Agenda Item: VI. A.

DATE: January 26, 2017

SUBJECT: Cleveland State Community College Master Plan

ACTION RECOMMENDED: Approval

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Master plans provide an opportunity for long-range planning that incorporates the

institution’s needs and ambitions, while also providing the public and state

government a sense for how the institution might evolve over time. Whether the

acquisition of strategic property, the need for and efficient use of facilities, or an

analysis of how the campus footprint meshes with the surrounding community,

master plans provide a method of anticipating and preparing for the future needs of

the campus and the students it serves. THEC encourages institutions to produce a

master plan every five years.

MASTER PLAN SUMMARY

Cleveland State Community College is among the smallest of Tennessee’s

community colleges, enrolling 3,530 students (headcount) and 2,413 (FTE) in Fall

2015 across its main campus in Cleveland and leased satellite campuses in Athens

and Madisonville. Sizemore Group, a regional planning and design firm, used the

THEC Space Model, campus input, and local and regional demographic data to

develop the Master Plan. The College has exceeded the growth projections in the

previous Master Plan and has recently completed a Strategic Plan. Of the 11

buildings on campus, five are original and are approaching 50 years of age with no

major renovation projects completed. The infrastructure systems (data/phone,

power, lighting, HVAC, and others) are deteriorating and lack capacity. Access to Wi-

Fi across campus and compliance with ADA are concerns for students, faculty, and

staff. The campus has significant size and functional deficits in lab/studio space,

open labs, and offices, with a projected gross square footage need of 56,000 after

facility demolition and expansion. The Master Plan calls for the demolition of the

Career Education facility and construction of a new facility to house academic

programs in the health sciences, classrooms, and offices. The Master Plan also calls

for major renovations to aging facilities, infrastructure improvements, and

development of the campus grounds, including land use, landscaping, and signage.

RECOMMENDATION

The 2016 Cleveland State Master Plan provides a comprehensive yet flexible plan to

guide the College for the next three decades. It has been thoroughly reviewed and

THEC staff recommend it for approval.

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Cleveland State Community College serves the areas of Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, and Monroe Counties. The main campus is on a 80.62-acre site in Cleveland with other locations in Athens and Madisonville as noted on Map 3. This master plan comes at a time when the college has exceeded the growth projected in the previous plan having reached 2,370 FTE / 3,509 HC in 2015. It is grounded on a recently completed Strategic Plan that focused on identifying and respond-ing to the speci�c needs of the community, a key to success for a community college. As a result, including a demographic study was essential. Thus, the �ndings and recommendations of this master plan address the convergence of physical and programmatic needs with occupation and industry needs.

The main campus in Cleveland sits between relatively steep terrain, I-75 and residential areas as seen on Map 1. Opportunities for growth are limited to primarily across Adkisson. First established in the mid 1960’s, it has eleven buildings today. The original �ve buildings are approaching the 50 year old mark, and have not received any major capital improvement since original-ly built. As a result, most systems and materials have reached the end of their useful life, as do portions of the site infrastructure. Due to further constraints of their size, con�guration and layout, most of these buildings don’t meet the functional needs of certain programs, particularly in the science / health / technol-ogy areas, nor do they lend themselves to all state of art classroom settings.

The demographic study looked at quanti�able data: population numbers and physical locations. It revealed that in the last �ve years, over 80% of the students enrolled come from within a very compact area surrounding the main campus as illustrated on Map 3. The study also looked at qualitative information in the form of surveys and interviews with industry / employ-ers, combined with on the ground input from local partners. This was used to optimize the baseline enrollment growth projection by:

• Aggressively competing to increase penetration rate of strongest programs that are in most demand. (Nursing and Health Sciences)• Introducing new programs to increase interest. Examples could be wildlife and conservation• Seizing the opportunity to improve retention via the Education Pathways (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) program.• Simultaneously, improving capture of age 30 - 44 cohort for the next �ve years and then shift back and to improve the capture of age 17-20 cohort in the years 2020 -2025.

Cleveland State Community CollegeMaster Plan Executive Summary

Existing Conditions

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Student Locations (2011 -2015) Aggregated by ZIP Code

Student Locations (2011 -2015) Aggregated by County

Map 2

Map 3 - Blue line represents student enrollment area where 80% of students come from

Out of this came an enrollment scenario of 3220 FTE/ 4600 HC used to arrive at future space requirements. Those indicate a need for additional space, particularly in the area of laboratories. This is not taking into consideration the condition of the facilities. Because of the physical condition and the challenges of the layout, this plan suggests the demolition of one facility, Career Education, which combined with the need above, creates a de�cit of approximately 50,000 gsf to be met in a New Facility. In addition the Master Plan Recom-mends:

• Development of a continuous loop road around the campus and a strategy that minimizes con�icts between vehicles and pedestrians

• A new formal campus entrance and improved parking layout to better access One Stop Shop.

• Major renovations, address technology, complete upgrade of systems and allow for the use of new pedagogical methods and equipment.

• Storm, sanitary, and data infrastructure improve-ments

• Development of a "greener" feel for the campus

• Land Use strategies that focus on the edges of campus, views to and from the highway, leveraging the topography and connecting across Adkisson

• Landscape strategies that optimize native plants and the inherent wooded character of the campus

• Future development of strategy to relocate Athens Program

Master Plan

2015 2020 2025Total Total Athens Total Athens

FTE 2370 118% 2800 250 115% 3220 250Headcount 3509 114% 4000 750 115% 4600 750

Faculty 71 100% 71 2 115% 82 2Staff 152 100% 152 7 115% 175 7Adjunct 130

WSCH 17575 115% 20211 115% 23243

Classroom 5699 115% 6554 115% 7537Lab 11876 115% 13657 115% 15706

Map 4