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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 21, 2000
Action Agen a
Item No. ~- q
SUBJECT: Community Colleae Task Force
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
County Manager
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matching Requirements Table Moses Carey, Jr., Chair
Task Force Report - John Link, 245-2300
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough .732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 6887331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To receive the report of the Community College Task Force. -
BACKGROUND: The Community College Task Force has met four times since March 2000.
Reports from earlier task forces and information from area community colleges have been
reviewed. Focus group sessions have been held to determine the interest of the citizens of
Orange County in establishing a satellite campus of Durham Technical Community College.
After several months of research, the Task Force recommends to-the Orange County Board of
Commissioners that a satellite campus of Durham Technical Community College be established
in Orange County. A satellite campus would:
• serve the more than 6500 residents who take one or more classes at a community
college each year, and
•;• offer a gateway to the future for residents by providing a more comprehensive,
centralized location for adult training and education services in the-County..
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Staff `s understanding from the Administration at Durham Tech is that
the Statewide bands for higher education recently approved by North Carolina voters included
earmarking of $4,000,000 far an Orange County Satellite Campus of Durham Technical
Community College. As noted in the attached table of matching requirements, Orange County
must provide a 50 percent match of State bond funds, which means that each State dollar must
be matched, dollar-for-dollar, with local funds. The State legislation authorizing the higher
education bond referendum provided that counties have through June 2006 to complete the
matching requirement. There can be an "in-kind" component to the match. For example,
Orange County would get same matching credit by providing the land far any satellite campus.
The County's share of the funding could came from any combination of sources, which might
include, but are not necessarily limited to:
• general obligation bonds _
• installment purchase financing
• earmarking of additional dedicated pay-as-you-go revenues
• contributions from municipalities or other local governmental jurisdictions
• private and/or local business contributions
• a request for funding through special legislation in the General Assembly (if such a bill
should receive favorable consideration)
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report and
provide direction to staff on future steps in addressing the findings of the report.
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DRAFT
Report of the -
Community College Task Force
November 21, 2000
The Community College Task Force has met four times since March 2000. Reports from
earlier task forces and information from area community colleges have been reviewed.
Focus group sessions have been held to determine the interest of the citizens of Orange
County in establishing a satellite campus of Durham Technical Community College.
After several months of research the Task Force recommends to the Orange County
Board of Commissioners that a satellite campus of Durham Technical Community
College be established in Orange County. A satellite campus would:
• serve the more than 6500 residents. who take one or more classes at a
community college each year, and
+:• offer a gateway to the future for residents by providing a more
comprehensive, centralized location far adult training and education services
in the County
The Community College Task Force recommends that the satellite campus be located in
the central part of the County in order to serve all residents. The ideal site far a satellite
campus would be:
• Close to an interstate highway
• 20 acres or more for current needs and future growth
• Near businesses or a business park
• In neutral territory
• Located in a safe, well-lighted area
• Near public facilities (utilities)
• Near goad roads
• Possibly near public transportation
• Accessible to fiber optic lines
The Community College Task Force reviewed earlier reports to the Board of County
Commissioners along with statistics and other information from Durham Technical
Community College and other community colleges in surrounding counties.
Focus group sessions were held and their input was used in developing this report. The
focus groups included:
• Skills Development Center Clients
• The Economic Development Commission
• Currently Enrolled Community College Students
• Senior Citizens from Chapel Hi11 and Hillsborough
• Members of the Hillsborough-Orange County Chamber of Commerce
• Orange County High School Students
• Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools High School Students, and
• Chapel Hi11-Carrboro Schools Teachers and Support Staff
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Three reports which the Board of County Commissioners have previously reviewed were 5
examined. The three are:
• The report of the Skills Development Board that resulted in establishing the
Skills Development Center in Chapel Hill,
• The 1996 update of the Economic Development Commission's Strategic Plan,
and
• The documents produced to date by the Shaping Orange County's Future Task
Force
Each of these reports addressed the need for accessible and affordable training and
educational services for adults in the county, with a focus on increasing the ability of
county residents to get and keep jobs. The Skills Development Boazd also suggested
attention be given to offering currently employed residents training opportunities to
enable them to upgrade skills for higher paying jobs.
