MDCC Goal I Objectives

Objectives:
1.	Create a "seamless" system for all MDC students to include curriculum and student services (from initial contact to exit, with multiple entry and exit points, including electronically at a distance) (ER/CTC).
2.	Work to provide continuing access for underprepared and second-language students. (ES).
3.	Increase the participation and identification of disabled students (CI).
4.	Develop the plan and mechanisms to provide time and place independent instruction (distance learning) (CTC).
5.	Increase the number of weekend course offerings and the course enrollments (CI).
6.	Develop a process for informing the public, and potential students of college/program requirements and state mandates (ER).
7.	Develop and implement a relevant marketing (recruitment) strategy (RE).
8.	Increase the draw from local high schools (ES).
9.	Increase the draw from the top 10% of the high school graduating class.
10.	Review all operational aspects of student financial aid (ES).
11.	Review student fees, including course fees, to ensure that charges are reasonable (CI).
12.	Obtain futures forecasts for County, State, and National, and integrate these into planning (ES).
13.	Assess student satisfaction with access to programs and courses; make changes as appropriate based on results (LI).
14.	Examine internal and external barriers to accessibility, e.g. financial, lack of day care, transportation, disability, etc.

CTC = Collegewide Technology Committee	ES=Environmental Scan	RE=Reengineering Project
CI = Current Initiative	ER = Education Review Project	LI= Logical Inference