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

CCBC expects that the number of courses and enrollment in courses restricted to the employees
of a contract company will rise when employers and funding agencies in this area once again
begin to invest in training. One exception to the decline in employer sponsored contract training
has been the continued emphasis on Workforce Literacy courses and courses that teach English
as a Second Language.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND IMPACT
In addition to being a major educational force in the region, CCBC is proud of its role in the
cultural life of the region.
Enrollment in community service courses and lifelong learning courses continue to fluctuate as
state aid for certain CCBC program areas has changed. Indicator 29 continues to reflect the
changes in state policy toward funding of courses targeted for senior citizens. In addition, the
college continues to take responsibility for community and adult education which had previously
been managed by the public schools. The college has had to consolidate offerings and to
consolidate the sites that are available for those courses. Previously these courses were taught by
the public school system and were located in almost every high school and elementary school in
the county.
To meet the continuing demand for language training by the growing immigrant communities in
the region, CCBC teaches both credit and non-credit courses in English as a Second language
(ESOL) and expects enrollment in these courses to continue to grow.
Community Education, in addition to basic education and literacy, also include courses in arts,
boating and water safety, career development, consumer awareness, history, languages, health
and safety, parenting, and professional childcare. These courses are held on evenings and
weekends, and can be found in neighborhood locations such as libraries and at schools
throughout the region. The College’s highly successful summer programs feature camps devoted
to Spanish, visual arts, performing arts, space exploration, and sports. CCBC continues to offer
more than 1,000 different courses targeted to seniors and the annual enrollments in these courses
have exceeded 12,000 for a number of years.
Environmental Scanning and Strategic Planning
Much of CCBC’s success at anticipating the needs for new courses, programs, and services for
the region continues to be facilitated by its Environmental Scanning. These reports are updated
periodically and examine important trends in the economy, labor force, social values,
competition, education, technology, demographics, and politics, and then identify the
implications of these trends for CCBC. The process of developing these reports includes
literature reviews, tracking internal and external trends, and data analyses that are then shared
with a wide variety of CCBC, business, community, and state leaders for their insights. The
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