Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIV, Issue I Spring 2020 | Page 21

COLLEGE
UPDATE
BRIDGE TO SUCCESS: THE COLLEGE
READINESS EXPERIENCE
Pasco-Hernando State College is implementing a Quality
Enhancement Plan (QEP) focused on student success
as part of a decennial accreditation reaffirmation with
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). PHSC’s QEP,
Bridge to Success: The College Readiness Experience,
focuses on improving student success by providing
engaging, meaningful and relevant learning experiences
in four specific areas of college readiness: problem
solving, intellectual openness, time management and
persistence for first-time-in-college students.
The Bridge to Success consists of a three-credit course
and a series of activities designed to increase success
rates in introductory college-credit bearing courses, and
increase first-year retention and completion rates.
“College constituents from all levels—faculty, staff,
students, administrators, District Board of Trustees,
and the community—have been involved in the
development of this experience,” said Misty Price, Ph.D.,
Professor, Accounting, and QEP Director and Chair,
QEP Development and Implementation Committee. “We
expect great success for students who complete this
experience.”
The Bridge to Success: The College Readiness
Experience will be piloted at each campus in the spring
2020 semester.
ONE COLLEGE • ONE TEAM • ONE SYSTEM
WITH CAMPUSNEXUS ®
Campus Management and Pasco-Hernando State
College (PHSC) have partnered to transform the
College with a modern, cloud-based student platform
for enabling students to achieve academic and career
success in today’s global society. To elevate the higher
education learning experience for students and faculty,
PHSC selected the Campus Management full suite of
CampusNexus ® solutions, including CampusNexus
Engage, CampusNexus Student, CampusNexus
Finance, HR & Payroll, and CampusNexus Occupation
Insight.
“As we embark on this technology evolution, we are
excited to reimagine new ways for our institution to
deliver the education and skills necessary to enhance
our local, state and global economy,” said Timothy
L. Beard, Ph.D., PHSC President. “The enterprise-
wide, efficient platform, CampusNexus, will transform
how PHSC engages its students in ways that build
meaningful relationships that support their success.”
The CampusNexus platform will become a single-source
of truth for faculty and staff across the institution and
enables more meaningful and effective student outreach
and connection. The solutions have a variety of benefits
to students and faculty that transform operational
efficiency and academic delivery at an institution.
“As more digital natives enter the Florida College
System, they require more intuitive technology that
allows them to find the answers they need quickly, so
they can spend more time focusing on their education,”
said Campus Management CEO Jim Milton.
The Campus Management team visited PHSC to host
demonstrations and informational overviews collegewide
and deep dive sessions with College teams from
academic affairs, student affairs, human resources
and finance, as well as subject matter experts. System
mapping and configuration will be underway in the next
few months, with an expected rollout of the new system
in 2021. PHSC is one college and one team, and with
this new enterprise resource planning platform, it will
have one system.
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