UCF Regional Campuses The Power of Partnerships New Vision
Council Lake-Sumter Community College David T. Harrison, Ph.D.
March 25, 2010
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What kind of partnership could... Increase the percentage of
the local population with degrees? Guarantee access to local
students who have the ability and the desire to earn a degree?
Leverage the regional assets that are already in place? Ensure that
regional investments are additive, not duplicative? Address
regional workforce needs in a strategic, sustainable way?
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Guaranteed admission of all consortium community college AA and
AS graduates to the University of Central Florida. Doubling of UCF
bachelors and graduate programs on consortium community college
campuses. Joint-use facilities with Valencia and Seminole.
Preferential and concurrent admission to selective UCF programs
with coordinated advising and support. Joint philanthropy to
support student scholarships and access. Focus on strategic program
areas in support of regional workforce needs. The Central Florida
Higher Education Consortium: A First-of-a-Kind Regional Higher
Education Strategy
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Results and Impact UCF is now the 3 rd largest university in
the U.S. and accepts more community college transfer students than
any university in Florida. Over 8,000 new community college
transfers at UCF in 2009-10 Over 30,000 students in the
DirectConnect pipeline More than half of UCFs bachelors degrees are
awarded to community college transfer students, including:
Two-thirds of teaching and nursing degrees Half of business degrees
Over 40% of engineering degrees
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Lake-Sumter Students UCF @ Lake-Sumter: 475 @ S. Lake, 60 @
Leesburg LSCC DirectConnect students: 694 currently at UCF; 1139 in
the pipeline LSCC DirectConnect Grads: 111 in 2008-09 34 education,
20 business, 11 health, 11 psychology
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Cooper Memorial Library LSCC South Lake
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Shared Use Facility, Valencia West Campus
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Shared Use Facility, Seminole State Sanford/Lake Mary
Campus
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Implementation of DirectConnect principles into regional high
schools Data sharing: confronting the hard facts Communication with
students and families, helping them plan Summits in November 2007,
April 2008, February 2009. February 17, 2010 summit focused on high
school accountability strategies. Pilot high school opening Fall
2010 College Access Initiative: Regional strategy to expand access
to the bachelors degree www.collegeaccess.ucf.edu
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Curriculum Alignment Goal: closer alignment of general
education for all students Faculty teams from UCF and partner
community colleges Common learning outcomes, learning activities,
and assessment techniques for targeted courses Math, chemistry,
physics, biology, digital media Next: include high school teachers
in the project www.curriculumalignment.ucf.edu
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The Architecture Partnership: The Voice of the Employer
Bachelor of Design in Architecture developed in collaboration with
American Institute of Architects Partnership with Valencia
Community College and the University of Central Florida 2+2+2
Design AA at Valencia or other Consortium college, Bachelors at
UCF, Masters at UF UF Masters program at City-Lab at the Center for
Emerging Media in downtown Orlando First junior class in Fall 2010;
focus on non- traditional students
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Questions and Discussion www.regionalcampuses.ucf.edu
www.directconnecttoucf.com