Matriculation & Student Success Committee

Established: 1992

Purpose

The purpose of the Matriculation & Student Success (MSS) Committee is to oversee the operational procedures and practices affecting Academic and Student Affairs, primarily those that require coordination between managers, faculty and staff of the Academic divisions and Student Services. To implement College Retention Plans and to review, revise and update the plan annually.  The MSS Committee evaluates the effectiveness of current retention and student success activities, makes recommendations on their enhancement and/or improvement.  Both Academic and Student Affairs implements new retention and student success activities.  The MSS Committee will also review/respond and coordinate the Matriculation Plan and the Student Equity Plan for the campus and with the District.
Specifically, the committee will:

• Evaluate the effectiveness of current retention activities. Make recommendations on their enhancement and/or improvement, and implement new student retention and student success activities.
• Ensure that successful student retention and student success efforts are recognized, communicated to the campus community and implemented in areas where appropriate.
• Recommend annual priorities for funding through the campus budget development process.
• Solicit, initiate and evaluate new proposals for retention and matriculation activities from the campus community.
• Review and coordinate with the District the Matriculation Plan and the Student Equity Plan for the campus.
• Create an annual review and report that is presented to the College Council regarding campus retention activities to ensure accountability for the college's retention and student success efforts.
• Review, revise and update the college retention and student success efforts as outlined in the Student Equity Plan.  To assure a current one-to-three year college-wide retention plan which includes short term and long range goals, with objectives and activities defined for each person and/or programs responsible for completing these tasks; time lines for completion; evaluation measures. Fiscal and other resources necessary to achieve goals and objectives must be addressed and defined. The priorities will be reviewed by College Council and submitted to the College President for final approval and dissemination to the Chancellor and the Governing Board.
• Research, plan and implement activities in college programs and services that promote campus wide student success.  Promote integration and cooperation of campus entities to forward overall student success.

Recommendations Forwarded to

College Council

Membership

Administration: – 3

• VP of Student Affairs
• Dean of Counseling & Matriculation (part of job responsibilities)

Associated Students: – 2
Classified:
Faculty: - 8 (one from each division as determined by the Academic Senate)

• Business & Workforce Development
• Counseling & Matriculation
• Language Arts
• Library and Learning Resources
• Math, Science, & Engineering
• Nursing & Allied Health
• Social Science, Humanities, Arts & P.E.
• At-Large (elected by the Academic Senate)

One Representative from each program area:

• Admissions and Records
• Assessment
• AFFIRM
• ASPIRE
• EOP&S
• DSPS
• Honors
• FasTrack Trio SSS
• Enlace
• Transfer
• Outreach
• CalWorks/WIN
• Financial Aid
• Matriculation
• Office of Student Life
• Instructional Technology
• Work Experience

Chair

Faculty reassigned time for a two-year term

Term

All members are elected/appointed for one year, renewable by appropriate constituent group.

Meeting

1st & 3rd Thursday of each month, 2:30 – 4:30 PM

Attendance

Open to any interested member of the college community.

2011 – 2012 Membership
Classified	Faculty	Management	Student	Ex-Officio
David Micetich	Business/Workforce	Irma Archuleta	2 vacant
William Nguyen	Counseling: Laura Bettencourt	Tammeil Gilkerson*
	Language Arts:  Emily Banh, Chair	Alma Tanon
	Libray/LR:
	MSE:Celso Batalha
	Nursing: Jackie Keane
	SSHAPE: Randy Pratt
	At large: Tino Guevara