Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
III.B.1.a
The institution plans, builds, maintains, and upgrades or replaces its physical resources in
a manner that assures effective utilization and the continuing quality necessary to support
its programs and services.
Descriptive Summary
Hartnell utilized its 2008-11 Educational and Facilities Master Plan (III.B.1) to outline the
strategic utilization of the college as a community and educational resource. For the 2008-
2011 initiatives, the primary focus was facilities development, renovation and utilization.
Because of the unique and growing needs in the community, the King City Educational and
Facilities Master Plan (III.B.8) was published as a separate document.
The initial planning process began in August of 2007 with a comprehensive survey process
that generated the Salinas Valley Vision 2020 (III.B.9) report. The town hall meetings held in
conjunction with this plan were used to develop the Educational and Facilities Master Plan
(III.B.1). An outcome of the planning process was centralized student services, which was
officially opened in the CALL (Center for Assessment and Lifelong Learning) Building,
opened in May 2011.
The Facilities Planning Committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Technology
and Human Resources and Facilities Planning Committee (III.B.10) for the usage of campus
space including but not limited to classrooms, offices, laboratories and any projects that take
land or use space. Recommendations are consistent with the college‘s mission and vision
statements and based on the educational needs and requirements of the institution as
identified in its Educational and Facilities Master Plan (III.B.1).
The Center for Applied Technology (CAT): CAT is a 35,000 assignable square footage
facility designed to meet the local educational /training needs, and provide vocational and
technology programs for all of the Hartnell community. A comprehensive curriculum
informs the facilities needs from general education/basic skills to sophisticated information
systems, health technology and bio-medical technical training programs. Special emphasis is
placed on providing entry level and career advancement educational opportunities for the
high proportion of minority students residing in the sub-region of the District. The State
Chancellors Office‘s operating policy to not overbuild with State Capital Funds and to help
ensure these funds are but to their best use. With the completion of the Center for Applied
Technology building and as part of the approval and matching funds from the State
Chancellors Office the District had agreed on the demolition of the Old Vo-Tech building.
Parking Structure and Capacity: Hartnell‘s parking structure opened to the public in
January 2006. In addition to the ample regular parking, it includes spaces designated for
compact cars, carpooling, and motorcycles. The parking structure is located on the northwest
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