INDICATORS OF STUDENT SUCCESS

 

In February 1999, the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges adopted 12 performance measures for accountability.  This action was taken in response to a mandate from the North Carolina General Assembly to review past performance measures and define standards of performance to ensure programs and services offered by community colleges in North Carolina were of sufficient quality.  The following table is a Summary Report of the achievement of those performance measures for the System's 58 colleges for the 2002-2003 College Year.

 

SUMMARY REPORT OF NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

PERFORMANCE MEASURES, 2002-2003

PERFORMANCE

     MEASURE

STANDARD

 

SYSTEM

AVERAGE

CLEVELAND

COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

# COLLEGES

MEETING

STANDARD

# COLLEGES MADE

SIGNIFICANT

IMPROVEMENT

Progress of Basic Skills

Students

75%

79%

86%

51

1

Passing Rates on Licensure and

Certification Examinations for

First-Time Test Takers

Aggregate=80%

Each Exam=70% or Greater

 

86%

87%

48*

24

23

3

Goal Completion of Completers

95%

99%

98%

58

 

Employment Rate of Graduates

95% (adjusted)

99.5%

99.64%

58

 

Performance of College

Transfer Students

Equivalent to Native UNC Sophomores and Juniors (85.9%)

85.1%

76.7%

27

11

(includes Cleveland Community College)

Passing Rates of Students

in Developmental Courses

70% with a grade of “C” or better

80%

86%

50**

1

Success Rate of Developmental

Students in Subsequent College

Level Courses

No Statistically

Significant

Difference Between

Developmental and

Non-Developmental

Students

Dev: 86%

Nondev.:

88%

No Statistically Significant Difference

93% Developmental

 

90% Non-Developmental

43***

NA

Student Satisfaction of

Completers and Non-Completers

90%

97%

98%

57

 

Curriculum Student Retention

and Graduation

60%

64%

62%

51

1

Employer Satisfaction with

Graduates

85%

94%

96%

58

 

Business/Industry Satisfaction

with Services Provided

90%

100%

100%

58

 

Program Enrollment

Three-Year Average

Annual Enrollment

minimum of 10 students (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03).

N/A

 CCC met the standard of an average headcount minimum of ten students in all programs.

30

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

*48 colleges met the 80% standard; 24 colleges had no exam with a passing rate <70%; 23 colleges met both standards.

 

**Data not available on six (6) colleges

***Data not available on seven (7) colleges

 

Of the performance measures:

g                  Cleveland Community College met the state standard of twelve performance measures and exceeded the state standard of nine performance measures.

g                  The College exceeded the System average of seven performance measures.

g                  The College exceeded the state standard for the aggregate Passing Rate of Licensure/Certification Examinations for First-Time Test Takers.

g                  There was no statistically significant difference between the College's developmental and non-developmental students in their success rate in subsequent college level courses.

g                  The College met six Performance Funding Standards and received a superior rating.

 

In addition, the College's allied health (Associate Degree Nursing, Practical Nursing, Radiography) students had a 100 percent passing rate on state licensure exams for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.