Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-1 May, 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN In the Context of the Facilities Master Plan BACKGROUND Frederick Community College (FCC) is a comprehensive, public, associate degreegranting institution in Frederick County, Maryland. FCC is located in the City of Frederick. It is about an hour’s drive from Washington D. C. and Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1957 and is governed by a seven-member board of trustees. The trustees are appointed by the Governor of Maryland. FCC is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and was reaccredited in 2016. Its most recent annual operating budget is about $60 million. The funding comes from student tuition (30%), the State of Maryland (27%), and Frederick County Government (36%).1 The FCC Vision, Values, and Strategic Goals seek to transform individuals and communities through learning. Its mission is stated, ”Focused on teaching and learning, Frederick Community College provides affordable, flexible access to lifelong education that responds to the needs of diverse learners and the community.”2 FCC promotes values of excellence, learning, diversity, innovation, community, and integrity. The strategic goals are: 1. to model educational excellence by designing and delivering student learning experiences, pathways, and programs that increase student access, success, and completion. 2. to support the student learning experience through data-informed enrollment management, responsive programming, and efficient systems 1 https://www.frederick.edu/about-fcc/presidentialsearch.aspx; p.9 2 ibid., p.4 3. to lead the college with excellence, transparency, and accountability 4. to ensure the fiscal stability and sustainability of the college The current executive senior leadership structure under the board of trustees is: President; Chief of Staff to the President; Provost and Vice President for Teaching, Learning and Student Success; Vice President for Finance and Administration; Vice President for Student Affairs; Vice President for Talent and Culture; Chief of Operations; Chief Information Officer; Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Effectiveness .3 FCC offers affordable access to a broad range of associate degrees and certificates to support student’ workforce readiness, especially in highneed areas such as health care, STEM fields, and business. FCC is also one of the region’s major employers with its workforce of 1,400.4 FCC awards an associate of arts, an associate of arts in teaching, an associate of applied science, and an associate of science degrees and certificates in more than 90 fields of study.5 In 2020, FCC served 13,898 students with an average age of 25; 70 percent attended parttime, and 71 percent plan to transfer to a fouryear school. The college receives about 60 percent of Frederick County’s recent high school graduates, about 51 percent of its firsttime full-time freshmen, and 74 percent of its 3https://apps.frederick.edu/Flipbook/HR/FCCOrganization /4/index.html 4 op. cit., p.4 5 ibid., p.4
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