We Propose--Ideas from off-campus constituents to strengthen Hesston College
A total of 64 recommendations
along with a rationale were gathered at the 21 meetings that were held.
These comments as written are presented in the last 4 pages of this summary.
They have been grouped by the main themes that emerged and somewhat
along the administrative lines of responsibility within the college.
The following themes
emerged and have been used to group the recommendations:
- Institutional - Broad recommendations that would
require new institutional initiatives.
- Marketing - Recommendations related to admissions
and recruitment and financial aid.
- Student Life - Recommendations in regards to campus
life and personal development of students.
- Development/Alumni-Church Relationships -
Recommendations in regards to developing the resources needed at the college
and relationships with the alumni and church.
- Academic Program Offerings - Recommendations in
regard to programs that exist or new programs that might be considered.
- Academic Extension - Distance Learning / Service
Opportunities - Recommendations in regards to how the academic programs
can reach out to those not being served and how the programs can connect so
service/learning opportunities.
- Academic Cross Cultural / Diversity Emphasis -
Recommendations related to educating students in regards to the broader
world through cross cultural and diversity experiences.
The distribution of the comments among these themes is as follows:
| Recommendations | Percent | |||
| 1. | Institutional | 5 |
8% |
|
| 2. | Marketing | 11 |
17% |
|
| 3. | Student Life | 3 |
5% |
|
| 4. | Development | 6 |
9% |
|
| 5. | Academic - Program Offerings | 19 |
30% |
|
| 6. | Academic - Extension/Service | 10 |
16% |
|
| 7. | Academic - Cross Cultural/Diversity | 10 |
16% |
|
Total |
64 |
100% |
The highest number of recommendations
coming from the meetings is related to the Academic area with 62% of the comments.
Second is marketing with 17%. The other areas don't have as high percentages but do
have some major directional implications for the college and broader church.
Assessment of these recommendations
would need to be done in the context of the mission of the church and the college and
the feasibility of carrying these out in regards to programmatic options.