Big-Campus Education Case Studies

This paper analyzes the case study of Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) campuses located across Central Pennsylvania. HACC is the oldest college in PA, and has grown into five Regional campuses and one virtual location. With such growth, there has been a need to realign processes to meet the needs of each location. Throughout the campuses, the departments of Student Affairs and Finance has grown into individual areas. As such, the main campus functionalities have become the norm for institutional processes for the past 30 years. While the campuses operate under the original structure and processes, there is a need to move towards the big-campus model to address numerous problems that the staff and students experience. There is a