League Reaffirmation - Johnson County Community College

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Chapter 8 Looking to the Future In this everchanging society, Johnson County Community College foresees future opportunities for new methods, approaches and programs. Kansas Technical Education Authority In 2007, the Kansas legislature established a Technical Education Authority which, under the auspices of the Kansas Board of Regents, coordinates all career and technical education programs and activities of state community and technical colleges. Since JCCC prepares 16 percent of all career and technical education graduates in Kansas, the college has positioned itself to be both a leader and model for state technical programming. The primary issue that the Technical Education Authority faces is whether to establish standards for collegiate technical programs. Originally, the Authority favored standardization, which sought common outcomes for programs that state colleges operated. However, JCCC argued that this approach would lead at best to mediocrity in program quality. On the other hand, establishing and maintaining high standards for technical education activities would best serve area employers seeking highly trained and qualified employees. The Authority was impressed with JCCC’s argument and is currently working with JCCC to determine ways of implementing high standards for technical education statewide. 66
Johnson County Education and Research Triangle JCCC also looks forward to supporting the Johnson County Education and Research Triangle offering bioscience research and education at existing and planned educational facilities in the county. The county partners include the University of Kansas Edwards Campus, a proposed food security research facility to be developed by Kansas State University, and the Johnson County locations of the University of Kansas Medical Center. JCCC’s biotechnology program (see chapter 4) prepares the technicians needed for these programs and allows budding scientists to earn an associate’s degree in biotechnology as the first step toward further education. Its biotechnology facilities support the research and education taking place in the county. “Bioscience research has an amazing potential for new treatments and cures. We want those cures to be discovered here in Kansas. That’s why we’ve made the recruitment of bioscience companies a top priority and why we’ve invested in bioscience research and education at our universities. There are also good jobs created by bioscience research, so there’s an economic benefit as well. The triangle will help bring cuttingedge research to this area, which will then benefit the entire state.” – Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas Diversity Johnson County has demographically been a middle class Caucasian community, and the student, faculty and staff populations at JCCC have reflected this homogeneity. Over the last decade, as Johnson County has increasingly become more diverse, the college employee base has fallen behind. Two initiatives have been implemented to address this gap. The college has adopted diversification as an institutional strategic initiative and has established two strategic initiative teams to improve percentages of students and faculty and staff. The current percentage of minority students enrolled in JCCC credit classes (14.6 percent) has already exceeded its annual target (14.3 percent). However, the current percentage of minority JCCC faculty/staff (10.4 percent) is still below the annual target (11.1 percent). To facilitate increasing both percentages, a new executive assistant to the president, diversity initiatives, will work with student recruitment and instructional and student programming. The college is also piloting an intern faculty program for minority candidates. 67
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Johnson County Community College Le
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Chapter 1 Commitment to the League
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Dear League Board Members, I began
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League activities JCCC has particip
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Chapter 2 Institutional Excellence
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“Johnson County is justifiably pr
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History of JCCC In the 1960s, resid
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“Johnson County Community College
Page 19 and 20: Board of trustees Although the Kans
Page 21 and 22: Administration Dr. Terry A. Calaway
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Page 25 and 26: Five students from JCCC traveled to
Page 27: Endowed chair In November 2006, the
Page 30 and 31: Entrepreneurship JCCC’s business
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Page 35 and 36: ArtsEducation The Carlsen Center’
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Page 39 and 40: Information Services JCCC’s Infor
Page 41 and 42: Second Life In 2007, JCCC bought an
Page 43 and 44: “The National Community College B
Page 45 and 46: Adjunct Certification Training JCCC
Page 47 and 48: ”For many students, the adventure
Page 49 and 50: Las Pintas project wins national aw
Page 51 and 52: Counseling is an exemplary practice
Page 53 and 54: Faculty and staff awards Lindy Robi
Page 55 and 56: JCCC faculty members have received
Page 57 and 58: Student awards Interior design In 2
Page 59 and 60: Debate team In fall 2007, JCCC’s
Page 61 and 62: The Pepsi Cup For 20062007, JCCC
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