Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
and while the college community has greatly increased its understanding of what is required
for institutional effectiveness, many who have done the bulk of the work are tired.
The Hartnell community has identified a need for stability and effective leadership. Wideranging
discussions are underway that emphasize improved planning, resource allocation,
and critical analysis to improve institutional effectiveness.
The college meets this standard.
Planning Agenda
None.
IV.B.2.a
The President plans, oversees, and evaluates an administrative structure organized and
staffed to reflect the institution’s purposes, size, and complexity. He/she delegates authority
to administrators and others consistent with their responsibilities, as appropriate.
Descriptive Summary
One of the first items on the current Superintendent/President‘s task list was to stabilize the
administrative structure at Hartnell to meet the college‘s mission, within the fiscal constraints
of the college‘s resources. This news was welcomed.
When he arrived, his six-member Executive Cabinet—the vice president-level
administrators-- had three regular employees, one vacancy, and two interim appointments.
The vacancy was in academic affairs, and the recruitment for that position was coming to a
close. The search was ultimately deemed a failure, and he quickly made an internal interim
appointment to fill the void.
The president moved quickly to begin regular meetings with all constituent groups, and
within three months of holding such meetings, had developed a plan for staffing the
necessary administrative positions that reflect the college‘s purposes, size, and complexity.
That plan, which was announced to the Resource Allocation Committee and the Board, is in
the implementation stages. The plan includes conducting recruitments for all positions
currently held through interim appointments, and filling two new positions: a dean of
institutional planning and effectiveness, and a director of information systems technology.
Both new positions reflect areas of critical need and growing importance to The College.
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