Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 4 Needs Assessment 4-7 May 12, 2023 Methodology The College provided an inventory of existing space for each campus building, course enrollment data, and staffing data for fall 2020. Fall 2020 is used as the representative semester because during the timeframe of this planning process, it represents the most current data available across all areas of analysis. These sets of data form the basis for a quantitative assessment to be used as one measure of Frederick Community College’s need (eligibility) for State-funded space. The consultant team then applied elements of the data to the Maryland Higher Education Commission’s Space Allocation Guidelines for Community Colleges to arrive at quantitative indicators of current and future space eligibility. Definitions and room use codes are those provided by the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) taxonomy found in the Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual published in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Education in cooperation with the National Center for Education Statistics. Basic methodology for quantitative analysis can be expressed using the following demand vs. supply formula: Need Determinants The quantitative need for space via new or renovated facilities is typically calculated with respect to hours of instruction and the P.P.A.S. factors described in the very beginning of this chapter. Projections of total space need are based on anticipated student enrollments, faculty, staff, and library volumes for fall semester 2030 as mutually determined by Frederick Community College and the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC). These measures of current and anticipated enrollments, personnel and library volumes establish a calculated demand against existing and projected space. Need Determinants These computed space projections should be viewed only as a listing of suggested maximum allowances for the campus for each type of space to be considered by the State of Maryland for capital funding and do not necessarily relate to “needs” for a particular program or facility. The Space Allocation Guidelines application suggests only a computed allowance for each category of space and does not suggest what sorts of projects should be undertaken. Space deficits and surpluses are identified based on application of guidelines to inventories of various categories of space and projected student enrollments. However, space guidelines calculations only provide one measure of overall sufficiency of campus space and in no way address adequacy or appropriateness of space. Therefore, Guidelines calculations are not to be used as the determining factor when making decisions about facilities’ needs. A variety of qualitative indicators of need offer augmentation to use of space guidelines metrics. Space Categories Need Determinants Instructional Spaces Contact Hours Open Laboratory Spaces FTDES Office Spaces FTEF, FT Staff, Student Offices Study (Library) Spaces FTDES & Bound Volume Equivalents (BVE) All Other Spaces FTDES, Core Allowance, Ad Hoc Allowance Total Space Allowance (Demand) - Facilities Space Inventory (Supply) =Space Deficit/Surplus (Net Need)
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