Enrollment Management
Strategic Enrollment Management Planning Process (Spring 2023)
In light of the comprehensive participatory governance process the College completed in 2021-2022 via the Educational Master Planning (EMP) process, as well as the end date of the existing college Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Plan approaching in spring 2023, a subcommittee of the College Cabinet endeavored to align the new College EMP and to operationalize and update the existing SEM plan to provide clear strategies and tactics for enrollment management for the next two years (2023-25).
The membership of this Cabinet subcommittee included the following:
Interim Vice President of Instruction (co-chair) |
Chialin Hsieh |
Vice President of Student Services (co-chair) |
Manuel Pérez |
All Instructional Deans |
James Carranza, Hyla Lacefield, David Reed, Kathleen Sullivan-Torrez, Ameer Thompson |
All Student Services Deans |
Wissem Bennani, Max Hartman |
PRIE Office |
Karen Engel |
Throughout the spring 2023 semester, the Interim VPI and VPSS and members of the subcommittee are reporting on this project and soliciting feedback and input from the Instructional Planning Council and Student Services Planning Council as follows:
DRAFT Strategic Enrollment Management Operational Plan for 2023-25 FOR REVIEW
The campus community is invited to review and provide feedback on the proposed update of the College Strategic Enrollment Management Operational Plan for 2023-25. Please find a link to the draft here:
To provide Feedback on this draft Plan via the Feedback Form, please due so via the link below and submit it no later than April 30, 2023. Thank you!
SEM Draft Plan FEEDBACK FORM - due April April 30, 2023
Cañada College Strategic Enrollment Management Plan 2020-23
Cañada College's Strategic Enrollment Management Plan (2020-23) was adopted by its Planning and Budgeting Council adopted and recommended to President Moore on April 29, 2020.
Cañada College Enrollment Data and Presentations (various)
- Cañada College Enrollment Data Dashboards
- Cañada College Enrollment trends as if 2023
- Proposed Alignment between College EMP and SEM Plans as of January, 2023
- Cañada College Internal Scan Data Slides
- Community Perceptions Questionnaire Results and External Scan Slides
- San Mateo County Community College District External Scan
- Cañada College Internal Scan Summary
- Cañada College Internal Scan Data Slides
- Community Perceptions Questionnaire Results and External Scan Slides
- San Mateo County Community College District External Scan
- College and District High School Take Rate information
Strategic Enrollment Management Planning Process (2018-20)
Cañada College's current Strategic Enrollment Management Plan was developed by a Strategic Enrollment Management Committee (members listed below) which was appointed by the Planning and Budgeting Council (PBC) and which met regularly from fall 2018 to early spring 2020. The meeting agendas, materials, data, and minutes of the Committee's work can be found below.
Meeting Date | Topic/Agendas | Minutes |
February 26, 2020 |
SEM Draft Plan Review and Recommendations to PBC Finalized |
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February 12, 2020 |
SEM Retreat De-Brief, Guiding Principles and Draft Strategy Refinement |
Minutes |
January 31, 2020 SEM RETREAT |
SEM Planning Retreat |
Minutes |
December 4, 2019 | Topic: Online Instruction and SEM |
Minutes |
November 20, 2019 |
Topic: KAD and Aligning Outreach |
Minutes |
October 30, 2019 |
Topic: Setting SEM Goals and Optimizing the Course Schedule for Student Success (part 1) |
Minutes |
October 23, 2019 |
Topic: Early College and First Year Experience |
Minutes |
September 25, 2019 |
Topic: ESL and ACCEL (Adult Education Students) as well as services offered at Menlo Park |
Minutes |
August 28, 2019 |
Topic: Understanding Trends in FTES |
Minutes |
August 7, 2019 |
Topic: Setting a course for SEM planning in fall 2019 |
Minutes |
May 8, 2019 |
Topic: Synthesizing the results of our Spring 2019 planning process and planning next steps |
Presentation to PBC |
May 1, 2019 |
ADDED 2-hour MEETING on Topics: STEM Center and Kinesiology, Athletics and Dance (KAD) |
Minutes |
April 24, 2019 |
Topic: International Students |
Minutes |
April 10, 2019 |
Topic: Strong Workforce Plan |
Minutes |
March 27, 2019 |
Topic: Guided Pathways – key strategies emerging from inquiry phase |
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March 13, 2019 |
Topic: Distance Education |
Minutes |
February 27, 2019 |
Topic: Markets, Demand, and the Competition: Understanding Cañada in our regional context in terms of demand for our programs and services |
Minutes |
February 6, 2019 |
Topic: Early College/Dual Enrollment |
Minutes |
January 23, 2019 |
Topic: College for Working Adults |
Minutes |
December 12, 2018 |
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November 28, 2018 |
Agenda |
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November 7, 2018 |
Minutes |
Goals of the 2018-20 Enrollment Management Committee
Establish Comprehensive Enrollment Goals – number, types of students, various modes of instructional delivery are needed to accomplish mission. Enrollment forecasting to determine campus wide needs for programs and course selection. Formal process to strengthen high school connections and collaborations in order to enhance dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment with an enhanced opportunity to predict, articulate and process these students’ needs. Better serve international student needs with continued outreach to enhance their student/college experience.
Promote Institutional Success – access, transition, persistence, employment reporting, graduation and completion metrics through effective data driven strategic and financial planning. Develop new program curriculum for regional/local and student needs. Promotion of students’ voices and our alumni who have successfully transitioned. Greater development of an alumni network. Utilization of best practices and transfer-ability of successful programs to other areas or new programs. Greater and more variable student life activities in order to strengthen college connectedness.
Strengthen Internal and External Communications – strategic marketing, business and community outreach, community partner outreach, high school/adult school/early college outreach, promotion of programs and services offered in order to drive or increase enrollment, demonstrating student success, establish a career pathway to assist students in understanding career opportunities. Greater incorporation of advisory board views as a part of the campus decision making processes.
Increase Campus Collaboration – among programs to accomplish mission, helping faculty, staff and administration incorporating student voices into institutional plans. Partnerships with instructional and student services collaborations that are efficient. Business process analysis that supports efficiency and equity for our students. Leveraging technology to increase participation and usability in order to incorporate greater and varied voices.
Enrollment Management Plans
Cañada College Strategic Enrollment Management Plan (update approved by PBC 11.07.2018)
Cañada College Strategic Enrollment Plan (approved by PBC 03.26.2014)
Enrollment Management Committee Members
(approved by PBC 10.17.2018)
- Academic Senate President
- Classified Senate President
- Faculty: 1 from STEM, 1 from CE, and DE Coordinator/Humanities
- Students
- Promise Scholars Program Coordinator
- VPI
- VPSS
- All Instructional Deans
- Dean of Counseling
- Counseling Faculty Member
- Registrar
- Assessment & Placement Office
- Marketing & Outreach
- PRIE Office