UCF Regional CampusesThe Power of Partnerships
New Vision CouncilLake-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?
• 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
Results and Impact• UCF is now the 3rd 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 UCF’s bachelor’s 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
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
Cooper Memorial Library – LSCC South Lake
Shared Use Facility, Valencia West Campus
Shared Use Facility, Seminole State Sanford/Lake Mary Campus
• 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 bachelor’s degree
www.collegeaccess.ucf.edu
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
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,
Bachelor’s at UCF, Master’s at UF• UF Master’s program at City-Lab at the Center for
Emerging Media in downtown Orlando• First junior class in Fall 2010; focus on non-
traditional students
Questions and Discussion
www.regionalcampuses.ucf.edu
www.directconnecttoucf.com