Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-5 May, 2023 While Frederick Community College’s successful and efficient internal operations have resulted in a well-maintained campus, it has militated against the successful orderly capital development of the built environment. The compelling and immediate needs to which Frederick Community College has responded are the compelling justifications for greater investment in systemic capital improvements. Lastly, how current trends in politics and policy, higher education, society, technology, the natural environment and law will further challenge Frederick Community College. The foundation of the community college capital improvements program is the Facilities Master Plan (FMP). The FMP for each institution establishes the framework for the orderly development of all capital projects. The FiveYear Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and Annual Capital Budget Request for each institution detail the projects included in the Facilities Master Plan. The Grant supporting general public junior or community college and regional community college construction program is administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC-the lead agency), the Maryland Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Maryland Department of General Services (DGS). Funds for this purpose are appropriated in accordance with provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Education Article, Division III, Title 11 and Title 16, and the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) approved by the Board of Public Works (BPW). 15https://mhec.maryland.gov/About/SiteAssets/Lists/Meeting%20Agendas%20and%20Agenda%20Books/EditForm/2020%20En rollment%20Projections%20Report%202020%20-%202029.pdf 16 https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/maryland/Md-Code-Regs-13B-07-05-01 17 ibid. 18 op.cit., p.2 19 Ibid., p.2 The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) provides the enrollment projections to be used in the capital budgeting process to determine the demand.15 The supply is regulated by the space planning guidelines for community colleges which are in fact allocation guidelines determining the level of eligible space the State of Maryland will support at a given community college.16 The regulations are not to be used to design a specific space or facility. They are not fixed standards and may be modified when justified as reflected in MHEC Community College Facilities Manual.17 MHEC has prepared projections for Maryland public colleges and universities through Fall 2029.18 MHEC uses a linear regression analysis to demographic and economic factors. It is critical for college institutional researchers to not only be aware of the assumptions of the projection models, rather to run them independent of MHEC to determine any anomalies germane to the WashingtonBaltimore-Arlington Combined Statistical Area, Frederick County, City of Frederick and Frederick Community College. The assumptions of the projection model for community colleges assumes:19 • Credit enrollments among Maryland residents can be predicted by applying the historical relationship between the state’s population and past in-state enrollments to future population projections. • The ratio of in-state to out-of-state students in Maryland will be relatively constant over time. • The number of full-time undergraduates at both the community
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