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New Initiatives
- Lead the College in the transformation to a State College, serving students through a variety of baccalaureate degree opportunities.
- Establish an active Alumni Association dedicated to encouraging graduates to support the College’s mission to change lives for the better.
- Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the College’s founding with a 2012 Golden Jubilee.
- Develop and define a partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University, to best utilize the facilities and services of the Charlotte Campus of Edison State College.
- Provide for Student Housing as needed, across the district, for those who seek a residential campus experience at affordable prices.
Enhancing Opportunities for Students
- Create an Alliance for Scholarship Giving comprised of educational leaders and non-profit foundations committed to ensuring that no eligible student is denied a college education due to inability to pay.
- Through community partnerships, expand the HOPE Scholar Program, providing encouragement to all those who might not otherwise have an opportunity to attend college.
- Establish Charter High Schools, Honors Academies and other educational opportunities for college-bound high school students across the district.
- Enhance access to baccalaureate programs in the areas of education, health care, and supervision and management.
- Cultivate partnerships with the five area K-12 districts, creating educational pathways for students through attainment of baccalaureate/graduate degrees.
- Develop student success programs to include a Collegiate Preparatory Institute, First Year Experience Course, and supplemental instruction for several disciplines.
- Create international education opportunities for students and faculty, both at Edison and abroad.
Cultural Enrichment
- Increase the College’s role in cultural leadership. Designate the Lee Campus’ cultural resources, including the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, the Rauschenberg Gallery and the Richard H. Rush Library and exhibit space for art and antiquities, as a Cultural Center, open to the public for purposes of study, education and enjoyment.
- Create a museum on the Lee Campus, with both visiting and permanent collections, to include works by contemporary and modern artists as well as art, antiquities and articles of historic significance and interest.
- Internationalize the curriculum and student body, bringing an appreciation for the cultural and ethnic differences that make up the rich social fabric of the United States.
- Expand the diversity of students and programs in keeping with changing regional demographics.
Facilities
- Build a new Teaching and Learning Center on the Lee Campus.
- Construct a Nursing building on the Lee Campus, with a medical museum and technologically advanced learning laboratories.
- Expand the District’s services by breaking ground for the Curtis Campus in LaBelle.
- At the Collier Campus, build a Health Sciences Hall, an Early Childhood Development Center and, in partnership with the University of Florida, a pediatric dental clinic.
- Pursue a Charlotte County Regional Library on the Charlotte Campus.
- Establish a Cultural Park at the Charlotte Campus.
- Acquire additional land for future development.
Economic and Regional Development
- Increase the College’s role in economic development and service to the area by assisting in the implementation of Regional Economic Development.
- Increase financial assets held in the Edison State College Foundation to provide the resources and scholarship funding necessary to implement the College’s strategic goals and objectives.
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