Adjunct Faculty Resources

Welcome to a new academic year, with many exciting initiatives underway in Academic Affairs and Institutional Research & Effectiveness.  This website will provide you with valuable information on Palm Beach Community College and support services available to you as an adjunct faculty member. The links on the right provide quick access to popular topics while the links on the left contain campus-specific information.

News for October 2007

Student Assessments Online
No more hunting for pencils! This Fall marks the full implementation of student assessments online. PBCC is one of the first higher education institutions in Florida to administer student assessments of courses and faculty in a completely online manner. This was the result of a partnership between the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness and Information Technology. This will allow information to be collected in a much more timely and cost efficient way and get valuable information back to the departments more quickly. Please click here to learn more about online student assessments.

Program Health Indicators and Program Review

To ensure that programs at the college are current and needed, PBCC has developed a program review process that looks at many different levels of information about programs. This fall, associate deans will be working with faculty and staff to examine program data we term "program health indicators." These data look at program enrollments, graduates, student success rates and other indicators. The reports submitted by the associate deans will help us target areas that need improvement with specific action plans. Please click here to visit the program review website or click here to go directly to the program health indicators data.  

Baccalaureate Degree Application

PBCC has submitted its application to offer a Baccalaureate of Applied Science degree in Supervision & Management to the Department of Education (DOE). The DOE will review the application and the State Board of Education will review for approval at the January or February meeting. If approval is granted, the college will then apply to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to become a baccalaureate degree granting institution (Level II). The current projected timeline has the degree starting in August 2009.

State and National Information and Articles:

Rankings help Community Colleges and their Students...from Inside Higher Ed.com...click here to read the article.

Like it or not, remediation is important...from Community College Times...click here to read the article.

Early leaks in the pipeline for students needing College Prep Math...from Fast Facts, Florida Department of Education...click here to read the article.

Facts and Figures about PBCC:  

• Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of PBCC's student population.
  
• Santaluces High School in Lantana sends more students to PBCC than any other high school in Palm Beach County. Royal Palm Beach High School came in second.
  
• Most PBCC Associate in Arts graduates attend Florida Atlantic University, followed by the University of Central Florida.

This website was created by Christine Dansby as part of a project as a scholar for the LEAP program at PBCC - click here to learn more about LEAP.