Kingsborough Community College 2025-2030 Strategic Plan Development Process

Please visit here for access to the College’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan. You may also refer to the City University of New York Strategic Road Map.

KCC is undertaking the development of a Strategic Plan to guide the College during the years 2025-2030. Your participation in that process is welcome. On this page, you’ll find up-to-date information regarding the structure, timeline, and draft goals for the Plan.

The Executive Leadership team is currently requesting volunteers to serve on the committee for each of the five goals, as listed below. Please complete the short survey at the bottom of this page to let us know your interest in serving on a committee; surveys are due by November 1st, 2024.

This page will be updated as the process moves forward. This most recent update was made on October 24, 2024.

Structure:
    • Key leaders
      • Executive Leadership – Suri Duitch, Interim President  
        • Sharon Warren-Cook, Interim Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost
        • Colleen Davy, Dean of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness
        • Thomas DeGrezia,Buildings and Grounds Department, Chair of the College Council Strategic Planning and Budget Committee 
        • Daniel Kane, Assistant Professor, Tourism and Hospitality
        • Amanda Kalin, Director of Curriculum Development and Program Planning
        • Avery Mullen, Registrar
        • Jose Nanin, Professor and Director, Health Sciences Program
        • Simone Rodriguez, Vice President, Workforce Development and Continuing Education
      • Steering Committee – Executive Leadership team members, Department chairs, Senior staff, College Council leaders
      • College Council Strategic Planning and Budget Committee – chair and members
      • Committee chairs and members for each goal
        • Equity/Achievement Gaps
          • Michael Rodriguez (Chair), Program Director, Men's Resource Center
          • Ann Del Principe, Professor and Chairperson of English
          • Andrea Gabbidon-Levene, Director of Pre-Matriculated Programs
          • Brenda Vargas, Director of College Discovery Program
          • Keisha Thompson, Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Human Services and Director of HURFS-RC
          • Kristine Mariano, Lecturer, English and ESL Program Co-Director
          • Lisa Khandhar, Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX and ADA Coordinator
          • Michael Spear, Assistant Professor, History-Philosophy and Political Science
        • Quality Programs
          • Paul Ricciardi (Chair), Professor, Theatre Arts
          • Cynthia Olvina (Chair), Academic Affairs Manager, Vice-Chair College Council and Adjunct Lecturer, Mental Health Program
          • Anupam Pradhan, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
          • Boris Furchin, Doctoral Lecturer, Mathematics and Computer Science
          • Cia Kessler, Instructional Designer and Faculty Development Manager
          • Dorina Tila, Associate Professor, Business
          • Gordon Alley-Young, Dean of Faculty
          • Hun Bok Jung, Assistant Professor, Physical Sciences
          • James Pacello, Doctoral Lecturer, English
          • Mina Abusafe, Senior Academic Advisor
          • Monica Joseph, Associate Professor, Allied Health
        • Retention and Graduation
          • Althea Maduramente (Chair), Director of Access-Ability and Student Wellness Services
          • Michael Weisenfeld (Chair), Academic Resources Center Director
          • Andrew Bartholomew, Student Success Technology Manager
          • Anna Geller-Koplan, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Professional Training
          • Faith Fogelman, Program Director of TRiO Student Support Services
          • Martha Greasley, ASAP Program Director
          • Melissa Jn Pierre, Lecturer, Continuing Education
          • Ryan McKinney, Professor, Theatre Arts, Director of the Theatre Arts Program and Director of KCTL
          • Zuleika Clarke, Academic Student Support Program Director
        • Transfer to Bachelor's
          • Melissa Merced (Chair), Director of Student Life
          • Chanel Bishop, Assistant Dean of Advisement
          • Joseph Verdino, Assistant Professor, Psychology and Area Coordinator for Psychology
          • Juliana Dorcelus, Transfer Manager
          • Scott Cally, Professor and Chair, Communications and Performing Arts
          • Stefan Mallie, Enrollment Registrar Specialist
          • Tian Cai, Lecturer, Mathematics and Computer Science
          • Tommy Mintz, Associate Professor, Art Department
        • Workforce Outcome
          • Dmitry Brogun (Chair), Assistant Professor, Biology
          • Asif Hussain, Assistant Vice President for Information Technology
          • John Acosta, Professor and Director of Media Arts
          • Jonathan Cavalieri, Institutional Effectiveness Manager
          • Karolina Bizik, Director of Continuing Education
          • Marisa Joseph, Student Career Program Director
          • Nathan Cooper, Lecturer, Art
          • Penny Soden, Grants Development Manager and Perkins Grant Officer

