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Honoring the Past, Creating the Future

Honoring the Past, Creating the Future. Dr. Daniel A. Bain Independence Community College April 9, 2010. Institutional Profile. ICC is the smallest community college in Kansas, with a fall 2009 FTE of 814. Mostly rural, high-poverty service district.

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Honoring the Past, Creating the Future

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  1. Honoring the Past,Creating the Future Dr. Daniel A. Bain Independence Community College April 9, 2010

  2. Institutional Profile ICC is the smallest community college in Kansas, with a fall 2009 FTE of 814. Mostly rural, high-poverty service district. Some pressure for consolidation with other community college in county. Historical reputation for academic excellence (“Princeton on the Prairie”), national reputation in the arts.

  3. Leadership Timeline 3+ years of little or no presidential leadership at the college. 2005: President A leaves, six months before President B starts. 2006-2008: President B struggles with poor health, passes away October 2008. 2009: Interim president appointed to serve until a replacement can be found.

  4. Nature Abhors A Vacuum Culture shifts happen during a long period without presidential leadership. Increased focus on areas of importance or interest to unit staff and management. Decreased focus on direction of the institution as a whole, decreased communication across the college. Increased focus on carving out and defending “turf.”

  5. “We’ve always done it this way” Assessment and evaluation Relationship-based Procedure-based • Values and traditions to capitalize on: • Loyalty: staff and faculty with 20+ years of service, family ties (“both of my boys went here”). • Informality: first name basis. • Resourcefulness, willingness to do more than the job description calls for, because we’re a small institution and there’s work to be done. Long-range, college-wide planning Short-range, unit-level decisions In-house External benchmarks

  6. Discussion

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