SACS: Table of Contents

Becoming a more Learning-Centered College: a Systems Approach to the Design,
Implementation, and Evaluation of Institutional Change Strategies
Submitted to the Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview of the College			Research
Brief History of the College			Commitment of Institutional Resources
The Strategic Self-Study			Community Input
Phase I (1995-1998): Encouraging Dialogue and Building Consensus a. Collegewide Roundtables			Linkage with Institutional Effectiveness
Transformation Workshop			Collegewide Planning Forums
Collegewide Roundtable on Understanding Change			SACS Consultants
Work by Action Teams			Phase IV (2003 +): New Directions
Short-Term Action Team			Documentation of Threshold Requirements
Core Process Action Team			Overview
Core Competencies Action Team			Institutional Effectiveness
2. Fall Report to the Institution and Opportunity for Feedback			Pre-Planning
3. Fall Forum on Institutional Change			Strategic Planning
Phase II 1998-2000): Institutionalization of the Initiative			Operational Planning
1. Expanded Leadership Team and Charge			Management
Senior Administrative Office			Evaluation
Educational Technologies			Statement of Assurance
Focus on the Workplace			Compliance With The Criteria
Developmental Advising			Financial Stability
Underprepared Student Initiative			Conclusion
Student Core Competencies			Appendices
Learning-Centered Presidential Search			Appendix 1 - Valencia Community College 1999/2000 Facts
College Roundtables			Appendix 2 - Draft Statements of Institutional Purpose and Questions
Vanguard Learning Colleges Project			Appendix 3 - Draft Learning-Centered Initiative Goals and Action Agenda
Vision, Values, Mission Statements			Appendix 4 - Valencia's Student Core Competencies
Strategic Goals			Appendix 5 - Developmental Advising Model
Academic Assembly			Appendix 6 - Draft Computer-Based Learning-Support System
Strategic Planning Meeting			Appendix 7 - Annual Learning-Centered Planning and Evaluation Cycle
Phase III (2000-2003): Mainstream Learning-Centered Initiative			Appendix 8 - Institutional Research Reporting Schedule
Objectives of the Strategic Self-Study
Plans to Carry Out Proposal