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Institutional Accountability Plan and Report 2011/12Performance ContextNorth Island College achieved an 85% utilization rate of Ministry funded FTEs in 2011/12, maintaininghighs first seen in the 2009/10 enrolment year (i.e. 85% in 2009/10 and 87% in 2010/11) based on strongAcademic and Health program enrolments, and exceeding Health FTE targets, most notably in theHealth Care Assistant and Practical Nursing programs.To increase FTE utilization going forward the College has developed a new Education Plan for the 2012– 2015 period that is closely aligned with strategic directions, clearly establishing the educationalframework and priorities of our core business: providing education and training to the residents andcommunities of the North Island Region. The College has also been actively working toward optimizingenrolments at NIC via implementation of a comprehensive product audit that will guide new programdevelopment and marketing efforts going forward, while providing indicators for new, potentialpartnership and pathway opportunities for students. The College’s commitment to serving its localcommunities through the provision of a broad range of programming at four campuses increases thechallenge of optimizing FTE production. The significantly lower secondary school completion rate ofNorth Island residents in comparison to the provincial average, the part-time nature of our studentpopulation, the sheer size of our geographic region (80,000 square kilometres), as well as ourcommitment to providing responsive programming as close to home as possible for our regionalcommunities also serve to heighten the complexity of increasing FTE utilization rates.It is also noteworthy that North Island College annually produces a substantial number of FTEs notcountable toward Ministry targets. Specifically, in 2011/12 NIC produced 531FTEs in Trades, Technologyand Apprenticeship programs funded by the Industry Training Authority (ITA). An additional 76international FTEs and 64 domestic FTEs were also produced at NIC in 2011/12 using College facilitiesand resources, thus representing an educational commitment and financial investment for the College.Domestic InternationalNIC - International Education 76NIC - Vancouver Island University, Bachelor of Science in Nursing(fourth-year) 20NIC - Vancouver Island University, Bachelor of Liberal Studies 23NIC - Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts 17Applied Business Technology BCcampus FTEs (Teaching notRegistered) 4Total 64 7653