)**

[**paul.ross@kctcs.edu**](mailto:paul.ross@kctcs.edu)

**Project Description:**

The West Kentucky Community and Technical College plan is to create
pathways for student success by addressing the many challenges students
encounter by: designing a comprehensive student support system with an
integrated student information system; redesigning entry-level
curriculums (developmental and gateway) with instructional computer labs
and SMART classrooms; developing learner-focused instructional
strategies; and establishing a Teaching Technology and Learning Center
to facilitate coordinated and extensive faculty development. Endowment
building is planned over the life of the grant to support long-term
growth and self-sufficiency.

## LOUISIANA

# P031A050073

**Louisiana State University at Alexandria**

**Alexandria, LA**

**Contact: Dr. Randall Stovall, Project Director**

**318-473-6446 (office) 318-473-6480 (fax)**

[**rs@lsua.edu**](mailto:rs@lsua.edu)

**Project Description:**

Louisiana State University at Alexandria's goals are to increase
completion rates of degree seeking students, increase retention rates
for first-time, full-time freshmen, decrease the percentage of at-risk
students due to academic failure, initiate an undergraduate research
program, and increase ACT CAAP scores. To accomplish these goals the
project will establish an advising center and develop a dual advising
program which will allow faculty advisors to advise and mentor students
with declared majors and upper division students; establish
institutional capacity for, and support the development of, faculty
capacity for scholarly activity, undergraduate research, and a grants
development process; and establish a comprehensive faculty and staff
development program through the assessment of individualized needs,
creation of an individualized training and development plan, annual
training workshops and professional development conferences. Endowment
building is an intricate part of this grant.

# P031A050033

**Northwestern State University of Louisiana**

**Natchitoches, LA**

**Contact: Priscilla Kilcrease, Project Director**

**318-357-5222 (office) 318-357-5250 (fax)**

[**kilcreasep@nsula.edu**](mailto:kilcreasep@nsula.edu)

**Project Description:**

Innovative Academic Programs and Services and Faculty Development - the
goals of this project are: to develop and implement innovative programs
through redesigned courses offered in the classroom and electronically;
to implement innovations for academic services through redesigned
student services for enrollment management and academic support; to
develop and implement a comprehensive professional development program
in order to enhance faculty technology competencies and adopt
instructional design innovations; and to acquire equipment required to
implement the strategies.

## MASSACHUSETTS

# P031A050336

**Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts**

**North Adams, MA**

**Contact: Stephen Green, Project Director**

**413-662-5201 (office) 413-662-5580 (fax)**

[**sgreen@mcl.edu**](mailto:mgrant@mcla.edu)

**Project Description:**

Over the five-year period Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts plans to
increase enrollment and improve retention through academic and
administrative technology enhancements. This will involve the purchase
and installation of an enhanced student information system, learning
management system, and other technology for faculty, administrators, and
students. The project is also designed to increase enrollment through
the expansion of academic course offerings and methods of delivery.

## MISSISSIPPI

# P031A050174

**Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College**

**Contact: Cheryl Thompson, Project Director**

**601-926-6233 (office)**

[**Cheryl.Thompson@mgccc.edu**](mailto:Cheryl.Thompson@mgccc.edu)

**Project Description:**

The goal of this project is to ensure learning can take place anywhere,
anytime with assurance of equal quality among alternate methods of
instructional delivery in a totally integrated academic program. The
plan is to strengthen academic programs and expand access through the
integration and enhancement of distance learning, to ensure that
distance learning is totally integrated into the academic program of the
college and instruction, and support services are of equal quality to
traditional instruction and services. The objectives of this goal are:
to increase the effectiveness of distance learning classes through
faculty training and support services resulting in increased student
performance; increase participation of full-time faculty in distance
learning and higher student satisfaction ratings; effect a reduction in
class withdrawals of online students; increase students' satisfaction
with academic advising; and increase the capacity to assess online and
hybrid students with the development of assessment centers.

***[NEW YORK]{.underline}***

**P031A050153**

**Erie Community College**

**Buffalo, NY**

**Contact: Mary Beth Orrange, Project Director**

**716-851-1784 (office) 716-851-1629 (fax)**

[**orrange@ecc.edu**](mailto:orrange@ecc.edu)

**Project Description:**

Title III funds will be used to support the activity, Increasing Student
Success Through the Integration of Academic and Student Support
Services, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of academic
support services and student enrollment and placement processes in order
to improve student success rates. Accomplishing the goals of this
activity will lead to the computerization of the admissions and academic
placement process, the introduction of a pre-freshman bridge program and
a learning communities network, the establishment of a computerized
early warning and academic guidance center, and the restructuring of
entry level math and English courses. These innovations will contribute
to increasing academic achievement, persistence, and graduation rates.

