2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...

• College Placement Test administration, scoring, and interpretation.
• Project R.I.S.E. (Remedial Instruction in Secondary Education) - a summer school
for secondary school students - Specially designed courses of study
to assist secondary students who have problems of underachievement and which
emphasize skill development suitable for secondary school students.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Luzerne County Community College provides special counseling and tutorial
assistance for the non-traditional (disadvantaged) student. Special programs provide
individualized attention and positive reinforcement to help students achieve
their maximum personal and educational potentials.
Operation - GO (Great Opportunities) is a special program funded through a
grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Equal Opportunity Act (ACT 101
of 1971). Intensive counseling and support services are provided to enrolled students
who are economically and educationally disadvantaged.
Services for Special Populations Program (SSPP) is a special program funded
through the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational and Technical Education, Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act. SSPP provides counseling and
support services to economically and educationally disadvantaged students enrolled
in career (vocational) programs.
COMMUNITY SPECIAL PROGRAMS
In line with its mission of extending help and assistance to anyone in the community
who desires and needs it, Luzerne County Community College has become
increasingly involved in developing and implementing community-based
special programs in order to directly serve developing community needs.
A number of programs have been developed and are operating successfully.
Project RISE (Remedial Instruction in Secondary Education) was created as a
Summer program to assist secondary school students who have problems of
under-achievement through specially-designed courses of study which emphasize
skill development and parallels secondary school curriculums.
The College continually researches and explores community needs in order to
provide new and expanded programs and services to address identified needs.
AIR FORCE ROTC
Luzerne County Community College participates with Wilkes University in a
cross-enrollment program which allows LCCC students to enroll in Aerospace Studies
(Air Force ROTC) courses.
The Air Force program is divided into two phases: the General Military Course
(GMC), the first two college years, and the program open to LCCC students, and
the Professional Officer College (POC), the last two years, taken in conjunction
with the completion of a bachelor’s degree at Wilkes University, King’s College, or
College Misericordia.
Students who successfully complete the Professional Officer Course are commissioned
as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force Reserve. In most
cases, they will serve on active duty, in a specialty as close to their academic training
as Air Force needs will allow.
Uniforms and ROTC textbooks are furnished. Students enrolled in the GMC
incur NO military obligation, unless they are scholarship recipients. Some full-tuition
scholarships are available for pilot, navigator, missile officer, and selected technical
candidates. Veterans with more than 180 days of service may exempt the GMC and
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