The CCTF's reseazch into information available from the community colleges resulted in
the following findings:
• Orange County is the highest populated county in North Carolina without a
community college campus - either a main campus or a satellite campus
• A total of 6,509 Orange County residents registered for classes at North
Cazolina community colleges in 1998-99
• 2,561 registered in college credit classes
• 3,948 registered in non-credit classes
• adult basic education
• adult high school diploma
• English as a second language
• GED prepazatory
• occupational extension
• community service, and
• customized training for business and industry
• A total of 2,327 Orange County residents registered for classes at Durham
Technical Community College in the Fall of 1999
• 22 percent of the college's Fall 1999 enrollment resided in Orange County
• 1,041 Orange County residents registered at neighboring. community colleges
in the fall of 1999
• 902 registered at Alamance Community College
• 26 registered at Central Cazolina Community College, and
• 113 registered at Piedmont Community College
:• DTCC offers community college instruction at more than 401ocations in
Orange County
• Multiple locations without a centralized office in the county have led to
fragmented support for Orange County community college students
• 'More than 600 DTCC classes have been offered in Orange County since 1995,
with 13S of these offered in Orange County in 1999
• DTCC personnel work closely with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and
Orange County Schools personnel to offer programming for high school
students, to train for teacher assistants and teachers, and to define the types of
skills students need far the workplace and for pursuing higher education
• N.C. community colleges complement economic development by offering
customized training to new and existing business and industry
• N.C. community colleges offer an affordable alternative for post-secondary
education and training _
• Counties have statutory responsibility far developing and maintaining
facilities for a community college campus in the county
:• State bond funding that might be available for construction of a building will
have to be matched dollar-for-dollar by the county
:• DTCC, the Orange County Schools, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools have strong partnerships that have resulted in:
• high school students taking college classes through DTCC
• the educational institutions developing articulation plans between high
school and DTCC curricula, and
• local business and industry participating in job readiness skills
awareness for high school students and teachers
• Cooperative and collaborative programming between the public schools and
DTCC would grow with college staff located in closer proximity to schools
personnel
A diverse group of residents met in focus groups during the summer and early fall. A
member of the Community College Task Farce facilitated each group. A total of 148
residents filled out questionnaires and/or participated in conversations during the process
High school students from both school systems, currently enrolled community college
students, welfare recipients, business owners and employers, school system personnel
and senior citizens shared their knowledge of current community college offerings in the
County and their thoughts on the establishment of a permanent satellite campus of
Durham Technical Community College.
A spreadsheet detailing the responses and comments of the focus group participants is
included in Appendix A of this report. A summary of their responses to a questionnaire
completed by all participants is included below:
• The 148 respondents included 92 females and S 1 males who ranged in age
from 14 to alder than 65 (five individuals did not complete the question about
gender)
• Seventeen high school or community college students were included along
with 10 retired individuals
• Sixty-four were employed full-time, 20 were employed part-time and 22 did
not respond to the question about employment status (fifteen indicated they
were unemployed)
• Seventy-six of the 148 respondents had previously taken classes ai~ered by
community colleges headquartered in Durham, Alamance, Guilford,
Cumberland, Lee or Iredell Counties
• Ninety-six, or 64,9%, of the respondents indicated they were likely or very
likely to take advantage of community college programming if it were to be
offered in the County Another 33 said they might take advantage of a
community college satellite campus.
The respondents (148) indicated the following groups of people would be most likely to
participate in programming at a communi#y college satellite campus in the County:
• recent high school graduates (9S)
• those seeking to upgrade skills for jabs (112)
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• those seeking to improve basic skills in reading, math and writing (83) ~
• retirees and senior citizens (76)
• those seeking continuing education for current jobs (78)
• non-native English speaking people (78)
• welfare recipients (53), and
• others (17).
In considering a convenient distance for travel to a satellite campus, there were 148
responses. Same individuals chose more than one possibility. They are listed below:
• 110 indicated they would be willing to travel 10 miles or less to the site, and
• Forty-seven said they would be willing to travel 15 miles
In response to the question about the kind of transportation, the majority of the 148,
specifically 110, would drive to the satellite campus, while 12 would need public
transportation, and 19 indicated they had no preference for a mode of transportation for
accessing a satellite campus.
Focus group participants expressed interest in the following types of classes: computer,
foreign language, [teacher] certification renewal, college transfer, heavy equipment
operation, arts and crafts, health/medical, computer network administration, solaz energy,
business, cooking, physiology, computer software, English, science, math, nursing,
biotechnology, counseling, interior design, reading, creative writing, senior legal issues,
early childhood, real estate, secretarial, entrepreneurship, veterinary, public speaking,
Latin American studies, teaching ESL, general education, horticulture, parks and
recreation, photography and small engine repair.
Based on the reseazch, the CCTF has reason to believe comprehensive services offered at
a Durham Technical Community College satellite campus in the County will provide for:
• mare classes
• a greater vaziety of class offerings
• cazeer and academic counseling
• academic assessment
:• academic support services
• computer laboratories
• registration financial aid counseling
• library resources, etc.; and
• additional in-county community college staff to answer questions and
guide citizens interested in improving themselves.
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