"The results of Dr. McIntyre's facilities and learning study were presented to Austin Community College's Board of Trustees. His emphasis on analysis and clear presentation of methodology helped board members better understand the issues facing the college in terms of meeting future enrollment expectations with facilities that meet student needs. By comparing the College's situation to national benchmarks, he demonstrated the importance of rethinking our traditional facilities and the planning models that had been used. These ideas were incorporated into the Comprehensive Master Plan that was developed and will drive decisions for the next five years.
Dr. McIntyre brings a thorough understanding of community colleges and the issues we face. He is equally skilled at making sure that colleges identify the key concerns that are specific to their situation and in developing research projects that will provide real and significant insights as to how those can be resolved. These, in conjunction with his technical expertise, ensure the value of his services and products to the colleges with whom he works."
Martha Oburn
Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
Austin Community College
"Austin Community College worked with Chuck McIntyre of Computer-Aided Planning in 2002 to develop 10- and 15-year scenarios for enrollment growth and facilities needs. This collaborative process involved campus managers, administrators and facilities staff, and took six months to complete. Chuck has a unique approach to educational planning that makes the process easy to understand and relatively simple to implement.
The result of our work together is both a snapshot of possible futures for the College and a dynamic planning tool. Without Chuck's systematic approach and rigorous program, we would have had a much more difficult time modeling our growth. The investment of time and resources made by the College will pay dividends for years to come."
Dick Fonte
President
Austin Community College
"I have known Dr. McIntyre for several years and he has been a consultant to Riverside Community College at least twice during the last 10 years. He is a delightful person to work with, and gets a lot accomplished for the institution. He is the type of consultant who will easily become a friend. Needless to say, he is much appreciated and admired at Riverside Community College by faculty, administrators and student groups. His professionalism and sense of accomplishment are unimpeachable.
Dr. McIntyre's Environmental Scan and Enrollment Simulation and Planning reports for Riverside Community College District provide a strong foundation for our strategic planning efforts. The District enrollment modeling and market penetration analyses promote better understanding of the populations we serve, or may not be serving, as well as an increased awareness of the sensitivity of these enrollment markets to changes in District policy. Together with the environment scanning report, which details labor market and other environmental trends, these studies provide a solid information base to support our efforts toward developing quality education, training, and career opportunities for our service population.
Lastly, our staff appreciated the opportunity to work with Dr. McIntyre. His knowledge of community colleges and educational issues, and his accessible and responsive style, made for an enjoyable and enlightening partnership."
Salvatore G. Rotella
President, Riverside Community College
"On behalf of the Michigan Community College Data and Evaluation Committee (MCCDEC) and the colleges' state office as well, I'd like to thank you for your excellent work on the Enrollment Simulation and Planning study. Not only did you answer the vexing questions we had about our enrollment trends and their causes, but also you provided us with a fresh look at the issues of uneven community college market penetration across Michigan and inadequate access for individuals who live outside the boundaries of organized districts.
Your presentation of study findings to the 28 community college presidents was quite informative. And, we also appreciated your workshops for college staff on the model software that you use to explain enrollment fluctuation and forecast future enrollments. The workshops were well-attended, and the way you tied the model into the general framework of community college strategic planning was particularly helpful for both planners and researchers. While quite sophisticated, the model software proves to be very user-friendly."
James Folkening
Executive Director,
State Office of Michigan Community Colleges
"Thank you for making a major contribution to our new 2020 Vision Strategic Plan through the outstanding work you did on environmental scanning, enrollment projection simulations, and facilities planning. Your research helped us identify planning issues as well as strategic goals and priorities. You were an invaluable member of our planning team and everyone thoroughly enjoyed working with you."
Bill Fedderson
President, Mt. San Antonio College
"Staff refer frequently to your report (Enrollment Simulation and Planning for Lansing Community College); the final version of the report will be used in our strategic planning at the operating level. And, we will use (your) forecasting model in planning for decisions about tuition and fee changes and other issues, with an eye on what is going on outside the college.
Your report also has been a tremendous teaching tool for the executive and other staff here at Lansing. Everyone who has read it has learned from it."
Pat Keir
(former) Executive Vice President and Provost, Lansing Community College
"Your work (Study of Maricopa Tuition and Fees) stimulated people (at Maricopa) to think more about the impact of tuition and fee increases. Before, they had used it (tuition and fees) as a 'plug,' to be used after other revenues were determined...then 'backed into.' This new discussion led to a proposed long-range policy for the district."
Debby Thompson
Chief Business Officer, Maricopa Community College District
"Your report (Study of Enrollment at Pima College) has precipitated discussion and we will use it during the next two years to help us forecast enrollments and to help us in our work to plan and manage enrollments...we are reviewing it (the report) and it is beginning to be useful.
Our recent enrollment decline seems to have been due to a lack of investment in evening programs, as you point out in your report. We have turned this around, and, as a result of this and other initiatives, are beginning to grow again, rapidly, as you predicted."
John Cabose
Vice Chancellor, Pima Community College
"On behalf of the faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Trustees of Compton Community College I would like to say thank you for the excellent presentation you made at our recent Leadership Retreat. Your discussion of trends of importance to California Community Colleges in general and Compton Community College in particular was both insightful and informative.
A major expectation for the Retreat was that we would come together as a group and set forth a dialogue, which would facilitate the examination of the institutional direction for the college. Thanks to your words of wisdom we have a better understanding of the need to prepare for both the aging Baby Boomer as well as the Tidal Wave II - Baby Boom Echo generations."
Ulis Williams
President/Superintendent, Compton Community College
"On behalf of the faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Trustees of Compton Community College I would like to say thank you for the excellent presentation you made at our recent Leadership Retreat. Your discussion of trends of importance ... was both insightful and informative. A major expectation for the Retreat was that we would come together as a group and set forth a dialogue, which would facilitate the examination of the institutional direction for the college. Thanks to your words of wisdom we have a better understanding of the need to prepare for both the aging Baby Boomer as well as the Tidal Wave 11 - Baby Boom Echo generations."
Ulis Williams, President/Superintendent
Compton Community College.
"Your work (study of Maricopa tuition and fees) stimulated people (at Maricopa) to think more about the impact of tuition and fee increases. Before, they had used it (tuition and fees) as a 'plug,' to be used after other revenues were determined ... then 'backed into.' This new discussion led to a proposed long-range policy for the district."
Debby Thompson, Chief Business Officer
Maricopa Community College District
"Your report (Study of Enrollment at Pima College) has precipitated discussion and we will use it during the next two years to help us forecast enrollments and to help us in our work to plan and manage enrollments...we are reviewing it (the report) and it is beginning to be useful."
"Our recent enrollment decline seems to have been due to a lack of investment in evening programs, as you point out in your report. We have turned this around, and, as a result of this and other initiatives, are beginning to grow again, rapidly (as you have predicted)."
John Cabose
Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Planning and Management Pima Community College
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