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RVCC 2019 NECHE Self-Study

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Description<br />

River Valley Community College is one of the seven colleges which make up the<br />

Community College System of New Hampshire. CCSNH was established in 2007 by Senate<br />

Bill 82 which initiated the transition from a State agency to an autonomous entity. The<br />

State of New Hampshire General Statutes, Chapter 188-F provides the approval for each of<br />

the colleges in CCSNH to award degrees upon completion of program requirements. River<br />

Valley, while a member of CCSNH, has its own governance structure which is directly<br />

responsible for the oversight and management of all areas of academics and scholarship<br />

that it participates in. As a public institution, funding comes from the State of NH and is<br />

filtered through CCSNH, but <strong>RVCC</strong> ultimately has responsibility for the administration of<br />

that funding.<br />

Organization<br />

Governing Board<br />

CCSNH has a Board of Trustees (BoT) that is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by<br />

the Executive Council. The BoT appoints the CCSNH Chancellor; provides direction and<br />

sets strategic goals for the system; presents capital and operating budget requests to the<br />

Governor and Legislature; and provides policy-level oversight for the seven colleges.<br />

CCSNH provides administrative and operational support that would be too expensive, or<br />

impractical, for each of the seven institutions within the System to maintain for<br />

themselves, such as risk management and legal counsel. The System Office is, in turn,<br />

supported by an allocation of tuition revenue from each college.<br />

Make-Up of the Board of Trustees<br />

The CCSNH BoT is the legal authority as outlined in BoT Policy Section 100. The BoT is<br />

made up of NH Residents and membership of the board must meet the requirements setforth<br />

in the BoT Policy Section 120 regarding Membership and Teams. The make-up of the<br />

board includes New Hampshire residents who are either non-voting members or voting<br />

members as outlined in Table 3.1.<br />

Table 3.1: Members of the CCSNH BoT<br />

Non-Voting Members<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Governor<br />

Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of<br />

CCSNH<br />

President of each CCSNH college<br />

Commissioners of Departments<br />

of Resources and Economic<br />

Development; Employment<br />

Security; and Education<br />

Voting Members (appointed by<br />

Governor)<br />

Four (4) members from the fields<br />

of Business and Industry<br />

One (1) member who is a high<br />

school vocational/technical<br />

education director<br />

One (1) member who is an<br />

alumnus of a CCSNH college<br />

One (1) member from the field of<br />

education<br />

One (1) member from the health<br />

care profession<br />

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