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

students in local public schools to compete in various trade areas. Welding, HVAC, plumbing
and culinary arts were some of the areas of competition.
In FY 2009, college representatives attended college fairs and community forums that focused on
community and family issues and career and educational opportunities. Campus visits were
conducted for middle and high school students and at-risk and special needs/transitional high
school students, as well as students from the adult basic education programs in Wicomico and
Somerset counties. In addition, an in-service activity for a local public school system was
provided in their “Summer Teacher Institute for Transition Planning” program.
ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS
The data and benchmarks for the seven characteristics and 32 indicators are included with this
report.
Significant Cost Containment Actions
COST CONTAINMENT
During FY 2009, the following cost containment measures were implemented:
1. Purchased technology equipment with a special grant from Worcester County
(savings of $250,000).
2. Delayed hiring four new administrative and support staff positions (savings of
$194,000).
3. Implemented virtual server software on nine servers that eliminated the need to
purchase 12 new servers (savings of $175,000).
4. Funded nursing faculty with grant money (savings of $103,158).
5. Used part-time faculty in lieu of hiring two full-time faculty members until the
following fiscal year (savings of $62,000).
6. Supplemented the salaries of a radiologic technology clinical instructor, office
technology lab instructor, developmental lab coordinator and math lab coordinator
with Perkins grant funding (savings of $61,782).
7. Reduced the child development center costs with the use of an MSDE grant (savings
of $57,165).
8. Renovated two restrooms, two labs and 20 offices by using college employees instead
of contracting the work (savings of $50,000).
9. Implemented a shareware (free) software product for network reporting and added a
content-filtering module to the college’s firewall (savings of $40,000).
10. Supplemented the salary of a child care teacher with grant funding (savings of
$40,000).
11. Hired a full-time support level individual to staff the testing center instead of using
part-time professionals (savings of $27,000).
12. Supplemented the salaries of two instructors with a National Science Foundation
grant (savings of $12,916).
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