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 2007-2008 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: 79% (or 19 students) of students who transferred with 24 or more semester hours attained a GPA of 2.0 or greater after one academic year at a 4-year institution; 92% (or 12 students) of students who transferred with an AA or AS degree attained a GPA of 2.0 or greater after one academic year at a 4-year institution for a total of 31 students and an average of 84%.
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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: 81 percent aggregate passing rate achieved with following scores:
BLET-60% Cosmetology Apprentice-94% Cosmetology-91% *Manicurist *Esthetician Nursing-91% Radiography-95% EMT EMT-85% *EMT I *EMT P Real Estate-91% *Numbers too small to report without violating student privacy.
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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: 90% of students who completed a developmental course achieved a grade of “C” or better for that course: 92%, English; 86%, 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 in 2006-2007 and completed a subsequent college-level course in 2007-2008 will have a passing grade for the college-level course.
- SCC: 97% of 194 students who completed a developmental course(s) had a passing grade in their subsequent college-level courses. 96% of the 95 students who took college-level English and 98% of the 99 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 98% 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 2,021 cohorts, 19% graduated, 47% returned the following fall, and 4% transferred. 70% 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: 95% of clients indicated satisfaction with the customized training provided.
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Marlene Saunders, Director
Office of Accountability and Accreditation
(704) 991-0258
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