Northland Pioneer College
creates, supports and promotes
lifelong learning.
PILLAR 2: Strengthen Institutional Planning and Accountability
Priority 1: Determine service area needs
- Reestablish community advisory councils
- Identify local community representatives for involvement with NPC planning
- Conduct surveys of local businesses and industries to determine if college is meeting their needs
- Assess all current programs, partnerships, and services as they relate to community needs
- Prioritize program and course offerings that respond to current and future community needs
- Institute systematic evaluation of programs partnerships, and services as related to community needs
Priority 2: Enhance enrollment, recruitment and management procedures
- In conjunction with the Master Facilities Plan, develop a FTSE growth strategy that incorporates community needs, facilities capacity, and program growth capacity
- Identify resources needed to achieve annual goals
- Set annual FTSE goals for campuses, centers, sites and programs
- Set individual enrollment goals for instructors for the classes they teach
- Implement initiatives to locate qualified adjunct faculty members
- Encourage all college members to have a voice in FTSE growth
Priority 3: Review and implement enhanced marketing and public relations initiatives
- Develop comprehensive long-term marketing and public relations plan
- Implement variety of short-term integrative marketing initiatives
- Streamline processes and procedures to publicize NPC services, partnerships, programs, and people
- Enhance utility of NPC website
- Develop marketing strategies that attract students and potential students to our webpage