DCCCD BOARD OF TRUSTEES' INDICATOR REPORT

2000-01 Continuing Education

Goal 2: DCCCD students will obtain quality continuing education to enrich their lives personally, socially, and culturally and to upgrade occupational and job skills.

Coordinating Board reimbursed continuing education (CE) courses for career development and job skills are referred to in this report as workforce training. Non-reimbursed courses such as creative/performing arts, leisure, and youth programs are noted as personal interest.

District-wide Indicators:

-- workforce training and personal interest contact hour trends
-- percent of CE students who are repeat customers

In 1999-2000, over 65,000 students enrolled in continuing education. Approximately 45,796 of these students enrolled in an average of two workforce training courses and an additional 20,000 students enrolled in either one or two personal interest courses.

Contact hours for personal interest courses remained relatively flat while workforce training hours increased 35% (since 1995/96) and account for 81% of all CE contact hours. One-half of fall 2000 CE students were enrolled in a CE course prior to fall 2000.

The following graph displays 5-year trends in workforce and personal interest contact hours for each location. While variation may occur from one year to the next, most locations reflect the District trend of growth in workforce training hours.

Data Source: 95/96 – 98/99 CBM-00C (ECC hours reduced by BJP self-reported hours), 99/00 Colleague programming
Prepared by District Office of Research, March 2001.

1999-2000 Continuing Education Indicator Report
2000-2001 Board Indicator Reports