Strategic & Academic Planning with EMSI

Montgomery College’s Roadmap to 2020

About Montgomery College

• 2-year college located in Montgomery County, MD (suburban D.C.)

• Multi-campus (Rockville, Germantown, Takoma Park/Silver Spring)

• Multiple WD&CE locations throughout the County

• Current Enrollment = 26,996 (credit) & 23,624 (noncredit)

Analyst Projects• Ad Hoc Requests• Previous Strategic Plans• MC 2020 Strategic Plan• Career Advisory Boards• Student Learning Outcomes• Grants• Academic Program Review• Career Coach Integration

Previous Strategic Plan

Montgomery College 2020

• Far more robust analysis • Targeted Demographics• County & Regional Occupational

Projections• Programmatic trends and skills gaps• Accessible and updated data along with

special reports

Targeted Demographics

2001 2005 2010 2015 202040,000

45,000

50,000

55,000

60,000

65,000

54,674

59,569 59,898

59,175

62,072

44,389

50,946

54,161

61,011

57,531

Montgomery County Demographics - Traditional College Age Students

15 to 19 years20 to 24 years

Educational Attainment & Occupational Demand

2001 2010 2020 0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

145,198159,432

171,475

271,596259,198

271,355

336,549347,968

374,717

Educational Attainment and Educational Requirement Gap - High School or Less

Pop 25+ High School or Less# Jobs Req. High School or Less (Covered)# Jobs Req. High School or Less (Complete)

2001 2010 2020 0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

126,799

136,665

145,566

43,871 46,42451,871

57,949

67,791

77,188

Educational Attainment and Educational Requirement Gap - Postsecondary Award and Associate's Degree

Pop 25+ Postsecondary/Assocate's# Jobs Req. Postsecondary/Associate's (Covered)# Jobs Req. Postsecondary/Associate's (Complete)

2001 2010 2020 0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

162,889176,963 179,833

122,935127,407

141,830158,105

179,965

207,059

Educational Attainment and Educational Requirement Gap - Bachelor's Degree/Degree Plus Experience

County Pop 25+ Bachelor's# Jobs Req. Bachelor's Degree (Covered)# Jobs Req. Bachelor's Degree (Complete)

Occupational Growth

Occupational Demand

Education and Occupations

Analysis• Ran same reports for DC-VA-WV-MD

Metropolitan Area• Identified “overages” and gaps in degree,

certificate, & WD&CE offerings (ongoing)• Mapped to State and County Economic

Development plans (STEM)• Used gap analysis to identify current/future

KSAs

Career Cluster Advisory Boards• Pilot program with the County’s Bioscience

and Biomedical Advisory Board• Historic programmatic, occupational, and

industry trends• Projected growth (occupations, skills,

industry needs, regional completers)• Gap analysis• Plan to expand to all CCAB’s in

cooperation with Montgomery County Govt.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Grew out of previous year’s Mission and Vision Review Project

• Identified industry-specific skills• Plan is to map to General Education

Program competencies• Assessment matrices for all GenEd

courses and programs mapped to KSAs

Grants• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAACCCT)• Used occupational transitioning to target

specific occupations for retraining based on skills gap

• Identified key credit and non-credit programs for re-tooling based on gap assessment (focus on HIT/HIM)

• Used extensively by Office of Grants and Business Development

Academic Program Review

• Started with Health Information Technology

• Expanding to all Workforce Development & Continuing Education offerings

• Plan to include key data for next version of the College’s Academic Master Plan

• Academic Area Review Process (required part of discipline SWOT)

Career Coach Integration• Recently launched Career Coach• Using Career Coach data settings to

supplement Analyst Reports– Local and regional demand– Site statistics and popular searches– KSAs and Curriculum review

• Targeted industry partner joint environmental scanning projects

• Career/Academic Counseling (FYE)

Upcoming Projects

• Response to City of Rockville proposal for 4-year research college development

• MHEC Curriculum Actions (Diagnostic Medical Sonography)

• Middle Skills Jobs analysis (gap between completers and openings)

• Targeted industry environmental scans (part of MC 2020 Strategic Plan)

Lessons Learned

• Make it public and well-defined• County + Regional for all data types• Growth v. Replacements v. Openings• Data organization – tell the story (example

– Hotel Motel Management, Fairfax County v. Montgomery County)

• Multiple growth models (best/worst case)• Demonstrate alignment/explain differences