# P031A050177

# Hudson Valley Community College

**Troy, NY**

**Contact: Kevin McLaughlin, Project Director**

**518-629-7674 (office) 518-629-8131 (fax)**

**mclaukev@hvcc.edu**

**Project Description:**

This project is aimed at strengthening academic programs by providing
the instructional technology equipment to enable critical academic
updates and curriculum innovations necessary for the college to respond
to the new educational and training needs of the rapidly changing
industrial culture. The funds are to be used in the computer networking
lab to meet new and emerging regional employment and training needs, in
the semiconductor manufacturing technology lab to meet new regional
employment and training needs, in the digital language lab to meet
general education and transfer requirements, and in classroom
instructional technology to improve student learning and educational
outcomes.

# P031A050092

**Keuka College**

**Keuka Park, NY**

**Contact: Patricia Pulver, Project Director**

**315-279-5662 (office) 315-279-5335 (fax)**

[**PPULVER@mail.keuka.edu**](mailto:PPULVER@mail.keuka.edu)

**Project Description:**

The Faculty Development activity implements curriculum revision and
acquisition of equipment to strengthen experiential education in
academic programs. The activity aims to provide the necessary tools,
including equipment, faculty training and staff support, and to
strengthen academic success and retention through expanded experiential
education in the classroom. The goals are: to increase the percentage of
faculty who report the use of presentation software in classroom
instruction; increase the number of students in developmental classes
who have a first-year, fall term GPA of 2.0 or greater; and increase the
percentage of students who persist to the third year and increase the
four-year retention rate.

# P031A050301

**St. John's University**

**Queens, NY**

**Contact: Dr. Julia Upton, President**

**718-990-6161 (office)**

[**uptonj@stjohns.edu**](mailto:uptonj@stjohns.edu)

**Project Description:**

This project addresses two issues, Curriculum Revision and Faculty
Development. To address these issues the plan is to develop students'
ability to engage in problem-based learning and critical inquiry by
improving technological proficiency, enhancing information literacy,
refining critical thinking skills through curriculum revision, and
provide intense and structured faculty development in the use of
technology, the models and applications of information literacy, and
critical thinking. The goals include: adoption of problem-based learning
strategies in the core curriculum; faculty integration of information
literacy into syllabi; students reporting an increased sense of
engagement and being challenged; incorporating active and collaborative
learning experiences in the core curriculum; increasing annually the
number of courses delivered or enhanced through technology; and
increasing annually the number of faculty offering problem-based
learning in the core and advanced disciplinary courses.

# P031A050184

# SUNY Buffalo State College

# Research Foundation

# Buffalo, NY

# Contact: Dewayne Beery, Project Director

**716-878-6731 (office) 716-878-4524 (fax)**

[**beeryda@buffalostate.edu**](mailto:beeryda@buffalostate.edu)

**Project Description:**

In an effort to enhance student performance in programs requiring
significant use of quantitative and mathematical skills, SUNY Buffalo
State College has designed a project to improve various areas. The areas
that will be improved include student learning outcomes and success in
mathematics, increased student success in introductory natural, social
science, and elementary education classes. In addition, curriculum
redesign of introductory math classes using the partner discipline
approach with integration of technology and peer tutoring, and increases
in faculty development, especially adjunct mathematics faculty, will
also be implemented. Funds will also be used for endowment building.

# P031A050164

**The College of Staten Island/CUNY**

**Staten Island, NY**

**Contact: Marie A. Miller, Project Director**

**718-982-2254 (office) 718-982-2252 (fax)**

[**miller@mail.csi.cuny.edu**](mailto:miller@mail.csi.cuny.edu)

**Project Description:**

Creating a Faculty Development Program to Encourage Mentoring by Faculty
as a Means to Students' Academic Success is aimed at reducing the
attrition rate of students during their initial two years. In turn, this
project will increase the number of students making a smooth transition
to a major. Funds will also be used to create an intensive faculty
development program to provide necessary tools for faculty to become
effective mentors and thus create an environment that encourages greater
faculty-student interaction. Endowment building is also a part of the
plan.

