Ocean-County-College-Strategic-Plan-2025 - Flipbook - Page 15
Building Opportunity
Strengthening Community
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GOAL 1 INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHTS:
Foundational Wins (6–12 months):
Establish a student mentorship program:
Expand 1st Gen mentorship program to include all credit students and mentors from across the college.
A program that targets all students will benefit underrepresented learners.
Survey current OCC new majority learners about their experience and needs:
Identify survey that is designed to assess the academic experience of adult learners and deliver it at a time
when it is likely to get a good response rate.
Strategic Wins (1–3 years):
Alternate forms of assessment:
This initiative will begin with a community of practice during summer 2025. Faculty will meet regularly to
discuss alternative assessment innovations and ideas based on data and research.
Develop a policy/procedure for extenuating circumstances for students
Revise policy/procedure 5163 to include a provision for students to document extenuating circumstances to
allow for grace to be given in cases where absence or time prevents their timely completion of coursework or
assessments.
Transformative Wins (3–5 years):
Explore basic needs grants:
Find new resources to replace the FIPSE Grant when the grant term ends.
Develop a DL ESL course and offer it free to ELL/ESL students:
Develop a self-paced English e-learning course to support English Language Learner (ELL) students in
college-level English courses. By offering this course free of charge, we aim to boost the retention rates of ELL
students.
