Welcome to the State of the College Address David Gmez, Ed.D. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to the State of the College Address David Gómez, Ed.D. President Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Welcome •Greeting new faculty and staff •Celebrating our accomplishments •Sharing updates and opportunities

AY 2018-19 413 new part and full-time faculty and staff joined the Hostos community

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong Headcount Enrollment at Hostos Community College Fall 2005 to Fall 2019 8,000 7,371 7,387 7,340 7,210 7,211 7,078 7,006 6,985 7,000 6,499 6,455 6,187 6,000 5,532 5,112 5,000 4,697 4,477 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019* *Preliminary

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong Student Profile • Majority minority institution – 7340 • 61.1% Latinx • 33.4% Black • 67.1% Female • One of the highest percentages of students age 25 years or older among CUNY institutions* • 33% Student Parents *Only the Schools of Professional Studies and Labor and Urban Studies have higher rates, not overall number, of students ≥25 years old.

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong Student Accomplishments • 74% of Hostos graduates transfer to four-year institutions • Four Hostos Students Earned Kaplan Scholarships • Supports high-achieving community college students of color transfer to top colleges and universities to complete their bachelor's degrees. • Hostos Hosted CUNY’s First Official Wheelchair Basketball Team Practice • Recent Hostos graduate Destini Mitchell-Murray helped make CUNY’s first wheelchair basketball team a reality • STEP and CSTEP earned a total of 4 first place trophies among 5 distinguished awards that they received at statewide STEM research conferences • 90 students are taking part in the first iteration of CUNY Service Corps@Hostos

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong Faculty Diversity 60 56.3 50 40 37.2 30 20 10 0 Faculty Diversity Hostos CUNY

Supporting our Students • Rafael Toro, Goya Foods, new Foundation Board member • Goya Foods – 750 lbs of food donated to the Hostos Food Pantry • The Madruga Family Scholarship • $50,000 to support f/t and p/t students • The Feiner Family Scholarship & Special Needs Fund • Support for f/t and p/t students • $40,000 gift to offset students’ living and accommodation expenses

Supporting our Students • The 13 th Annual Golf Outing Classic, September 12, 2019 • Raised $171,000 to support Hostos students • Broke fundraising records; exceeded 2018 by 70% • $400 of Funding per student to be provided for over 100 students each semester for food from our cafeteria • December 3 rd is Giving Tuesday! • Highest rate of participation across CUNY last year

Committing to Priorities • $1.2 million budget reduction • Reduced CUNY support for key programs FY 2020 College Budget Distribution by Major Purpose and Major Object ($) 40,000,000 35,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 - Instruction & Student Services ** General Administration General Institutional M & O Plant *** Technology Fee Departmental Research Services and Academic Support Services * Total Personnel Service Other Than Personnel Service (OTPS)

Credit Accumulation Percentage of Full-time First-time Freshmen in Associate Degree Programs Who Earn 20 Credits or More and 30 Credits or More in the First Year 50.0 45.0 40.0 33.3 35.0 32.3 32.0 30.4 27.8 30.0 26.5 25.0 20.0 15.0 8.9 7.6 10.0 6.6 6.6 5.8 4.8 5.0 0.0 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 N=1100 N=907 N=976 N=900 N=1030 N=1141* Entering Cohort *Preliminary 20 And Up 30 and Up

Gateway Course Completion Percentage of Full-time First-time Freshmen in Associate Degree Programs Who Pass Gateway English and Gateway Math in the First Year 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 62.6 60.3 59.2 57.0 55.9 60.0 49.6 50.0 41.5 40.0 34.2 30.5 30.5 28.6 25.3 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 N=1100 N=907 N=976 N=900 N=1030 N=1141* Entering Cohort *Preliminary ENG MAT

Retention and Graduation Three-year Graduation Rate and One-year Retention Rate of First-time Full-time Freshmen in Associate Degree Programs 80.0 68.0 67.2 70.0 64.7 63.7 61.2 60.5 60.4 57.9 55.6 60.0 50.0 40.0 26.7 30.0 22.10 21.2 20.60 20.00 20.0 12.60 11.90 10.0 0.0 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016* Fall 2017 Fall 2018 N=1000 N=1091 N=805 N=1100 N=907 N=976 N=900 N=1030 N=1141* Entering Cohort *Preliminary Graduation One-year Retention

Focusing our Efforts • Intentional, comprehensive First Year Experience • Reaching out to students with bursar holds • Analyze completion rates in gateway English and Math; build on gains • Enforcement of policies that reaffirm best practices • Succeed@Hostos – staff and faculty are working across divisions to coordinate timely outreach to students

Operationalizing the CUNY Placement Index • Provost and faculty developing strategies for English and Math • Enrollment Group developing a college-wide communications plan • Leadership working closely with CUNY Central and OIRA • Community-based organizations kept in the loop

Looking forward Chancellor Matos Rodríguez and CUNY publicly and privately committed to supporting our new building New faculty and staff bring energy and innovation – we will nurture these resources Students continue to amaze and inspire us We are on track to celebrate the largest graduating class to date at Hostos’ 50 th Commencement ceremony in Spring 2020

Middle States Self-Study Process • September 2019 – college-wide open forum • Steering Committee Co-chairs Professors Kate Wolfe and Nelson Nuñez-Rodríguez • Call for volunteers – get involved! Respond to the survey before November 5 th : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HostosSelfStudyVolunteer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Upcoming workshops focusing on ILO’s have been scheduled for: Thursday, November 7 th - 3:00pm - 5:00pm Friday, November 8 th - 10:00am - 12:00pm Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate

PRESIDENT’S CABINET EUGENE SOHN CHRISTINE MANGINO Executive Counsel and Labor Designee Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs LAUREN GRETINA ESTHER RODRÍGUEZ-CHARDAVOYNE Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance JOSHUA M. RIVERA Director of Governmental and External Relations NATHANIEL CRUZ Vice President for Student Development BABETTE AUDANT and Enrollment Management Assistant Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Planning and Assessment PETER MERTENS Interim Dean for Continuing Education and Workforce Development ANA MARTÍNEZ ORIZONDO Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Thank you! and now to Faculty and Staff Tabling on the Bridge