2009 Performance Accountability Report Vol. 2 - Maryland Higher ...

Diversity
CCBC is proud of its ability to attract students of color, students of all ages, international
students, and students from all of the communities that make up the Baltimore area. Minority
students have been the fastest growing segment in the College’s credit courses and now comprise
41% of the students enrolled in credit programs. In comparison, minorities made up 31% of all
adults in the 2005 Census Estimates for Baltimore County.
CCBC experienced increases in the number of minority credit students enrolled, from each race
category for each term during FY2009. The number of Hispanic credit students increased 28% in
fall 2008 and 27% in spring 2008 over the previous year.
In fall 2008 the percent of minority faculty remained consistent with the previous fall term at
17%. The College has a tactical plan that focuses on increased attention to recruitment and
hiring practices and to the retention of young minority faculty.
The percent of minorities in the professional non-faculty category that includes Administrators
and Other Professional positions has been in the 28 to 29% range during the last few years
(Indicator 16).
A critical issue in increasing the achievement and retention rates for students from minority
groups has been the Success Gap that exists as students enter the College. Changes in our
student orientation course, changes in how developmental education courses are delivered, and
work with local high schools are major initiatives to address this issue. The initiatives the
College has undertaken as part of its effort to close that gap are addressed in the Minority
Achievement Report submitted to MHEC in 2008. From the 2000 to the 2002 cohorts the
success rates for both African-American and for white students increased and there was some
narrowing of the gap on these measures between white and African-American students. The
Transfer-Graduation rate for All Students in the fall 2000 Cohort, tracked to fall 2004 was 42%
while that for the more recent 2004 cohort tracked to 2008 was 45 percent. The Transfer-
Graduation rate for African-Americans in the 2000 cohort was 32 percent and had increased to
36 percent for the most recent cohort that started in fall 2004.
Support of Regional Economic and Workforce Development
The number of graduates in the Business, Data Processing, and Engineering Technology
program areas increased in FY2008. While awards decreased or remained stable in the other
program areas, the total number of awards (transfer and career) has increased 12% over the last
year (Indicator 19).
In our surveys of graduates, CCBC graduates continue to report that they are employed full time
in a field related to their degree (Indicator 20) and most express high levels of satisfaction with
job preparation (Indicator 21). In surveys of their employers, a large majority of these employers
have reported satisfaction with the preparation of the CCBC graduates who are working for
them.
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