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

communicating the state of the college. This renewed commitment to an open and transparent
institution was especially helpful in the collegial development of the college’s operational budget
during these painful economic times.
Additionally, the college carried out a formal assessment of the functionality of its constituency
advisory council, known as the College-Wide Forum (CWF), leading to the streamlining of its
operations, the initiation of an all-participant discussion period, and a more active and focused
agenda. In 2008 -2009, the CWF was instrumental among other things in the creation of a new
sabbatical leave program for faculty and administrators, a pilot project to explore the alternate
work schedule concept (flex-time and internet commuting), and important changes in the
college’s business processes due to the on-going implementation of Colleague, the Datatel
Solution to improved day-to-day operations.
Another important governance reform was the creation of an Academic Council (AC) within the
Academic Affairs area at the college, to include representation from faculty, department chairs,
academic administration, student services professionals, workforce development faculty, and
distance learning. This group now operates as a component of the college’s governance structure
and already has had a significant impact. As a result of the AC’s work, the college has adopted
Quality Matters for the assessment of online classes, adopted revised Core Educational
Outcomes, and updated standards for student academic standing.
Academic Affairs
Prince George's Community College strives hard to be a learning-centered institution. To this
end, the Academic Affairs area used much of FY2009 to revise, remodel, renew or establish a
number of internal processes to extend or enhance its services. Significant internal work included
reviewing and revising the college’s core educational outcomes, revising the General Studies
Option, establishing a service learning faculty fellows’ institute, expanding service learning
programs, and strengthening assessment programs. Regarding the last, Academic Affairs adopted
the Approach, Deployment, Learning, Integration (ADLI) model to guide all academic affairs’
assessment. This process covers all segments of the area and involves course assessment,
dashboard design, general education assessment and academic program, personnel, and new
initiatives evaluation. Enhancing services to the larger community included establishing advisory
committees for academic programs and academic functional areas, working with the Prince
George’s Public School System to establish a “Middle College High School,” and completing six
new articulation agreements with other area colleges and universities.
Also, college faculty and staff successfully applied for federal, state and corporate grants
exceeding $750,000, which will fund initiatives like the Minority Student Pipeline Math Science
Partnership and the hosting of the AmeriCorps Vista Project. Furthermore, fiscal year 2009 saw
Prince George's Community College graduates earn full and partial funded scholarships to
pursue baccalaureate degrees, including recognition as a New Century Scholar and a prestigious
$60,000 Jack Kent Cook scholarship.
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