Resources
OBJECTIVE: Build sustaining relationships and establish funding priorities to ensure long term financial and physical viability of the college.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive external funding plan to support College projects.
- Ensure College budget is aligned with data-based decision making.
- Invest in campus facility improvements (prioritizing improvements that create safe, attractive, and inclusive learning environments).
- Develop, fund, implement technological innovations that support Program, People and Outreach projects.
GOAL 1: Develop and implement a comprehensive external funding plan to support College projects.
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Success Indicators |
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- Develop annual fundraising goals and solicitation plan for the Student Success Initiative and restricted fundraising campaigns (scholarships, program support, special projects or campaigns, and endowment).
- Collaborate with career and technical programs to develop business partnerships/sponsorships that will provide restricted program support.
- Implement a research and proposal process to increase grant and private foundation proposals and increased funding for scholarships, unrestricted and program support.
- Develop a scholarship award strategy that is aligned with the college's Equity 2030 priorities.
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- Number of new and increased donors in each category: individuals, alumni, organizations, foundations.
- Increase dollars raised for Student Success Initiative and other specific campaigns and programs.
- Proportion of dollars requested for all high priority projects that are funded through grants, individual gifts, or support from industry partners.
- Foundation ROI improves and exceeds required amount set by ÃÛÌÒTV State.
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- Propose FY21 goals to Foundation Board and College ÃÛÌÒTV.
- Develop specific solicitation strategies and messaging for Student Success Initiative, campaigns, and program support.
- Prioritize donor outreach to major gift prospects of key business, individual, and alumni donors to increase gift at the leadership level ($1,000+) by developing the ÃÛÌÒTV’s Giving Circle.
- Develop a business partnership program that financially supports programs, employer opportunities and student engagement.
- Increase allocation of time/resources to grant develop research and proposals with institutional funding priorities focus.
- Identify high-impact Foundation scholarship support to close the achievement gap for students.
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GOAL 2: Ensure College budget is aligned with data-based decision making.
Strategies |
Success Indicators |
Action Steps |
- Develop Riverland’s Key Performance Indicators dashboard.
- Match Program Budgets with desired outcomes.
- Ensure Cost Center managers understand and use Student Success Measures.
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- Composite Financial Index (CFI) (financial health indicator) and fund balance exceed the required ÃÛÌÒTV State measures.
- Instructional Cost Study results improve (department, program, and overall).
- State Appropriation amount received.
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- Review 30-day Semester Enrollment Reports at semester start to do real time review on Instructional Costs and Student Success Measures.
- Explore measures that influence state appropriation.
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GOAL 3: Invest in campus facility improvements (prioritizing improvements that create safe, attractive, and inclusive learning environments).
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Success Indicators |
Action Steps |
- Reduce deferred maintenance backlog.
- Use classroom space utilization reports to guide maintenance and renovation decisions.
- Prepare a detailed Repair and Replacement Project List.
- Collaborate with Campus Diversity Officer to guide allocation of Access and Opportunity funds.
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- Facility Condition Index (FCI) (deferred maintenance) improves [Target: deferred maintenance under 10%].
- Space utilization improves [Baseline: 30%, Target: 60% over five years].
- Spend at least $1 per square foot on maintenance to meet financial health indicator.
- Funding allocated to access and opportunity initiatives.
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- Design work for Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) Austin East Electrical Distribution Project (July 2020) and new equipment install in summer 2021.
- Administration review Space Utilization Report (October 2020).
- Develop plans to improve space utilization.
- Diversity Officer and Administration meetings on Access and Opportunity budget to meet College goals.
- Diversity Officer and Financial Officer develop system office funds use report.
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GOAL 4: Develop, fund, implement technological innovations that support Program, People and Outreach projects.
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Success Indicators |
Action Steps |
- Improve services provided by key areas of Technology and Learning Resources.
- Actualize classrooms that foster “Attend Your Way” and “Hy-Flex” learning environments.
- Incorporate additional tools that support online learning.
- Increase number and scope of training opportunities.
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- Improve Services:
- Less than 1% downtime in critical infrastructure.
- Improve number served with Library services by 10%.
- Riverland Support Center will serve more than 5000 requests.
- Schedule additional training for Technology and Learning Resources’ employees to enhance customer service and breadth of services offered.
- Actualize Classroom:
- Classrooms equipped with current/future proof technology to greater than 50% with a 500% increase in Hy-Flex room use.
- Additional Tools:
- 2.5%-5% of Online Differential revenues utilized to explore content delivery systems.
- Training Opportunities:
- Regularly scheduled training events meeting the needs of Riverland employees.
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- Establish baselines of services and performance by comparing like-sized college averages.
- Create/administer amortization and maintenance schedule for core equipment.
- Promote Library services.
- Identify/acquire library resources to serve stakeholders.
- Seek, register, and attend training appropriate to employee position and classification.
- Seek funding from grants.
- Gather/Create academic technology specifications, schedule of academic technology upgrades at all locations.
- Seek funding to mature from analog to digital classroom technology.
- Train faculty in the use of Hy-Flex environments.
- Allocate dedicated human and fiscal resources to research.
- Develop, administer and analyze training preferences survey.
- Create and promote a repository to host resources and recordings.
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