2024 – 2029 Strategic Plan
We aim to provide an education for a lifetime that will prepare individuals to thrive and adapt in an ever-changing world. The strategic plan looks beyond the day-to-day work at the college and envisions a future closer to achieving our vision and better than where we are today. It fosters a dynamic and inclusive learning environment, aligns our goals, targets improvements, and further improves the quality of education and experience for students.
Mission
Casper College is a public, comprehensive two-year institution with a primary focus on student success that provides learning opportunities to enrich the lives of our students and community.
Vision
Casper College strives to provide an education for a lifetime that will prepare individuals to thrive and adapt in an ever-changing world.
Values
In support of our college and community mission, Casper College holds the following core values:
- Integrity — Hard work, accountability, trust, open communication, and respect.
- People — Growth, support, personal development, and positive relationships.
- Diversity — Thought, culture, and experience.
- Forward Thinking — Intentional, innovative, and sustainable planning in the pursuit of excellence.
- Community — Partnership and service.
2024-2029 Priorities and Strategies
Student Enrollment, Retention, and Success
We are focused on empowering students to achieve their personal and professional goals at any stage of life.
- Maintain and increase enrollment.
- Increase student retention.
- Increase student completions.
- Demonstrate positive outcomes of a Casper College education.
Program Development and Innovation
We are committed to demonstrating the value of Casper College by ensuring our programs are accessible, relevant, and responsive to the evolving needs of our students, communities, and the global workforce.
- Ensure academic program relevancy.
- Develop and evolve programs to continue our role as a
comprehensive community college. - Enhance experiential learning opportunities for students.
Community Outreach and Educational Partnerships
We aim to partner with our community in serving the comprehensive educational needs for individuals, companies, and government.
- Promote Casper College in our larger community.
- Pursue opportunities for expanded college advocacy and outreach.
- Enhance our partnership with Natrona County School District.
Employee Engagement
We aim to cultivate a workplace that is not only rewarding but also inspirational where employees feel valued, supported, and motivated to excel in their roles.
- Recruit talented employees.
- Retain talented employees.
- Cultivate an environment for continuous learning and growth for employees.
Guiding us is our belief and practice of putting students first at Casper College.
We can say students come first at Casper College but you’ll have to experience it to understand what it truly means. We are intentional about putting students at the center of our work and passions. We aim to provide a transformative educational experience for students by empowering their minds and nurturing their potential where they feel that they are part of a community that is passionate about helping them to learn, grow and succeed at college.
Student enrollment, retention and success.
Casper College is committed to empowering students to achieve their dreams at any stage of life. By focusing on enrollment growth, higher retention, and increased graduation rates, we aim to create a supportive environment where students thrive. With clear goals and innovative tools like outcome dashboards, we are enhancing the impact of a Casper College education—ensuring every student’s journey leads to success and meaningful opportunities. Together, we’re building brighter futures!
| Strategy | Goal | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Maintain and increase enrollment. | Increase enrollment by 2% over the previous year. |  |
| Increase student retention. | Increase fall-to-fall retention for full time students from 61% to 65% and for part time students from 31% to 41%. |  |
| Increase student completions. | Increase graduation rate from 39% to 45%. | |
| Demonstrate positive outcomes of a Casper College education. | Identify, define and measure student outcomes. | |
| Create universal dashboards that measure key outcomes. | |
Program Development and Innovation
Casper College is dedicated to delivering accessible, relevant, and forward-thinking programs that empower students and meet the ever-changing demands of our communities and the global workforce. By ensuring academic excellence, evolving as a comprehensive community college, and enriching experiential learning opportunities, we prepare students to thrive in their careers and make a lasting impact in the world.
| Strategy | Goal | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ensure academic program relevancy. | Improve the process for evaluating the relevance of academic programs (credit). | |
| Develop and evolve programs to continue our role as a comprehensive community college. | Improve the process for evaluating the relevance of current noncredit programs. | |
| Apply academic program relevance process to potential and new programs not currently offered. | | |
| Enhance experiential learning opportunities for students. | Conduct an assessment of experiential learning activities that help students develop their skills and knowledge in their chosen areas of study. | |
| Implement new experiential learning opportunities. | |
Community Outreach and Educational Partnerships
Casper College is committed to strengthening our community through dynamic educational partnerships. By promoting the college’s impact, expanding outreach, and fostering collaboration throughout the community, we aim to serve the diverse needs of individuals, businesses, and government. Together, we create opportunities, inspire growth, and build a brighter future for our region.
| Strategy | Goal | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Promote Casper College in our larger community. | Identify and report community engagement activities currently in place. |  |
| Pursue opportunities for expanded college advocacy and outreach. | Create a service offered by each academic school that connects students to opportunities for internships, jobs, and experiential learning opportunities in the community. | |
| Identify opportunities for expanding community partnerships. | | |
| Enhance our partnership with Natrona County School District. | Identify ways to enhance our partnership. | |
| Increase the number of students who were enrolled in the BOCES program that enroll at Casper College after high school graduation from 44.1 to 49%. | |
Employee Engagement
Casper College is committed to creating an inspiring and rewarding workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. By attracting and retaining top talent and fostering an environment of continuous learning and professional growth, we ensure our team is motivated to excel. Together, we build a culture of excellence that drives the success of our students and our community.
| Strategy | Goal | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Recruit talented employees. | Maintain a competitive compensation structure and implement annual review of the structure. | |
| Retain talented employees. | Conduct “Stay” interviews with full time employees. | |
| Implement a leadership development education program for current managerial leaders. | | |
| Implement Leadership Casper College program for current and aspiring leaders. | | |
| Cultivate an environment for continuous learning and growth for employees. | Create a Center for Training, Learning and Assessment (CTLA) that focuses on faculty learning, innovation and effectiveness. |  |
| Rename and organize the Center for Excellence to focus on non-teaching learning and development to benefit all employees and their development. |  |