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Chancellor's Cabinet

District Office
September 18, 2007

Present: Chancellor Roy Flores; Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Suzanne Miles; Vice Chancellors Kirk Kelly and Raul Ramirez; Presidents Lou Albert, Johnson Bia, Charlotte Fugett, Jana Kooi, Sylvia Lee and Mary Vanis; Senior Assistant to the Chancellor Donna Gifford

1.       Presentations

1a.    Student Services Review — Mr. Joe LeCluyse (S. Miles)
Provost Miles introduced Mr. LeCluyse who is a Project Manager with the Exeter Group.  The Exeter Group specializes in the evaluation of higher education business processes and implementations of enterprise-wide systems, including SungardHE Banner.

Mr. LeCluyse noted that Exeter recognizes Pima’s desire to improve the quality of and access to College programs and services by reviewing and redesigning where necessary, its Support processes and operations.

1b.    College Events (R. Ramirez)
Christy Yebra, College Events Coordinator, gave a brief overview of the student focused events as well as the community focused events.

2.       Policies and Procedures

2a.    SPG-4006/AA Drug and Alcohol Testing, Reporting and Education
This item was brought back for further clarification.  After a brief discussion, it was determined that this SPG would be forwarded to our attorneys and then will be posted for 21 days for review and comment.

4.       Action Items

4a.    Practical Nursing Program Approval (J. Kooi)
President Kooi noted that the Practical Nursing Program is due for renewal with the Arizona State Board of Nursing (AZBN) in May 2008. The renewal process will consists of self-study written documentation and a program site visit.  The renewal involves meeting requirements as set forth by the AZBN for practical nursing programs. The requirements include review of curriculum content, faculty qualifications, and clinical arrangements.
Action:  Approved to move forward with the self study.

4b.    Special Recruitment Efforts for Faculty Positions (R. Ramirez)
Vice Chancellor Ramirez presented a letter that would go to the Chancellors/Presidents of various universities requesting a meeting to recruit faculty.

5.       Information Items

5a.    PCC's 40th Anniversary (J. Kooi)
President Kooi presented ideas for PCC’s 40th Anniversary.  Needed are the exact dates when legislation was signed, Board members elected/selected and the first day of classes.
Action:  Cabinet members are to select two community members each and send the names to all Cabinet members by the end of the month.

4c.    CDAC Recommendations on Spanish Express Courses (C. Fugett)
The World Languages CDAC met on All College Day to discuss the upcoming ATF meeting.  After discussion, it was noted that PCC has a mechanism in place between PCC and the U of A – there is no data that we can provide relative to transfer.  Analysis should be conducted by the universities.

5b.    Summer Career Academies (S. Miles)
Provost Miles informed Cabinet that the District Office would no longer be funding the Summer Career Academies, and these funds will be used for Tech Prep.  Campuses, if they choose to hold Academies, will have to use their own funds.

5c.    Distribution of Small Cards on Accreditation Criteria (S. Miles)
Provost Miles distributed small cards which contained the NCA “The Criteria for Accreditation”.

6.         Significant Events

6a.    The Data Needs Study Session for the Chancellor’s Cabinet will be held on Wednesday, October 17, 10:00 – 3:00 pm, at the District Office, in room B-218. 

Some suggested data needs are:

  • how many people in each employee category
  • FTSE/FTE vs. headcount real-time for class cancellation info
  • zip code analysis and demographics
  • completeability (are courses offered?)
  • real-time fiscal (particularly for revenue of self-supporting programs)
  • course level information at the prefix level
  • concurrent logins as example of granular IT info needed
  • data on success rates of dual enrollment and high school information
  • mandatory placement
  • longitudinal data in general