NCMC Board of Trustees approves tuition, room and board rates

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The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved tuition and room and board rates for the 2017-2018 academic year as well as the addition of a technology fee at its meeting Tuesday evening.

Total tuition and fees per credit hour for NCMC district students will increase to $115, other Missouri residents to $175, and other U. S. residents and international students to $205.

Online and distance learning total per credit hour will be $190.

On-ground nursing courses will be $179 total per credit hour, and online courses will be $204.

An additional nursing program fee will be $1,400 for the fall semester and $1,000 for spring and summer, and a lab fee will be $1,000.

Total tuition and fees per credit hour for dual credit classes will be $100.

Occupational therapist courses through Fall 2017 will be $224, and occupational therapist courses from January to December 2018 will be $230.

Room rates will increase by 3%, and board will remain stable.

The total cost for a student in a double occupancy room with a 12 meal plan will be more than $5,500 ($5,584) and with a 17 meal plan more than $5,900 ($5,936).

The total cost for a student in a single occupancy room with a 12 meal plan will be more than $7,300 ($7,372) and with a 17 meal plan more than $7,700 ($7,724).

The new technology fee will cost $2 per credit hour, except for dual credit.

The college plans to increase its internet bandwidth from 100 megabytes to 250.

The board approved closing the College Commonfund Account and transferring the funds to a College Demand Deposit Account.

The funds in this account include the Hoover Building, NCMC Development, Tom Brown Library, Wolz Library, and General Interest.

The trustees approved the revised version of the Green Hills Head Start Policy Council Bylaws for 2017-2018 and to carry over Head Start Extended Duration funds from the fiscal year 2016 to 2017.

The revised bylaws will allow Policy Council Representatives to extend membership from three to five years and include the Early Head Start Program option as well as procedures and terminology.

The carryover of $414,860 will allow three classrooms to increase child contact hours from 832 to $1,020 per year beginning in August.

Academic Affairs Interim Vice President Sharon Weiser shared information on criteria to evaluate NCMC programs.

The criteria evaluated are degree plan, curriculum, instruction, assessment, career and technical student organizations, and program management and planning.

Each of the six criteria has three to five quality indicators with four levels.

Weiser said she hopes NCMC scores at a three or four this year and would like to score at a level four next year.

She also talked about the high school equivalency classes.

Weiser said seven students have passed their High School Equivalency Test since the classes began last year.

President Doctor Lenny Klaver reported he met with Grand River Technical School Director Jamie Caughron to begin discussing the expansion of the partnership for collaborative Career and Technical Education programs and the “Next Big Idea” with creating a North Central Missouri Business and Industry Technology Center.

The program would focus on new technologies in manufacturing and industrial enterprises and business curriculum enhancements in graphics, animation, metrics, analytics, lean manufacturing, and precision aspects of production at Grand River Technical School through federal funding initiatives, regional foundation grants, corporate partnerships, and investors.

Klaver said it could also mean an expansion of NCMC Health Sciences.

He also reported he met with the Smithfield human resources director at the Barton Campus regarding NCMC programs development and a Smithfield scholarship program similar to A Plus to encourage employees and employees’ children to go to school.

Klaver said he and NCMC Corporate and Business Relations Director Jason Helton toured Hillyard Industries, Gray Manufacturing, Herzog, and Altec Manufacturing in Saint Joseph.

Klaver discussed the new Walk About – Talk About series of videos posted on NCMC social media that include three to five-minute casual conversations with faculty, and that he met with interested students to start a new Shooting Club on campus for students interested in trap shooting.

Shared Governance Representatives reported that they felt as though communication had been improved, staff and students concerns are better heard and addressed, and there is more open communication since the implementation of the board.

The board of trustees approved the re-employment and renewal of contracts for 40 full-time faculty for the 2017-2018 year and the resignation of Head Start Family Engagement Specialist Amy Bunger, whose last day of employment was March 8th.

The board went into an executive session to discuss personnel matters.


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