For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, the college reported current fund revenue (general, designated, auxiliary, and restricted funds) of $7,111,338, expenditures and transfers of $8,027,286, and enrollment of 810 full-year equated students. As of December 31, 1994, the college employed 35 full-time faculty, 51 part-time faculty, and 71 administrative and other personnel.

Conclusion: The college's procedures for admissions and monitoring to ensure students' successful completion of classes and programs were generally effective.

However, the college had not analyzed student academic data to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of its developmental courses (Finding 1).

Noteworthy Accomplishments: The college requires all first-time students to take reading, writing, and mathematics assessment tests to identify individual student deficiencies. Based on these tests, the college advises students of courses available to improve deficient skills. The college's Academic Choices, Enrichment, and Success Center provides students with four learning support services to promote their success in college. These services include a comprehensive tutorial program, workshops, computer-aided and multimedia instruction, and directed studies.

Audit Objective: To assess the college's efforts and methods for evaluating the quality of education provided to students who completed associate degree and certificate programs.

Conclusion: The college's efforts and methods for evaluating the quality of education provided to students who completed associate degree and certificate programs were effective.

Noteworthy Accomplishments: We commend the college for its efforts to develop and use various methods to obtain data and evaluate the quality of its education programs. Examples of methods that the college uses to evaluate program quality include feedback from surveys of faculty, program advisory committees, and graduating, transferring, and non-returning students; monitoring of licensing examination results; and informal feedback from employers of graduates. Audit Objective: To assess the college's methods for evaluating the efficiency of its use of resources for education programs.

Conclusion: The college was generally making efficient use of its resources for education programs. However, the college had not developed policies addressing repetitive course enrollments and minimum class enrollments and their impact on the efficient use of resources (Findings 2 and 3).

Audit Objective: To determine the college's compliance with the Legislature's reporting requirements for education programs and selected capital outlay and special maintenance projects as described in the appropriations acts.

Conclusion: The college was generally in compliance with legislative reporting requirements. However, statutory requirements for job training and retraining investment fund (JTRIF) grants were not complied with in all instances (Finding 4).

Our methodology included reviewing the college's procedures for admitting students to the college and for monitoring students' academic progress. We also reviewed performance indicators and various evaluation systems used by the college to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of its education programs. We extracted information from the student record data base to review repetitive course enrollments and low enrollment classes. In addition, we reviewed college program and financial records to determine the college's compliance with legislative reporting requirements.