Last Updated:
Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Antelope Valley Higher Education Consortium: Plans & Achievements
- Increase productivity and information-sharing, decrease duplication of effort, and leverage resources of partners in helping community access higher education
- Identify areas that crossover where we can have great impacts
- Develop a calendar of planned events for the year
- Coordinate information on deadlines and calendars
- Coordinate outreach efforts/events
- Develop/identify a central website
- Share data to make strategic decisions
- Provide information and tools to others…Coordinate professional development activities for counselors, etc/ both with large and small groups
- Identify geographic target area
- Increase knowledge base of region
- Produce annual report of accomplishments
- Seek recognition and additional resources for coordinated efforts, scholarships and other financial aide through endowments, fund-raising, grants
- Consolidate information on articulation, dual enrollment, transfer programs
- Share information on higher education to adults, high school students, and those who serve K-8 students
- Build a central “clearinghouse” for higher information, including options within the Antelope Valley
- Communications/ translations for all outreach as needed; Outreach to the community by providing translated written and oral information
- Provide information about courses to take
- Provide financial information on affordability of college
- Develop links to excite students about careers, but make sure they promote academic background
- Participate in high school orientations—work with high school freshmen
- Build pathways from high school through community college through 4 yr. programs
- Plan community information and outreach events
- Provide information to parents about college requirements, benefits, guidance, career fields, financial aid, California Higher educations system
- Link with economic development, businesses, and elected officials in the community with vested interest in well-educated workforce
- Assist businesses in meeting labor market needs
- Increase involvement of business in the partnership
- Identify the on-going higher education needs of community to be part of job-creation support effort for region
- Identify and promote careers in fields with shortages, i.e. teachers, engineering, childcare, nurses. Aerospace, social workers
