Passed Oct. 25, 2023
- Accreditation. Continue working with the president and the college to address accreditation recommendations and maintain compliance with all accreditation standards, especially those for which NIC was cited for non-compliance in NWCCU’s communications and return to good standing.
- Community Engagement. Strive to enhance the Governing Board's reputation with the greater community served by the community college.
- Monitoring and Oversight. Continue to monitor college’s progress toward meeting the community’s needs and the accomplishment of established goals, through consistent, timely, and accurate information and presentations provided to the board at regularly scheduled meetings and special study sessions.
- Educational Quality and Student Success.Ensure and support academic excellence, student success, and a campus climate that welcomes the free expression of diverse thoughts by employees and students.
- Financial Responsibility.Ensure a sustainable economic future for NIC through policy, monitoring, and adoption of a strategy to maintain accreditation and financial stability for the community college.
- Board Effectiveness. Realizing the serious work facing NIC, and the need for the Board to improve its culture to achieve college, presidential, and board goals, the board will take bold actions to transform itself into a high functioning unit by fully understanding and implementing best practices for board governance through personal professional development as well as targeted study group sessions.
Key Actions
- Establish clear, mutually agreed upon goals for the president and create a relationship for achievement of same.
- In accordance with Board policy 2.02.01: Presidential Authority, respect the authority that has been delegated to the President and hold the President accountable for execution of job duties as stated in the policy and mutually agreed upon 2023-24 presidential goals.
- Update all board governance policies and ensure development and implementation of a cycle for regular review and revision of all board governance policies so that each policy is reviewed a minimum of once every three years, except when required by revisions to code, rules, or regulations.
- Adhere to BP 2.01.08: Board of Trustees Performance Review by following a regular cycle for Board self-evaluation and development of annual Board goals and developing a common understanding on Board policies on which the Board members have conflicting interpretations.
- Conduct a mid-year progress update of Board goals.
- Cultivate a strong, positive President/Board relationship that promotes the success of NIC’s students, and the community college as a whole.