The North Carolina State board of Community Colleges established a system of accountability that includes eight performance measures for each community college to track and report yearly. Stanly Community College met all eight performance measures for the 2009-2010 academic year.
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1. Progress of Basic Skills Students
- Standard: 75% of students will make progress through the basic skills program.
- SCC: 76% of basic skills students at SCC made progress in this program.
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2. Performance of College Transfer Students
- Standard: 83% of transfer students will attain a GPA of 2.0 or higher after completing one academic year at a four-year institution.
- SCC: The institutional average for successful transfer was 89%. The number who transferred with 24 or more semester hours and attained a GPA of 2.0 or greater after one academic year at a 4-year institution was 89%. The number transferring with an associate degree and GPA of 2.0 or higher after one academic year was 90%.
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3. Passing Rates for Licensure and Certification Exams
- Standard: The performance standard for the aggregate institutional passing rate is 80%. Information is gathered on first-time test takers only. Test results with fewer than ten students are not reported.
- SCC: 89 percent aggregate passing rate achieved with following scores:
- BLET-80%
- Cosmetology
Apprentice-100% Cosmetology-100% Cosmetology Instructor-100% Esthetician-100%
- Nursing-100%
- EMT-83%
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4. Passing Rates of Students in Developmental Courses
- Standard: 75% of students who complete a developmental course will have a grade of “C” or better for that course.
- SCC: 88% of students who completed a developmental course achieved a grade of “C” or better for that course: 93%, English; 85%, Math.
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5. Success Rate of Developmental Students in Subsequent College-level Courses
- Standard: 80% of students who completed a developmental course and completed a subsequent college-level course in 2009-2010 will have a passing grade for the college-level course.
- SCC: 94% of students who completed a developmental course(s) had a passing grade in their subsequent college-level courses. 89% of the students who took college-level English and 97% of the students who took college-level math had passing grades.
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6. Student Satisfaction of Program Completers and Non-completers
- Standard: 90% of the combined respondents will report to be satisfied with the quality of the college’s programs and services.
- SCC: 99% of program completers and 100% of non-completers out of those who responded indicated satisfaction with quality of SCC’s programs and services with a combined satisfaction rate of 99%.
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7. Curriculum Student Retention, Graduation, and Transfer
- Standard: 65% of the fall cohort will have completed their program, still be enrolled the following fall, or transferred to another community college or university.
- SCC: Of the 2,612 fall cohort, 18% graduated, 46% returned the following fall, and 5% transferred. 69% of the fall cohort completed their program, are still enrolled, or transferred.
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8. Business and Industry Satisfaction With Services Provided
- Standard: 90% of business/industries surveyed will indicate satisfaction with the services provided.
- SCC: 93% of clients indicated satisfaction with the customized training provided by SCC.
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Also related: Stanly Community College was one of 12 colleges to receive EIP recognition:
Recognition of Exceptional Institutional Performance (EIP) is based upon a college meeting or exceeding all eight performance measures, having no exams for which the college controls who sits for the exam with a passing rate of less than 70%, and college transfer students performing at a level equal to or above native UNC system students (87% for 2009-2010). State-wide there were 45 colleges that met the 80% passing rate for licensure/certification exams, 46 colleges that met the 83% standard for college transfer performance, and 33 colleges that exceeded the performance of native UNC sophomores and juniors. Twelve of 58 community colleges received EIP recognition.
Contact:
Marlene Saunders, Executive Director
Office of Accountability and Accreditation
(704) 991-0258
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