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Techniques. The Department Chair of Liberal Arts has also worked diligently to monitor<br />
course tallies and collect data regarding which courses are most popular among students<br />
and has worked to rotate these courses to ensure that they are available as needed for<br />
students and are offered without competing against each other to ensure enrollment is<br />
sufficient for all courses to run in the semester they are offered. One area that the<br />
Department Chair group has recently discussed is offering certain courses only in certain<br />
semesters and documenting this in the Catalog to allow students to have more specificity<br />
when working with their advisors on course planning. Additionally, many of our students<br />
attend college part-time, while most program maps are planned for the full-time student.<br />
This sometimes poses challenges for academic advisors to assist students in a complete<br />
plan if they are attending part-time. Currently the College is exploring making greater use<br />
of our technology to deliver instruction. For example, <strong>RVCC</strong>’s Claremont campus uses the<br />
College’s Zoom software to tie in students from the Lebanon and Keene Academic Centers<br />
for classes only offered in Claremont.<br />
Strengths<br />
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Integrity of academics is overseen through a number of avenues including the<br />
Program Director, Department Chair, VPAA, and Curriculum Team<br />
<strong>RVCC</strong> has strong academic policies which follow and are supportive of CCSNH<br />
System Policies.<br />
River Valley has a strong academic Catalog which delivers a variety of programs<br />
unique to the State of NH and the State of VT.<br />
Challenges<br />
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Due to required content and the way credit hours are calculated, it is difficult for<br />
many programs to remain within the recommended 60 credit limit suggested for an<br />
associate degree.<br />
<strong>RVCC</strong> does not yet have systematic adoption of Open Education Resources.<br />
Projections<br />
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The VPAA, in conjunction with the President, Department Chairs, and other relevant<br />
college constituents will develop a long term plan related to academics for<br />
Claremont as well as the Lebanon Academic Center and the Keene Academic Center<br />
by Spring 2020.<br />
By Spring 2020, <strong>RVCC</strong> will have a plan for systematic adoption of OER.<br />
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