| NO. | PIIP | Need/Proposed Solution | Person(s) Responsible | Status | Status Date |
| 32 | African-American/Black Studies Program | Richland College is in an effort to develop African-American curricula in order to address student success, institutional effectiveness, employee success, and response to community. | Royce Murcherson | Complete | 9/30/2005 |
| 34 | Richland College Web Site Improvement | The College web site needs improved functionality, usability, and attractiveness. The purpose of this PIIP is to improve institutional effectiveness in communication with students, staff, faculty, and community. | Whitney Rosenbalm, Leslie Wendling, Kay Eggleston | Complete | 12/31/2005 |
| 36 | IP Curriculum Revision Process | The problem stems from a very complex DCCCD curriculum revision process which has largely been managed in a reactive mode that led to confusion and missed deadlines. | Brent Kesterson, BeLinda Benson |
Complete | 9/30/2005 |
| 38 | Diversifying Adjunct Faculty Rank | Richland has a low number of African American, Hispanic, and Asian American adjuncts relative to RLC student body demographics. The proposed solution is a 20% increase in new adjunct faculty hires that are African American, Hispanic, Asian American, and Native American. | Academic Council | Complete | 2/28/2006 |
| 40 | Program Review - II | Academic Council has identified a need to further improve the accuracy of program review results by providing a more meaningful context for program review data including revising the criteria, weighting, and allocation of data. | Academic Council | Complete | 2/28/2006 |
| 41 | Spanish Translations and Publications | High qualtiy Spanish language materials are needed to reach the Hispanic population in our service area whose enrollment rate has lagged behind other groups. Various errors in Spanish that have been translated and printed signaled a need for a process change. | Cindy Castañeda, Elva Perez, and Whitney Rosenbalm | Complete | 1/31/2006 |
| 42 | DMAT Student Learning Outcomes Improvement Program | Improvement needed: adjunct faculty better prepared to teach DMAT; better supervision of adjunct DMAT faculty; improved support system for DMAT learners; improved student retention rates (semester to semester and from DMAT to College Algebra); and more appropriate deployment of the expertise and skills of DMAT faculty and staff. | Jerry Matlock (DMAT Program Coordinator) and Mary Darin (HAD Dean) | Complete | 5/16/2006 |
| 44 | Baldrige-TAPE Feedback Report Follow-Up | The need is to initiate a more effective deployment process for follow-up on Opportunities for Improvement (OFIs) identified in Baldrige and TAPE Feedback Reports. | Fonda Vera, Cindy Castañeda, Kay Eggleston, Gloria Washington, ThunderTeam | Complete | 12/30/2005 |
| 46 | Fuel Inventory Control and Usage | The identified need is to ensure efficiency in Fuel Inventory control and usage. | Finney Varghese, Ron Clark, Deborah Clark, and David Williams | Complete | 9/30/2005 |
| 47 | RLC Benchmarking Process | RLC ThunderTeam identified a need to systematically identify and benchmark best-practices at other institutions as a tool for continuous improvement. | Institutional Research and Effectiveness Staff: Fonda Vera, Babs King, Gloria Washington, Bao Huynh |
Complete | 2/28/2006 |
| 48 | Backpack Check-In Program in College Bookstore | Increased security measures are needed for college bookstore, requiring a better system to "hold" student packpacks while students are in the store. | Ron Clark | Complete | 12/31/2005 |
| 50 | Career and Technical Advisory Committee Communication | The Instructional Programs Office will work with the Information Services staff to produce an electronic newsletter that we will send to advisory committee members at least once per semester. The newsletter will contain news about Richland College that advisors would be interested in and issues that advisors should be aware of. | Instructional Programs Office | Complete | 9/30/2005 |