December 1, 2016
In accordance with Mississippi House Bill No. 1071 from the 2010 legislative session, East Central Community College in Decatur has released its 2015 Community College Performance Profile, or Report Card. The bill created an Education Achievement Council which was established to set education achievement goals for institutions of higher learning and community and junior colleges in the state and to assist in monitoring progress towards those goals through the preparation of annual institutional and state report cards.
The Community College Report Card, designed to reflect the unique mission of community colleges, incorporates measures closely aligned with the Voluntary Framework of Accountability developed by the American Association of Community Colleges. Therefore, each report card includes information for the specific community/junior college, along with corresponding figures for the state system, which includes all 15 Mississippi community/junior colleges. Information contained in the report includes student enrollment, degrees awarded, student success, student retention, student progress, workforce development information, and GED® and adult basic education statistics, as well as enrollment and success in development or remedial coursework (college readiness).
In the 2015 Community College Report Card, ECCC compared well against state averages in numerous categories. East Central achieved elite status in Total Student Success and Student Progress, or progression towards graduation of full-time, first-time students through two years. ECCC also saw a dramatic increase in completions from 419 to 576 over the previous year.
Overall graduation rate, retention of students in for-credit programs, number of students served through workforce training activities, and developmental mathematics students completing College Algebra were other areas in which ECCC was among the leaders in the state.
In addition, East Central had a positive employment impact in its five-county district of Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, and Winston counties, ranking high in the state in the increase in the number of workforce trainees finding employment and in wages earned by certificate completers.
The 2015 Performance Profile (Report Card) for ECCC can be found on the college’s website at http://www.eccc.edu/consumer-information. In addition, a copy of the 2015 Performance Profile can be obtained from the Office of the President.
