The Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) has been a driving force in continuing education to the citizens of Dallas County and surrounding areas in Texas. The leadership that DCCCD has in the community is a direct result of the leadership within the organization. We will focus on the current Chancellor, Dr. Joe May. The Dallas County Community College District was created in 1965 when Dallas County voters voted to create Dallas County Junior College District and the founding Chancellor, Dr. Bill J. Priest, was chosen to lead. It is a non-profit two-year college system located within Dallas County limits. Starting with one campus located in downtown Dallas, the DCCCD has grown to seven campuses with five community education campuses located across Dallas County and giving many locations options to the residents of Dallas County. The name was changed in 1972 to its current form. The DCCCD offers online classes and this expands the availability of higher education and job training. The DCCCD is individually accredited through the seven main campuses by the Southern Association of Colleges and School Commission on Colleges and goes through the reaccreditation process every ten years. DCCCD offers college classes to earn an associate degree and/or transfer to a four-year institution that offers a bachelor’s degree. In addition, …show more content…
The Board of Trustees is responsible for finding and selecting the Chancellor. The Board agrees to a contract for employment with the candidate for Chancellor and when agreed on, the Chancellor works the agreed period that was agreed to. The Board can terminate the employment of the Chancellor before the end of the contract if a motion for ending the contract is brought to the Board by a Board member and a majority vote has happened. If the contract is ended, then a pre-agreed to compensation package is given to the outgoing
Based on presenting information, Mrs. William and Paul were included in the treatment process. However, Peter and the LCSW preselected sessions that families could attend. During the first session, the LCSW began by asking a question Peter what he wanted from agreeing to therapy. Peter responded that he wanted to “get help with managing stress, marital issues and communication tactics.” When asked how he would know that he was getting that helped, he said he would be relaxed at home, and sociable and his marriage will start to feel like a partnership again. This was expanded on when the Miracle Question (MQ) was asked. LSCW: “Peter, if you woke tomorrow and all of your issues were no longer present what are some things that would be different.”
The diagnosis of bipolar I disorder with acute manic phase is made for Ms. IC after rule out medical condition and substance abuse.
- If all of the options were explored, and patient is given antibiotics and is treated without any pain or suffering than the treatment identifies with the ethnical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, and veracity. In turn, Mrs. Dawson will be happy with the outcome of the procedure.
The California Community Colleges (CCC) system is composed of 108 colleges organized into 72 districts that serve more than 1.4 million students statewide. Under the direction of the CCC board of governors, the Chancellor’s Office provides statewide guidance and leadership to the community colleges. In addition, the voters in each district elect a board of trustees charged with developing local policies that govern the day-to-day operations at the district’s colleges, including overseeing the compensation of teaching faculty and other employees. For the fall 1999 semester, the districts reported to the Chancellor’s Office a total population of 41,754 teaching faculty, of which 28,180 (67 percent) were classified as part-time and 13,574 (33
Describe the cognitive model as presented by Beck and in class. Use an example from your own life to illustrate the cognitive model.
Despite the importance of appropriate transitional care there are many barriers impeding the delivery of transitional care to all CSHCN. The main barriers preventing CSHCN are cost, a difference in provider culture, provider education, and adolescent development.
Besides the concerns, there are many challenges for implementing CBE across all colleges and universities that lie in the basis of the American higher education system. The first one is the Carnegie Unit that is time-based and that is a basis for awarding financial aid to students (Silva et al, 2015). The second one is the complexity of re-designing curriculum into interrelated competencies and the problem of identifying these competencies in the current diverse educational landscape (Silva et al,
The many jobs the athletic director has, another one is making budgets for the team sports. They are also in charge of ra...
The court’s decision to recommend that KDCP provide $400,000 worth of free SAT test prep would benefit the less fortunate students that could not afford the costly test prep course, the parents of those students, KDCP and College Board. The losing side of this settlement are the students that worked hard to study for the SAT without using a test prep service to earn their scores. Using the utilitarian perspective in order for the settlement to be ethically recommendable, the most parties possible would be happier with the outcome. In other words, the greatest good for the greatest number (Brusseau, 2012, p.55).
Through interviews and research, supporting data was gathered from Northeastern School District’s Superintendent Shawn Minnich, Ed.D, who provided the current state of curriculum development for Northeastern School District (NESD). In addition, Kelley Engle, Ph.D., Campus Associate Dean - Curriculum Developer for Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) addressed the college’s assessment needs and programs in place. Respectively, both parties outline the curriculum’s current challenges and ever evolving changing paradigm to meet workforce demands.
Mobelini, D. C. (2013). Community Colleges: Partnerships in Higher Education. Community College Journal Of Research & Practice, 37(8), 629-635. doi:10.1080/10668921003723151
While universities can range from having 20-1000 participants at a time, community colleges usually have no more than 50 participants in a class. As a result of such a large class size, it is harder for a professor to be able to develop the one-on-one time with a student. Due to most community colleges having a lower number of participants, it becomes easier for a student to reach out and ask questions and receive proper answers.
Corections corporation of America was started in 1980 by Don Hutto, Tom Beasley, and Dr. Robert Crants. They created the first private prison that was able to save the government and tax payer’s money. They did so by industrializing the industry and specializing in the industry. Since 1980 they have become one of the largest prisons in America. CCA define itself as “being the first and leading corrections corporation in America that partners with the government agencies Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, and the Unites States Marshals Service. CCA considers itself an innovative and cost efficient business that provides safe, nurturing, educating, and rehabilitating service facilities. “ (We Are CCA, 2013) CCA aims to be the best corrections company in the United States. I think that CCA mission statement applies for both present and future, they want to be the best and will need to continuously be innovative in order to obtain the results and benefits for all people that are affected. “the company states that it is the fifth-largest corrections organization only outdone by the federal government and three states (Who We Are, 2013). The corporation is proud to be a private corrections company but with close ties to
Fraud is defined as someone try to act with intention to cheat other people in order to acquire an unfair or illegal advantage. The fraud happens due to management override the internal control of the organisation and fraud will affect the financial reporting. The main categories of fraud that can affect financial reporting are fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets.
The success of circuit city can be attributed to their concept of strong management, customer service focus and a good merchandising formula which capitalized on innovative electronic consumer products. They created world-class competencies in efficient and effective logistics expertise. Their deployment of sophisticated point-of-sale and inventory tracking technology, IT investments which helped them to connect the flow of information among geographically dispersed stores was the best in the industry. These core competencies allowed them to track customer preferences and enabled them to adapt quickly to changing trends. Added to these competencies, their highly trained sales personnel who provided superior service