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An Adaptive Strategy

To ensure LCCC remains responsive, focused, and future-ready, we are shifting our strategic plan (first approved in 2021)  to an adaptive planning approach. An adaptive strategic plan is a living strategy — one that provides clarity of direction while building the agility, experimentation, and timely decision-making required to lead confidently in an uncertain environment.

 

 

With Some Big Bets

LCCC is putting forth some “Big Bets” that will transform how the College delivers learning, how it is understood and chosen in the marketplace, and how it sustains itself financially for the long term. Together, they represent bold institutional shifts designed to remove structural barriers to student success, expand regional demand through greater clarity and relevance, and build a more resilient, efficient operating model. 

Learn about LCCC's Big Bets.

 

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The Vision

LCCC will be widely known and deeply valued, driving meaningful change through impactful student outcomes, post completion value, and innovation that strengthens our region.

 

The Vision in 3 Pillars

Known

We are widely recognized across a broader region. Students come to our table, and partners invite us to theirs.

Valued

Students choose us for a unique experience, equitable outcomes, and credentials that lead to post-completion advantage.

Trailblazer

We are nimble, innovative, and unafraid to challenge old constructs, intentionally catalyzing change.
 

 

This theme reflects our commitment to ensuring that all students complete with credentials that matter, leading to meaningful post-completion outcomes for individuals and positive impact on the communities and the region we serve.

Impact (noun)
‘im-pakt’
1: the strong influence of one thing on another
2: a significant or major effect

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Number 1

 

Goal 1.

We will close achievement gaps, resulting in more students earning more credentials, regardless of their life circumstances.

Strategy: Flexible & Accelerated Learning Models
Design, test, and scale flexible delivery and scheduling models that reduce time, complexity, and life barriers for students while improving access, persistence, and completion. (NOTE: strategy also applies to Theme #2 Goals 1 and 2)

Strategy: Proactive, Relationship-Centered Student Success
Design, test, and scale integrated advising, planning, and support models that place students on clear academic and career pathways, build meaningful relationships, and trigger early, proactive intervention to close achievement gaps.

Number 2

 

Goal 2.

Every credential earned will lead to a demonstrable “impact outcome” (job with livable wage, successful transfer, or career advancement).

Strategy: Impact-Aligned Program Portfolio
Actively manage LCCC’s program portfolio to ensure every credential leads to impactful workforce or transfer outcome.  

Strategy: Seamless Transition Pathways
Design, test, and implement structures, programs, and partnerships that ensure students successfully transition to a career or a transfer institution.

Strategy: Applied & Experiential Learning for Impact
Design, test, and scale applied and experiential learning models that ensure students graduate with demonstrable skills, experience, and competencies aligned to workforce and transfer expectations.

This theme reflects our intent to be deliberately chosen by students, employees, employers, and partners from across a 350-mile area around Cheyenne because of the value we create and the solutions we provide.

Choice (noun)
‘chois’
1: the best part
2: care in selecting

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Number 1

 

Goal 1.

We will enroll and engage substantially more students from non-historical markets outside of the College’s service area. 

Strategy: Flexible and Accelerated Learning Models
Design, test, and scale flexible delivery and scheduling models that reduce time, complexity, and life barriers for students while improving access, persistence, and completion. 

Strategy: High-Touch Recruitment & Conversion in New Markets
Design, test, and scale coordinated recruitment, engagement, and conversion approaches that increase awareness, applications, and enrollment from outside LCCC’s service area.

Strategy: Innovative Program Delivery for Place-Bound Learners
Design, test, and scale innovative delivery models that expand access to LCCC programs for place-committed and place-bound learners beyond the College’s service area, while maintaining quality and strong student outcomes.

Number 2

 

Goal 2. 

More students from our service area will choose to enroll at the College, especially working-age adults and dual/concurrent enrollment students. 

Strategy: Flexible and Accelerated Learning Models
Design, test, and scale flexible delivery and scheduling models that reduce time, complexity, and life barriers for students while improving access, persistence, and completion.

Strategy: Secondary-to-Postsecondary Matriculation Pathways
Design, test, and scale structured pathways that convert HS dual/concurrent enrollment students and GED/HS equivalency completers into degree- and credential-seeking LCCC students.

Strategy: Accelerated Adult Entry by Recognizing 
Work-Based & Prior Learning
Design, test, and scale flexible entry and credentialing models that recognize adults’ prior learning and work experience, reduce time to completion, and make enrolling at LCCC a practical and attractive option for working-age adults.

This theme reflects our commitment to securing the College’s long-term financial health by diversifying revenue, improving efficiency, and intentionally reshaping our business model to remain viable and resilient over time. 

Resiliency (noun)
‘ri-zil-y n(t)-sē’
1: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change
2: the ability of something to return to its original size and shape after being compressed or deformed

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Number 1

Goal 1.

The College will generate new sources of revenue and increased funding from existing sources allowing for investments and minimizing negative operational impact.

Strategy: Entrepreneurial Use of College Assets & Partnerships
Design, test, and scale entrepreneurial approaches to leveraging LCCC’s physical, intellectual, and operational assets to generate meaningful new revenue streams.

Strategy: Growth in Grants, Contracts, & Private Funding
Strengthen LCCC’s capacity to secure and manage grants, contracts, and private funding that advance institutional priorities while providing net financial benefit.

Strategy: Expanded & Innovative Public Funding Mechanisms
Evaluate and pursue new or expanded public funding mechanisms that provide sustainable revenue to support the College’s mission and long-term financial stability.

Number 2

Goal 2.

As an entire institution we will become more operationally efficient, freeing human and 
financial capacity.  

Strategy: Challenge Institutional Processes with Technological Advances
Design, test, and scale technology-enabled solutions that automate, streamline, or eliminate low-value processes, allowing employees to focus on higher-impact work.

Strategy: Agile & Strategic Resource Management
Adopt more flexible, data-informed approaches to financial pressures and resource allocation that allow the College to respond quickly to change while prioritizing impact.

Strategy: Simplified Structures & Scalable Operations
Evaluate and redesign organizational structures, policies, and operating models to reduce complexity, eliminate duplication, and support scalable growth.

 

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