Strategic Plan

Advance achievement of learning outcomes and educational goals for all students.

1. Implement a college‐wide early alert system to increase student retention and graduation.
2. Increase the fall to fall retention rate of college credit students to 55%.
3. Increase the college completion rate to 47%.
4. Increase the percentage of transfers holding an HC associate degree to 25%.
5. Associate in Arts degree completers transferring to SUS will have a GPA equal to or greater than all FCS transfers.
6. Achieve or exceed an 85% first‐time pass rate for any individual licensure or certification exam.
7. Exceed 95% of all workforce graduates that are employed or continuing their education within one year of completion.

Foster partnerships that position all programs as catalysts for regional economic impact.

1. Contribute to the increase in educational attainment in Hillsborough County of those holding a postsecondary credential to 60% of the working age population by 2025.
2. Develop and implement the Associate in Science degree in Financial Technologies (i.e. FinTech) no later than 2027.
3. Expand public‐private funding partnerships to support programmatic delivery.
4. Continue to improve the comprehensive marketing strategy.
5. Implement the Academic Master Plan.

Continuously improve programs and services through a systematic and ongoing process of strategic planning, assessment and evaluation in which a “culture of evidence” guides our direction.

1. Develop a framework formally aligning tactical planning, unit budget, and employee performance appraisals toward achievement of goals and initiatives in the Strategic Plan.
2. Successfully complete the 2027 Reaffirmation process with SACSCOC.
3. Complete implementation of the Workday ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning Software).