About Montgomery College
• 2-year college located in Montgomery County, MD (suburban D.C.)
• Multi-campus (Rockville, Germantown, Takoma Park/Silver Spring)
• Multiple WD&CE locations throughout the County
• Current Enrollment = 26,996 (credit) & 23,624 (noncredit)
Analyst Projects• Ad Hoc Requests• Previous Strategic Plans• MC 2020 Strategic Plan• Career Advisory Boards• Student Learning Outcomes• Grants• Academic Program Review• Career Coach Integration
Montgomery College 2020
• Far more robust analysis • Targeted Demographics• County & Regional Occupational
Projections• Programmatic trends and skills gaps• Accessible and updated data along with
special reports
Targeted Demographics
2001 2005 2010 2015 202040,000
45,000
50,000
55,000
60,000
65,000
54,674
59,569 59,898
59,175
62,072
44,389
50,946
54,161
61,011
57,531
Montgomery County Demographics - Traditional College Age Students
15 to 19 years20 to 24 years
Educational Attainment & Occupational Demand
2001 2010 2020 0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
145,198159,432
171,475
271,596259,198
271,355
336,549347,968
374,717
Educational Attainment and Educational Requirement Gap - High School or Less
Pop 25+ High School or Less# Jobs Req. High School or Less (Covered)# Jobs Req. High School or Less (Complete)
2001 2010 2020 0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
126,799
136,665
145,566
43,871 46,42451,871
57,949
67,791
77,188
Educational Attainment and Educational Requirement Gap - Postsecondary Award and Associate's Degree
Pop 25+ Postsecondary/Assocate's# Jobs Req. Postsecondary/Associate's (Covered)# Jobs Req. Postsecondary/Associate's (Complete)
2001 2010 2020 0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
162,889176,963 179,833
122,935127,407
141,830158,105
179,965
207,059
Educational Attainment and Educational Requirement Gap - Bachelor's Degree/Degree Plus Experience
County Pop 25+ Bachelor's# Jobs Req. Bachelor's Degree (Covered)# Jobs Req. Bachelor's Degree (Complete)
Analysis• Ran same reports for DC-VA-WV-MD
Metropolitan Area• Identified “overages” and gaps in degree,
certificate, & WD&CE offerings (ongoing)• Mapped to State and County Economic
Development plans (STEM)• Used gap analysis to identify current/future
KSAs
Career Cluster Advisory Boards• Pilot program with the County’s Bioscience
and Biomedical Advisory Board• Historic programmatic, occupational, and
industry trends• Projected growth (occupations, skills,
industry needs, regional completers)• Gap analysis• Plan to expand to all CCAB’s in
cooperation with Montgomery County Govt.
Student Learning Outcomes
• Grew out of previous year’s Mission and Vision Review Project
• Identified industry-specific skills• Plan is to map to General Education
Program competencies• Assessment matrices for all GenEd
courses and programs mapped to KSAs
Grants• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAACCCT)• Used occupational transitioning to target
specific occupations for retraining based on skills gap
• Identified key credit and non-credit programs for re-tooling based on gap assessment (focus on HIT/HIM)
• Used extensively by Office of Grants and Business Development
Academic Program Review
• Started with Health Information Technology
• Expanding to all Workforce Development & Continuing Education offerings
• Plan to include key data for next version of the College’s Academic Master Plan
• Academic Area Review Process (required part of discipline SWOT)
Career Coach Integration• Recently launched Career Coach• Using Career Coach data settings to
supplement Analyst Reports– Local and regional demand– Site statistics and popular searches– KSAs and Curriculum review
• Targeted industry partner joint environmental scanning projects
• Career/Academic Counseling (FYE)
Upcoming Projects
• Response to City of Rockville proposal for 4-year research college development
• MHEC Curriculum Actions (Diagnostic Medical Sonography)
• Middle Skills Jobs analysis (gap between completers and openings)
• Targeted industry environmental scans (part of MC 2020 Strategic Plan)
Lessons Learned
• Make it public and well-defined• County + Regional for all data types• Growth v. Replacements v. Openings• Data organization – tell the story (example
– Hotel Motel Management, Fairfax County v. Montgomery County)
• Multiple growth models (best/worst case)• Demonstrate alignment/explain differences
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