Content of Plan:

Definitions:

Values: The overarching principles that guide our work as a College.
Goals: The long-term, overarching outcome that we intend to achieve by the end of the Strategic Plan.
Initiatives: The specific strategies or activities that we will engage in to help us achieve the goal.
Metrics: Data points that can measure the impact of our initiatives toward meeting goals.

    • Draft Values
      • The work of the College in working toward the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan is guided by these values. Our work is:
        • Collaborative, participatory and transparent.
        • Data-informed and technology-supported.
        • Equity-focused and respecting diversity of all types.
        • Maximizing success through operational effectiveness and strategic resource management.
        • Forging community through strategic communication and purposeful relationship building.
    • Draft Goals and example initiatives/metrics
      1. Eliminate race/ethnic achievement gaps :
        • Metrics: Achievement gap in DFWI (“DFWI” refers to grades, i.e. earning a D, F, withdrawing or receiving an incomplete) rates, retention rates, and three-year graduation rates . 
        • Conduct DFWI analyses to identify courses with large gaps in pass rates. 
        • Engage in curriculum/syllabus review to ensure diversity in curriculum. 
        • Utilize Navigate to identify and connect with students at risk of failing a course or dropping out/not returning .
      2. Support students in achieving successful workforce outcomes: 
        • Metrics: Post-graduation employment immediately after, one year after graduation .
        • Create/enhance a workshop series with a curriculum targeting workforce-based skills .
        • Build connections between industry partners and academic programs to embed workforce opportunities in programs .
      3. Prepare students for successful transfer to a four-year institution: 
        • Metrics: Post-graduation transfer rates; percentage of credits transferring to baccalaureate major, Assessment of General Education Student Learning Outcomes.*
        • Increase use of T-Rex to help students develop an academic plan to lead to successful transfer of credits toward their bachelor’s degree. 
        • Bolster advisement to provide support for students in transfer pathways .
      4. Improve student retention and timely graduation:
        • Metrics: One-semester and one-year retention rates .
        • Increase coordination and communication between advisement and faculty. 
        • Enhance Student Affairs programming to proactively engage with students.  
        • Build a first-year program that sets students up for success and encourages one-semester and one-year retention.  
      5. Support high-quality academic programs that support students’ goals and the needs of the community 
        • Metrics: New academic programs launched, Student Learning Outcomes Assessment results.* 

        • Emphasize best practices in pedagogy and curriculum development. 

        • Build connections between industry needs and curriculum priorities. 

 

Projected Timeline:

  

Presentation of process, structure and potential goals.

Convocation - 9/19/24

KCC Strategic Plan web page goes live – comments solicited.

9/19

Executive leadership finalizes goals with input from Strategic Planning and Budget Committee.

10/7

Committees appointed for each goal, charged with developing proposed initiatives and metrics to measure progress on those initiatives.

11/2

Committees charged and begin meeting.

Late November

Committees submit proposed initiatives.

1/12/2025

Committees submit proposed metrics.

2/10/2025

Draft plan presented to college community - spring convocation. Feedback sought through web page comments, town halls and focus groups.

March and April

College Council reviews and considers plan for adoption.

April and May

Final version created.

June-August