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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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