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Student Opinion Survey, p. 6Weeding Criteria2.10Student Support ServicesThe institution provides student support programs, services, and activities consistent with its missionthat promote student learning and enhance the development of its students.JudgmentCompliant Non-Compliant Not ApplicableNarrativeSouth Florida Community College (SFCC) provides student support programs, services, and activitiesconsistent with its mission that promote student learning and enhance the development of its students.SFCC is committed to providing quality services that facilitate learning and success. These activities andservices are integrated into academic, social, and administrative functions of the institution and aredesigned to meet the holistic learning needs of students. Student services units offer a full range ofservices at the Highlands campus with somewhat reduced options provided by student services advisorsat the DeSoto and Hardee campuses, and Lake Placid center. Services to distance students are providedby the same units or designated personnel that provide on-campus learning activities at each location,with adaptations as necessary to provide comparable services.Student ServicesThe student services division plans, organizes, and implements student support programs includingrecruiting, enrollment processing services, educational support services, and activities for registered andpotential students. The Dean of Student Services provides oversight and management for the division.The services offered are provided by the following units: enrollment services (outreach and recruitment),admissions and records, assessment and testing, career planning and placement, advising andcounseling, financial aid, and student life (activities).Each unit submits unit action plans in accordance with college-wide time frames. Objectives aresubmitted and reviewed annually; these include budgeting for expected resources to carry out objectivesand describe the methodology to assess and monitor progress for continuous improvement. Assessmentactivities are an underlying part of programs and services provided by all units of student services asdescribed in Comprehensive Standard 3.3.1.3. Each unit reports monthly progress to the Dean ofStudent Services with numbers and type of activities that impact annual services outcomes. Additionally,each unit completes an annual administrative program assessment. The outcomes of these programsand/or services support the following: direct services, co-curricular or out-of-class experiences targetingskills and competencies in interpersonal and intrapersonal relations, problem solving and cognitiveabilities development, and practical knowledge to attain goals when immersed in the campusenvironment. All of these outcomes have a direct impact on student learning, persistence, retention,completion, and, ultimately, success.Outreach / RecruitingIn the SFCC service district, the college conducts outreach and recruiting to offer pre-collegiateopportunities and college awareness sessions, promote a process of seamless transition from high schoolto college, encourage submission of applications by sharing profiles of potential enrollees, make knownthe breadth of program availability, offer glimpses of what college life includes, and share the successand satisfaction of previous students. SFCC does not have a designated recruiting staff but has arecruiting team comprised of academic advisors from all sites and outreach program managers/staffSouth Florida Community College Page 37 / 202(from the college Reach Out Program, Panther Youth Partners program, Migrant Farmworker program,and Take Stock in Children program). Members of these programs participate in events hosted by localhigh schools, towns, and community organizations in an effort to increase awareness of SFCC programs