# P031A050154

**Trocaire College**

**Buffalo, NY**

**Contact: Marian Meyers, Project Director**

**716-827-2462 (office) 716-828-6107 (fax)**

**MeyersM@Trocaire.edu**

**Project Description:**

Grant funds will be utilized to implement a five-year plan to improve
student enrollment and retention through the strategic development of
new programs, advisement and retention strategies, and the delivery of
courses using traditional, innovative and alternative learning methods.
Key measures will be to establish an office of Planning and Research;
strengthen and expand the Office of Advisement and Retention; establish
and deliver courses using alternative delivery methods; and develop new
academic programs to meet the needs of current and future students.
Funds will also be used to enhance the college's endowment.

## NORTH CAROLINA

**P031A050051**

**Forsyth Technical Community College**

**Contact: Daphne Lewis, Project Director**

**336-734-7177 (office) 336-761-2598 (fax)**

[**dlewis@forsyth.cc.nc.us**](mailto:dlewis@forsyth.cc.nc.us)

**Project Description:**

Forsyth Technical Community College seeks to increase student success.
This will be accomplished through effective academic advising
implemented by enhancing the opportunities students have to attain their
educational and career goals. Successfully completing the activity will
result in a more detailed and accurate assessment of each student's
abilities and goals.

## OHIO

# P031A050062

**Agricultural Technical Institute**

**Wooster, OH**

**Contact: Steven M. Neal, Project Director**

**330-264-3911 ext. 1211 (office) 330-262-7634 (fax)**

[**neal.2@osu.edu**](mailto:neal.2@osu.edu)

**Project Description:**

Title III funds will be used to assist with improving academic programs
by infusing instructional technology into the teaching and learning
process. The plan is to develop academic programs and courses that make
greater use of instructional technologies as teaching aids. In order to
accomplish the goal, the existing technology infrastructure must be
strengthened, an environment for faculty to foster instructional
innovation must be created, and resources need to be set aside to
sustain technology advancements. Endowment building is part of the plan.

# P031A050276

# Urbana University

**Urbana, OH**

**Contact: Stephen Hill, Project Director**

**937-484-1309 (office) 937-484-1322 (fax)**

[**shill@urbana.edu**](mailto:shill@urbana.edu)

**Project Description:**

The goals of this project are to improve student advising, operational
decision-making, institutional communication and effectiveness, and
student learning outcomes. The goals will be achieved through the
implementation of an electronic, comprehensive, integrated information
management system through software such as SunGard-SCT Powercampus,
Datatel, or the new Web-based Jenzabar system. These systems will
provide ready and real-time access to student and institutional data.

## OREGON

# P031A050061

# Rogue Community College

**Grants Pass, OR**

**Contact: Rick Kirk, Project Director**

**541-956-7330 (office) 541-471-3506 (fax)**

[**rkirk@roguecc.edu**](mailto:rkirk@roguecc.edu)

**Project Description:**

Lighthouse Programs: Strengthening Student Access, Persistence, and
Success -- The college will develop a distributed model for career
advising, targeted core academics, and certificate and degree programs.
The model will: improve access, persistence, and academic success for
the school's many multi-committed students living in a geographical
dispersed district; increase student, and faculty and staff capabilities
in a technologically enhanced learning environment; and strengthen the
institution's financial stability by minimizing the impact of distance
upon its educational services through technology, boosting student FTE
through better retention, and enhancing relationships within the public
and private sectors by effectively responding to the region's revolving
economy and high performance workforce demands.

# P031A050185

**Treasure Valley Community College**

**Ontario, OR**

**Contact: Jim Sorensen, President**

**541-888-8822 ext. 422 (office) 541-881-2717 (fax)**

[**jsorense@tvcc.cc**](mailto:jsorense@tvcc.cc)

**Project Description:**

Successful accomplishment of this activity will: 1) improve student
success through enhanced instruction of developmental and transfer
gateway courses, development of a college transition program, improved
advising, delivery of integrated student services, and research focused
on continuous improvement; and 2) improve access through development of
infrastructure and faculty expertise for delivery of Internet Protocol
Videoconferencing, Web courses and Web-supported hybrid courses. These
strategies should make the college accessible to more students, and
combined with improved retention and progression, are expected to have a
positive impact on the institution's fiscal stability as
state-reimbursable FTE grows.

