Enrollment Management
Goals
The EMP is organized around the following 3 goals and associated strategies and tactics
to help us achieve a 12% enrollment increase.
Goal 1: Strengthen MC’s Market Position
Goal 2: Improve Outcomes from Access to Enrollment
Goal 3: Address and Improve MC’s Rates of Student Success, Retention, and Completion
Purpose
The opportunity to redefine a more dynamic student experience and to reverse downward
enrollment trends motivate our call to action to develop and implement an enrollment management plan (EMP) (PDF, 
) . The EMP aligns the college’s academic, administrative, co-curricular, fiscal, and
enrollment resources with the mission and vision to ensure the college’s long-term
enrollment success and fiscal resilience. The EMP also aligns with and is responsive
to the college’s transformational aspirations, strategic plan, and other institutional
priorities. Implementing the EMP requires cross-campus and cross-functional participation
and collaboration for success. It is with a sense of urgency that develop a bold enrollment
goal – to achieve a 12% average increase in enrollment by the end of FY25.
Whether explicitly or implicitly, everyone’s work impacts enrollment and student success.
Reports, Resources, and Articles
- Transformational Aspirations
- Strategic Plan
- Student Enrollment
- MCPS 5-Year Fall Enrollment (PDF, )
- Fiscal Year Headcounts: 10 year (PDF, )
- 2022 Student Success Score Card (PDF, )
- 2022 Performance Accountability Report (PDF, )
- 2023 Data Summit
- FTEIC Retention Into Spring: Predictive Factors & a Spotlight on Encounters Documented
with Counseling and Advising Faculty (PDF, )
- FTEIC Retention Into Spring: A Spotlight on Financial Aid (PDF, )
- AA Degree Recipients in the Maryland Economy (PDF, )
- Federal Student Aidnew window
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)new window
- National Student Clearinghouse Research Centernew window
- Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)new window
- Maryland Association of Community Colleges (MACC) Databooksnew window
- 7 Things You Should Know About Enrollment Managementnew window
- Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data (PDF, )
- The Complex Nature of Student Retention at America’s Community Collegesnew window
- Improving Community College Completion Rates by Addressing Structural and Motivational Barriersnew window
- A Promising Model to Boost Retention for Part Time Studentsnew window
- Community Colleges Have a Completion Problemnew window
- Increasing the Enrollment, Retention, and Success of Men of Color in Community Collegesnew window
- The Economic Value of America’s Community Colleges (PDF, )
- How Colleges Can Communicate Students Sense of Belongingnew window
- Students’ Sense of Belonging Matters: Evidence From Three Studiesnew window
- 9 Ways to Elevate First-Generation Student Supportnew window
- Special Challenges and Support for First-Generation Community College Studentsnew window
Contact
We welcome your thoughts and ideas about enrollment management. Please email kimberly.mcnair@montgomerycollege.edu your thoughts to inform our enrollment management work.