College Strategic Enrollment Plan 2024 - 2027
Phoenix College’s 2024–2027 Strategic Enrollment Management Plan outlines a focused, data-driven approach to attracting, enrolling, retaining, and graduating more students. Built in alignment with MCCCD priorities and the Phoenix College Strategic Plan, the plan strengthens recruitment pipelines, deepens community and industry partnerships, enhances student persistence through Guided Pathways, and accelerates timely completion. Together, these initiatives position Phoenix College to expand access, improve outcomes, and meet the evolving educational needs of our community.
SSEM College Goal 1.1: MCCCD attracts, recruits, engages, and enrolls more students.
Activity 1.1.A: Identify and achieve college-determined optimal enrollment targets no later than June 30, 2027.
Assess, identify, and achieve annual optimal disaggregated enrollment targets by partner high schools, including Phoenix College Preparatory Academy by the end of each Spring term.
Assess, identify, and achieve optimal enrollment targets for each partner high school for early college programs (ACE, Hoop, Dual, and Concurrent) by the end of each Spring term.
Assess, develop, and achieve coherent pathways for each partner high school, aligned with HS CTE and academic offerings to increase equitable access to concurrent and dual offerings for underserved high schools.
Assess, identify, and achieve annual optimal disaggregated enrollment targets for non-traditional students (e.g. some college/no degree, ESL, continuing education)by the end of each Spring term.
SSEM College Goal 1.1: MCCCD attracts, recruits, engages, and enrolls more students.
Activity 1.1.B: Identify and achieve college-determined optimal enrollment targets resulting from business and community partnerships, demonstrating community connectedness to bolster student success no later than June 30, 2027.
Create an inventory of existing business and community partnerships where PC provides training and education.
Identify a plan to develop additional strategic partnerships with external organizations that serve the community’s needs.
Leverage new and sustain existing business and community partnerships based upon industry demand and college capacity each Spring term that capitalizes on optimal enrollment targets.
SSEM College Goal 2.1: MCCCD retains and supports students to reach their academic, personal, and/or professional goals.
Activity 2.1.A: Identify and achieve college-determined optimal retention rates no later than June 30, 2027.
Increase the percentage of students persisting Fall to Fall from 55% to 60%.
Leverage and expand high-impact practices to increase the percentage of new to college students completing college-level Math within their first year from 41% to 60%.
Leverage and expand high-impact practices to increase the percentage of new to college students completing college-level English within their first year from 57% to 70%.
Maximize student outcomes by improving success rates in online courses from 71% to 77%.
SSEM College Goal 2.1: MCCCD retains and supports students to reach their academic, personal, and/or professional goals.
Activity 2.1.B: Phoenix College will continue the implementation of the Guided Pathways redesign and framework for increased student persistence and the enhancement of effectiveness in improving outcomes.
Support phased development and deployment of Ad Astra strategic scheduling software to inform class schedules beginning Fall 2025.
In partnership with faculty colleagues, particularly Field of Interest Leads, increase the number of students assigned an advisor in SIS from 78% to 82% no later than June 30, 2027 to facilitate case management advisement.
Increase the number of new students participating in new student experiences (e.g. Bear Trax, My College Orientation, First Year Experience Course) by 20% no later than June 30, 2027.
Increase access to work-based experiences (WBEs) ensuring that 100% of students participate in at least one WBE during their time at PC no later than June 30, 2027.
SSEM College Goal 3.1: MCCCD graduates and transfers more students.
Activity 3.1.A: Identify and achieve college-determined optimal completion rates by June 30, 2027.
Reduce the average campus-wide number of credits obtained for Associate’s Degree graduates from 84.9 credits to 75 credits.
Reduce the campus-wide annual median years to graduate from 5.3 years to 4.3 years.
Develop and implement strategies to close performance gaps identified through Program Review.
Increase successful course completion rates from 78% to 83%.
Increase the percentage of students who within three years complete an award from 12 to 16 and who transfer from 12 to 16.