McCall College

1. McCall College May 2012 L. Bryan Williams, Ph.D.Social Ethicist

2. A College Takes a Team • Please stand when your area of involvement or interest is announced. Hold your applause. • Board of Directors • Coordinators: Academic, Student, Curriculum, Business Plan • Faculty • Students • Staff • Donors • Interested Citizen • Please thank each other for our commitment to higher education in Central Idaho

3. Organizing Director • Former Associate Professor of Ethics & Religion and Administrator, Warner Pacific College, Portland OR • Helped rejuvenate WPC with the Adult Degree Completion program that redeveloped office buildings into numerous college extensions. • Serves as Pastor, McCall Church of the Nazarene. Sees the problems of a lack of higher education in our region L. Bryan Williams, Ph.D.

4. Higher Education Challenges for Rural/Resort Idaho • Successes • McCall-Donnelly High School is one of the top 3 HSs in Idaho. It is ranked in the top 1000 in the US. • Idaho is 15th out of 50 states in students graduating from High School • Problems • 41st out of 50 on # who enter college • 50th out of 50 on Fresh college student entering Soph. year. WHY?? • 41st out of 50 on # who graduate within 6 years (B.S.) • Success • 11th out of 50 on # who graduate from Community college within 3 years • But 30,000 people in 3 counties do not have a community college within 100 miles from McCall.

5. McCall College • McCall College Foundation, Inc., • is a non-profit, independent college, has been formed with the purpose of starting a Community/Destination College, offering post-secondary programs in targeted areas and eventually granting Associate of Arts, Applied Science, or Science Degrees when able under accreditation guidelines. • Mission: • Provide meaningful post-secondary education for students of all ages helping them achieve their individual and social goals to develop a whole person in community and the world

6. Market Niche • Students who want a 2 year Community/Destination College • Students who want Computer Classes • Adults who want additional education • Professionals who want Executive Seminars • Citizens and visitors who want Summer Programs • Students who want to finish their GED

7. Target Market & Timeline • Year 1 onward: • Local residents who were neverable to start college or were not able to complete a degree • Graduating seniors from Valley County and beyond who cannot afford to leave home to attend school, or • Graduates who are not ready to make the leap from rural to urban life where other community colleges are usually located • Year 2 onward • Destination students who want to attend college and be near McCall and Cascade amenities: skiing, white water, hockey, curling, hospitality, recreation and environmental career opportunities

8. What our Students Need(Survey Results to date) Survey at www.McCallCollege.org

9. Type of Student (n=158)?

10. Type of College desired (n=156)?

11. Major desired (n=144)? # / (Rank)

12. Time desired for Classes (n=142)?

13. Faculty Available in McCall (n=65)

14. How do you Start a College?

15. Key Milestones Partners Programs Open the Doors Places People

16. Key Milestones Accredited College or University Partners IRS Donors Programs Open the Doors Places People

17. Key Milestones Partners State Board of Education Accredited Programs Regional Accreditation Non-Credit Open the Doors Places People

18. Key Milestones Partners Programs Open the Doors Students Places Staff People

19. Key Milestones Partners Programs Housing Open the Doors Classrooms/Labs Student Center Students Places Library Offices Staff Computer Center Bookstore People

20. Key Milestones Partners Programs Open the Doors Places Volunteers People Professors Specific Staff Paid Non-specific

21. All Milestones Accredited College or University Partners IRS Donors State Board of Education Accredited Programs Regional Accreditation Non-Credit Open the Doors Classrooms/Labs Housing Student Center Students Places Library Offices Staff Computer Center Bookstore Volunteer People Professors Specific Paid Staff Non-specific

22. Our Program • We are designing a college that meets regional accreditation standards • Phase I: • Phase II: Health & Wellness; Sports & Recreation; Performing Arts; Ethics & Leadership • Phase III: Professional Technical Campus in Valley County

23. Accreditation • We are in conversation with accreditation partners. • With partner such as Lewis-Clark State College • 4-6 year process for McCall College accreditation • Regional accreditation comes with partnership • Offering their degrees and transcript • No partner (proprietary college) • Individual program development • 4-6 years for national accreditation (no transfer) • 6-10 years for regional accreditation (transfer)

24. Our Strategic Imperatives • SI I: Build an Effective College Organization • SI II: Identify & Meet Community Educational Needs. What other programs would be helpful? • SI III: Develop and Effective Infrastructure of Campus Buildings • Goal A. Outcome #1: Use furniture and equipment in each classroom that is equivalent to the HS experience • Goal A. Outcome #2: Use furniture and equipment in each Tech Center that is equivalent to the HS experience

25. Strategic Imperative (con’t) • SI III.Goal E: Develop a publically funded Professional Technical School to serve Valley County and the region • SI IV: Develop outstanding Students • SI V: Develop outstanding Faculty and Staff • SI VI: Insure Institutional effectiveness

26. Facilities • The Foundation has arranged for5 – 7,000 sq. ft. of space & utilities in the Park Center Professional Center on Park Street to house • Administrative Offices, • Academic & Student Center, • Bookstore, • 4 Classrooms • 1 Technology Center. • The owner is willing to wait for students before billing for space.

27. Affordability • We are striving to develop a college that remains affordable • We are targeting a tuition in the range of $250.00 per credit equivalent. Most classes are 3 credit equivalent classes. • We are currently all volunteers. • We have access to college equipment contracts to equip college at wholesale costs • A Lili grant (through local library) makes EBSCOhost available to Idaho free of charge (leading collegiate search engine/ online library). • Our current expenses are the permits, fees, development costs (marketing, office supplies, advertising, engineering), and insurance required for start-up

28. Advantages to Our Region • Staff jobs: • Minimum 7 full time staff and management • Teaching jobs: • Minimum of 64/3=21 classes per program • 5 programs means over 100 teaching assignments. • We believe that most of these can be filled by regional residents • Fill under-utilized office space & seasonal housing during Sept. - May • Economic impact of over $3.2 mil / year

29. 3 Month Action Plan • Cultivate Higher Ed Partner • Program and catalog development for either track • Idaho State Board of Education application • Student and Faculty Recruiting • Grants (Albertson, Murdock, Micron) • Fund Raising • Conditional Use Permit • P&Z meeting: July 10th City Hall 6pm

30. How can you help? • Survey Response • www.McCallCollege.org • 5 minute survey • Crucial to grant support • Volunteer: • Fund Raising, marketing, Facebook, • Contact Dr. Williams or Woody • Donations • Make checks out to MCIC – McCall College. McCall Community Improvement Corporation (MCIC) will forward your tax receipt. • Hat at the door.

31. Thank you for your support of McCall College info@McCallCollege.org