Ocean-County-College-Strategic-Plan-2025 - Flipbook - Page 17
Building Opportunity
Strengthening Community
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GOAL 2 INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHTS:
Foundational Wins (6–12 months):
Increase employer participation in experiential learning:
Actively recruit new employers to provide internships, apprenticeships, and other work-based learning
experiences. Use data to identify industries with low engagement and target outreach efforts accordingly.
Embedded Certificate Tracks:
Redesign select degrees to include short-term certificate milestones that can be earned along the way.
Create Consistent Process for Prior Learning Assessment (PLA):
Redesign a consistent process for students to apply previous learning experience to courses and programs at
the college.
Strategic Wins (1–3 years):
Regional Industry Listening Series:
Host biannual sector-based roundtables with employers to gather insights on emerging needs, skill gaps, and
partnership opportunities.
Increase awareness for prior learning assessment:
Develop an awareness program to promote prior learning assessment at the college.
Dual Credit Credentialing:
Create pathways for high school students in CTE programs to earn short-term certificates that stack into
associate degrees.
