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4-2 HEA 660 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

For Milestone Two, you will submit a draft of the Progression section (Section II) of your written recommendation for the final project. This exercise will facilitate your ability to understand the progression of community colleges in the United States from vocational and technical colleges to degree-granting institutions. This milestone will allow you to evaluate fundraising strategies and analyze the impact on state funding for the college before and after the transition. Additionally, you will describe key differences in student learning outcomes before and after the transition as well as the potential impact on state funding sources for student learning after the transition.

Prompt

You have been hired as a member of the President’s Cabinet at Our Community College (OCC). The OCC Board of Trustees is exploring the idea of moving OCC to a degree-granting institution and has tasked the president and his cabinet to make a recommendation. Using the provided profile of OCC, you will make a recommendation to the cabinet that will outline the progression of OCC from a vocational and technical college to degree-granting institution.

For this milestone, submit a document that analyzes the differences in learning outcomes of a regionally accredited degree-granting community colleges and Our Community College as described in the given profile. You will compare and contrast how these different types of institutions obtain resources to ensure your described learning outcomes. You will discuss how this progression relates to the scenario provided in the Final Project Document.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

Progression
1. Evaluate fundraising strategies in relationship to vocational and technical colleges and degree-granting institutions. What are some current trends in fundraising that are being used today? Which seem to both maximize and manage beneficial, long-term impact?
2. Analyze the impact on state funding for the college before and after the transition. Identify current resources for both types of institutions that are available at the state level. What are some impacts on community colleges due to funding fluctuations?
3. Describe key differences in student learning outcomes at the college before and after the transition. What are some key considerations regarding the academic dimension, for example, grading, reporting, and support? What are some current student outcome trends at both types of institutions, for example, advising?
4. Analyze the potential impact on state funding sources for student learning after the transition. What are some current solutions colleges have utilized as a result of funding concerns?

What to Submit

Your paper must be submitted as a two- to four-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least six sources cited in APA format.

6-2 HEA 660 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

In Milestone Three, you will submit a draft of the Impact section (Section III) of your written recommendation for the final project. This exercise will facilitate your ability to understand the progression of community colleges in the United States from vocational and technical colleges to degree-granting institutions. This milestone will allow you to analyze the transition’s impact on student learning outcomes. Additionally, you will identify best practices for acquiring state financial resources for both vocational and technical colleges as well as degree-granting community colleges. Lastly, you will identify best practices for acquiring external financial resources and the current trends in acquisition of these resources.

Prompt

For this milestone, submit a document that compares and contrasts the community impact of a regionally-accredited, degree-granting institution, Our Community College. Discuss how the community impact informs the institutions ability to obtain funding resources. Also discuss how this impact relates to the scenario provided in the Final Project Document.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

Impact
1. Describe the potential community impact of this transition in regard to student learning outcomes. Based on your previous identification of key differences in student learning outcomes before and after the transition (II-C), what are some connections to the community (e.g., hands-on training, apprenticeships)?
2. Identify best practices in higher education that relate to acquiring state financial resources for both vocational and technical colleges as well as degree-granting community colleges. What are some relevant financial resources that both types of institutions require? What are some current trends in the acquisition of state financial resources for both types of institutions?
3. Identify best practices in higher education that relate to acquiring external financial resources for both vocational and technical colleges and degree-granting community colleges. What are some relevant external financial resources that both types of institutions solicit? What are some current trends in the acquisition of external financial resources for both types of institutions?

What to Submit

Your paper must be submitted as a two- to four-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least six sources cited in APA format.

7-2 HEA 660 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric

In Milestone Four, you will submit a draft of the Communication section (Section IV) of your written recommendation for the final project. This exercise will facilitate your ability to understand the progression of community colleges in the United States from vocational and technical colleges to degree-granting institutions. This milestone will allow you to analyze the reason behind this transition and how the transition benefits the diversity of learners. This milestone will ask you to recommend strategies to communicate a new mission, vision, goals, and rationale of a community college transitioning to a degree-granting institution. In this milestone, you will also analyze various ways in which communication would evolve due to the transition.

Prompt

For this milestone, submit a document that analyzes the communication strategies required to inform and support change at a community college. Additionally, discuss how these strategies relate to the scenario provided in the Final Project Document.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

Communication
1. Recommend strategies to communicate a new college mission, vision, and goals given the transition. What is the role of the Board of Trustees in communicating with the community and internal and external stakeholders? Who are the members of the community and internal and external stakeholders that will need to be communicated to? How will the formats for communication differ?
2. Recommend strategies to communicate the rationale for the transition to both internal and external constituencies. Given the justifications you have identified, what are some appropriate formats for communicating to the different groups?
3. Analyze potential ways that communication would evolve due to the transition. Predict what information would need to be shared during the first three to six and six to twelve months of the transition. Differentiate which information would be communicated to the different stakeholder groups. Would the communication formats change throughout the first 12 months?

What to Submit

Your paper must be submitted as a two- to four-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least six sources cited in APA format.