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Strategic Goals
Strategic Goal 1
Increase accessibility to educational and public service programs
As we look to the future,
our focus is not just on
enrollment, but increasing the
success of our students.
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— Janice H. Gilliam, Ed. D.,
President, Northeast State Community College
T H E R I G H T P L A C E .
T H E R I G H T T I M E .
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Northeast State
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• Increased by 61 percent the full-time equivalency (FTE)
enrollment in alternative delivery instructional programs
over the five-year cycle.
• Increased the number of recent high school graduates
enrolling at Northeast State by 50 percent over the fiveyear
cycle. The data revealed that 794 recent high school
graduates enrolled at the College in 2009–2010 as compared
to 529 at the onset of the five-year cycle.
• Facilitated access as demonstrated by a 10 percent increase,
as compared to fall 2008, in the enrollment of recent high
school graduates at Northeast State who had earned six or
more college-level credit hours by the time they graduated
from high school.
• Increased the number of high school students participating
in the Jump Start Dual Enrollment Program to 456, a 23
percent increase over academic year 2008–2009.
• Expanded access to higher education opportunities through
a 25 percent increase in interactive television enrollment
over 2008–2009.
• Increased the number of Foundation scholarship
applications by 41%, from 485 to 683 over 2008–2009.
Students receiving Foundation scholarships increased by
39%, from 336 to 466.
• Realized a record enrollment of 6,270 students in fall
2009, a 14.6 percent increase over fall 2008.
• Increased access as demonstrated by a 23 percent increase
in the enrollment of first-time freshmen during fall 2009
as compared to fall 2008.
• Promoted access and enrollment through the opening of
the Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing and
Kingsport Center for Higher Education Buildings at the
Northeast State at Kingsport teaching site.
• Heightened community awareness of Northeast State as
a regional cultural arts center by sponsoring 32 cultural
events at the College, including the presentation of two
major theatre events: Best Christmas Pageant Ever and The
Sound of Music.
• Promoted access to higher
education by hosting
College Goal Sunday and the
Sullivan County Financial Aid
Night.
• Recognized for the fourth
consecutive year as a recipient
of the President’s Higher
Education Community
Service Honor Roll. The
program is an initiative that responds to President
Obama’s call to service by building on and supporting
the civic engagement mission of the nation’s colleges and
universities.
First-time Freshmen
Enrollment
Age 25 and older
Enrollment
Students receving
Fedral Pell Grants
Students receiving
any Financial Aid
Fall-to-Fall Retention
Persistence to
Graduation
National or State Comparative Data
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 % 90 % 100 %
Northeast State
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