Brookhaven College has chosen to undertake an alternative self-study as part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaffirmation process. The project grew out of a college-wide effort to set forth a new vision for the college.  The direction chosen by the campus and the focus of the alternative self-study is "The Success College."

The committee charged with exploring success at Brookhaven looked at the concept broadly-- as encompassing goal setting and completion by students, employees and the community-- but settled on student success as the college's first priority. The purpose of the alternative self-study project is to develop and implement a plan that will increase substantially the number of students at BHC who attain defined exit points through successful planning and completing of their educational goals. Accordingly, the Alternative Model Steering Committee will set about to make goal setting and revising an integral part of the college culture and to develop a system of capturing, refining and assessing achievement of student goals. Other crucial activities will include developing and implementing appropriate ways of communicating with students about their progress, and conducting a thorough examination of college processes, services, courses and academic services, with enhancing student success in mind.

The committee will choose an appropriate pilot group to begin assessing the feasibility of these initiatives and will then expand their implementation to larger groups as the processes prove themselves. The final stage of the project will be the institutionalization of successful structures and the development of continuing strategies for enhancing student success.