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# P031A050074

# Fairfield College of the

**Dallas Community College District**

**Mesquite, TX**

**Contact: Cheryl Green, Project Director**

**972-860-8379 (office) 972-853-5668 (fax)**

[**ckgreen@dcccd.edu**](mailto:ckgreen@dcccd.edu)

**Project Description:**

Improving Student Success and Retention through improved institutional
management by: 1) redesigning the current advising system from a class
scheduling system to a developmental advising model, that includes an
early alert tracking system and intrusive counseling; 2) improving
academic programs by expanding the tutoring program to include
supplemental instruction for "high risk" courses, and assist faculty in
developing course material in alternate formats to accommodate diverse
learning styles; 3) strengthening existing comprehensive faculty and
staff development programs to promote an infusion of diverse
instructional methods, curriculum changes, technology systems and
interventions based on successful models and educational research; and
4) recruitment of faculty advisors.

# P031A050145

**LeTourneau University**

**Longview, TX**

# Contact: Paul Boggs, Project Director

**903-233-3981 (office) 903-233-3910 (fax)**

<PaulBoggs@letu.edu>

**Project Description:**

Accomplishment of the activity, Achieving Student Success Through
Integrated Student Services, will allow LeTourneau University to provide
comprehensive and cohesive student services in order to increase student
persistence and retention. Through the implementation of a retention
tracking system, an achievement center, a computer-based professional
educational portfolio system, and an enhanced freshman year experience,
the university will be able to increase the success, retention,
persistence, and ultimately graduation rates. The second activity,
Improving Student Workforce Preparation Through Updated Technology
Resource, will improve the preparation of students entering the
workforce by updating technology resources and enhancing the
instructional technology skills of faculty.

## VERMONT

**P031A050053**

**Johnson State College**

**Johnson, VT**

**Contact: Daniel Regan, President**

**802-635-1242 (office) 802-635-1238 (fax)**

[**regand@jsc.vsc.edu**](mailto:murphyb@jsc.vsc.edu)

**Project Description:**

The activity, Transforming the Curriculum and Academic Support Systems
to Improve Student Outcomes and Student Retention, was designed to
assist the college with strengthening student retention at all levels
through improved advising and support services, and a transformed
interdisciplinary curriculum. Indicators of success will be increased
freshman and sophomore retention, increased six-year graduation rates,
and increased levels of student satisfaction with advising and
interdisciplinary course structure, as evidenced by focus groups and The
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) survey.

## VIRGINIA

**P031A050103**

**Piedmont Virginia Community College**

**Charlottesville, VA**

**Contact: Toni Cleveland, Project Director**

**434-961-5218 (office) 434-971-8395 (fax)**

[**tcleveland@pvcc.edu**](mailto:tcleveland@pvcc.edu)

**Project Description:**

The focus of this project is to increase student retention by improving
and expanding student support services. There is particular focus on
orientation, career counseling, and developmental education programs
with the intent of increasing the number of for-credit students
completing a comprehensive orientation course in the first semester, and
offering at least three learning communities with complimentary support
services. In addition, the project seeks an increase in the percentage
of new, for credit students who declare a program of study in their
first semester.

## WEST VIRGINIA

# P031A050093

# Ohio Valley College

# Vienna, WV

**Contact: Don Drennan, Project Director**

**304-865-6242 (office) 304-865-6001 (fax)**

[**don.drennan@ovu.edu**](mailto:don.drennan@ovu.edu)

**Project Description:**

Ohio Valley College's proposed activity is designed to assist the
college with strengthening its academic programs, particularly in the
areas of mathematics and science. This grant will enhance Ohio Valley
College's secondary education certifications, and develop departmental
minors and bachelors in mathematics and science. These enhancements will
lead to increased student success, retention, and recruitment that will
provide for a start towards self-sufficiency. Funds will also be used to
strengthen the college's endowment.

### WYOMING

# P031A050055

**Northwest College**

**Powell, WY**

**Contact: Sheryl Hruska, Project Director**

**307-754-6235 (office) 307-754-6245 (fax)**

[**hruskas@northwestcollege.edu**](mailto:hruskas@northwestcollege.edu)

**Project Description:**

The goal of this project is to improve student learning outcomes and
success through two key components: 1) Student Support and Retention --
this component seeks to identify intervention points in students'
educational and career paths where students' progress and success may be
impeded, and to develop systems and strategies that successfully move
students past these critical points. Through this component system of
tracking and evaluation will be developed that allows the students,
faculty, and the institution to determine their effectiveness; and 2)
Learning Outcomes with Technology Support -- this component seeks to
improve learning by incorporating instructional methods and
instructional technology in the curriculum to address the learning needs
of students in a technology advanced society. This component will infuse
key programs with specific instructional technologies in the curriculum
and classroom, and offer comprehensive and systematic faculty and staff
development to promote an infusion of diverse instructional methods,
curriculum changes, and technology systems based on successful models
and educational research.