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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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