Inside ICC
Blueprint For The Future
We must increase student success.
We must demonstrate that students are prepared for the workplace or transfer.
We must attract and retain a diverse student body and employee group.
We must provide service that surpasses expectations.
We must make college affordable and accessible.
We must work with K-12 to strengthen our students’ ability to succeed at ICC.
We must employ and support people who are committed to a positive experience for students and their colleagues.
We must institutionalize a Six Sigma culture and philosophy.
During 2001-2002, many people inside and outside of ICC contributed their thoughts and suggestions to what the future of ICC should be.
These people include community members, employers, high school students, counselors and teachers, superintendents, our own students, faculty, and staff.
The Comprehensive Planning Committee reviewed all this information, as well as hundreds of pages of reports and data. Then, based on all this information, we were charged with deciding what kind of future ICC should have.
In creating our future, we have three choices:
- Settle - choose to settle by taking a cautious and conservative approach (Our students come away from ICC thinking, "Well, you can't expect much from a community college.")
- Satisfy - meet the basic needs of our students and community (Our students come away from ICC thinking, "Well, that's about what I would expect from a community college.")
- Surprise - create an experience for our students, employees, and customers that "surprises" each by giving them programs, services, and activities so well-done that they are surprised and delighted (Our students come away thinking, "Wow! I never would have expected this much from a community college... or any college!")
Illinois Central College is committed to a future that "surprises" our students, employees, and community. We don't think "settling" or "satisfying" is enough. This document reflects our best effort to create priorities that cause us to "stretch". We believe that these priorities will take us to a level of excellence that we haven't dreamed of or achieved before. We are confident that we, the people of ICC, can create this future.
Our Blueprint for the Future focuses on eight priorities.
These priorities were developed as a result of the data gathered from interviews, surveys and reports from our community, employees, and students. Each priority is broken down into broad based goals that answer the question, "What things do we need to do to make our priority areas a reality?" Action steps appear as bullets. These are the specific things we need to do in order to achieve our broad-based goals.