New Mexico Junior College

Make recommendations to the VP for Instruction concerning:

All curricular and degree plan items

1. Course substitutions
2. Academic Program Reviews
3. Academic Freedom
4. Withdrawal policies
5. Attendance policies
6. Academic grievance policies
7. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, VP for Instruction, and committee members.

1. Review all general liability/personal injury incidents as needed.
2. Review/make changes in Emergency Management/Safety Manual.
3. Provide safety and guidance to employees on campus.
4. Make recommendations on discipline for violations of safety practices.
5. Make budget recommendations to the President regarding campus safety.
6. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.

1. Identify and advocate for matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the institutional level.
2. Support NMJC in its efforts to capitalize on the educational, economic and civic benefits of diversity.
3. Further strengthen the College climate of respect, civility, and mutual appreciation.
4. Foster initiatives that help NMJC attain its goals of open access and equal opportunity.
5. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VPs, and committee members.

1. Recommend policies and procedures relating to employee welfare and benefits.
2. When needed, do research relating to specific topics that affect employees.
3. Discuss any issues that might affect employees, their welfare and benefits and make recommendations.
4. Review all areas of employee welfare and/or benefits on a yearly basis.
5. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.

1. Identify training and professional development needs and opportunities.
2. Coordinate training and development activities including on-campus and off-campus events, meetings and seminars.
3. Focus on broad training and development activities tied to institutional objectives and the Strategic Plan.
4. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.

1. Make recommendations for Financial Aid policies and procedures.
2. Review annually the policies and procedures for Financial Aid and make suggestions for updating or changing those policies.
3. Serve as a review board for written appeals from students who are on Financial Aid Probation or Financial Aid Suspension or Timeframe status.
4. Show a campus-wide effort to deal with loan default rate.
5. Develop policies and procedures to maintain default percentages within an acceptable level.
6. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.

1. Make recommendations concerning policies and procedures relating to data submission.
2. Perform specific research as deemed necessary by the President and report findings.
3. Make proposals to the VP of Institutional Effectiveness or the President regarding needed research.
4. Organize the reporting of all data.
5. Ensure a process for accuracy of all data prior to submission.
6. Produce and maintain an annual report/data submission calendar.
7. Ensure the development and utilization of an electronic archival system.
8. Develop a process for data collection and reporting.
9. Establish and maintain college wide data standards.
10. Review and approve institutional data requests.
11. Review and approve or disapprove the conduct of research involving human subjects in accordance with the institution’s research policy.
12. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.

1. Using input from the campus community, develops needed training and a dynamic plan for technology integration within the institution.
2. Maintains a constant search for, “cutting edge” technology.
3. Develops software and hardware standards for labs and offices.
4. Write the information technology requests.
5. Develop a PC and lab PC replacement plan.
6. Develop and update the NMJC Computer Use Policy.
7. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.

1. Analyze the yearly Academic Program Review to make programmatic recommendations to the appropriate Instructional Dean regarding the allocation of resources (financial, instructional, and personnel).
2. Make strategic recommendations concerning the program(s) being reviewed in the context of institutional goals, existing and planned programs, and available resources.
3. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VPs, and committee members.

1. Address the issue of underage drinking and substance abuse.
2. Increase involvement from administration, faculty, staff, students, and the community as a whole.
3. Develop the drug and alcohol policies for NMJC and change policies where warranted.
4. Collect and review data on drug and alcohol incidents relating to NMJC students.
5. Direct the implementation of the alcohol and substance abuse prevention activities.
6. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, VP for Instruction, and committee members.

1. Review HLC and state guidelines and requirements as related to student achievement and learning.
2. Review, update, and disseminate the college’s assessment plan.
3. Develop strategies for implementing the assessment plan.
4. Develop strategies to ensure shared responsibility for student learning and assessment of student learning.
5. Plan, develop, and work in hands-on instructional sessions with faculty regarding assessment.
6. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s, and committee members.

1. Develop a three to five-year Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plan that will include Recruitment, Student Success / Completion, Graduation and Retention.
   This will include:
          Identification of metrics
          Evaluation of current trends in enrollment, success and retention at NMJC.
          Development of enrollment, success and retention goals and strategies.
          Evaluation and refinement of the goals and strategies annually.
2. Develop strategies for implementation of the SEM plan.
3. Coordinate efforts with others across campus (i.e. faculty, advisors, recruiters, marketing, student groups, etc.)
4. Prepare and distribute an annual report of goals and progress toward those goals to the campus community.
5. Prepare minutes of meetings and disseminate to the President, all VP’s and committee members.