{"id":11071,"date":"2015-05-11T11:34:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=11071"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:34:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:34:26","slug":"nw-state-college-merges-with-terra-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/nw-state-college-merges-with-terra-state\/","title":{"rendered":"NW State College Merges with Terra State"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image006\"<\/a> \"image005\"<\/a>Northwest State Community College, Terra State Community College to combine administrative support, enhance student services, academic experience<\/p>\n

(Monday, May 11, 2015) \u2013 Two Northwest Ohio community colleges are joining forces to streamline administrative functions, a move that will allow each college to invest more resources locally on educational opportunity and quality.\u00a0 Northwest State Community College in Archbold and Terra State Community College in Fremont made the announcement after Board of Trustee approval at each college over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerra State and Northwest State have a successful history of working cooperatively,\u201d said Dr. Thomas L. Stuckey, president of Northwest State Community College.\u00a0 \u201cThrough this new collaboration, each college will reduce administrative costs and devote greater resources toward academic programming and student success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new arrangement puts Northwest State and Terra State on the cutting edge of higher education innovation,\u201d said Dr. Jerome Webster, president of Terra State Community College.\u00a0 \u201cOur goal is to provide the best possible educational experience for our students.\u00a0 These centralized positions carry greater responsibility; as we phase them in over the next few years, they will attract a larger, more qualified pool of higher education professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Boards of Trustees for both Northwest State and Terra State independently approved the creation of the Northern Ohio Community College District, a regional council of government authorized by Chapter 167 of the Ohio Revised Code.\u00a0 The move does not merge the colleges themselves, rather it creates a centralized district and consolidates certain administrative positions for both colleges. The District office is expected to be housed at the University of Toledo Scott Park campus, in alignment with a consortium agreement with the University of Toledo.\u00a0 Both Northwest State and Terra State are approximately 40 miles from the new central office.<\/p>\n

While important administrative functions will now be located off-campus, both colleges will continue the front-line work of education and workforce development in their distinct service areas.\u00a0 \u201cBoth institutions are deeply rooted in the communities we serve, and that commitment will not change,\u201d Stuckey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur colleges each have our own unique strengths,\u201d Webster said.\u00a0 \u201cRather than competing with one another, we will play to each other\u2019s strengths,” Webster said.<\/p>\n

The new central office is expected to be up and running by July 1, 2015.\u00a0 The first positions to move to the district office are the vice president of academic affairs and the chief financial officer.\u00a0 Terra State\u2019s vice president of academic affairs is set to retire at the end of June, and Northwest State\u2019s current vice president of academic affairs will move to the District office and assume the role for both schools.\u00a0 Similarly, Terra State\u2019s CFO will move to the district office and will work collaboratively with Northwest State\u2019s chief fiscal and administrative officer.\u00a0 Other positions will be phased in over several years through attrition, including a chief executive officer (separate position from the college presidents); chief operation officer; chief workforce development officer; and marketing and public relations, human resources, and information technology functions. No faculty positions are affected by the change.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time the two colleges have collaborated on shared personnel.\u00a0 In 2010-2011, each school was in need of a construction project coordinator.\u00a0 They jointly hired an individual who served both schools in this position for approximately 18 months.<\/p>\n

In 2014, both schools were in search of a new director of financial aid.\u00a0 Drs. Stuckey and Webster discussed the possibility of collaborating on the position.\u00a0 While it didn\u2019t work out in this particular case, it opened the door to further explore the benefits of such collaboration.<\/p>\n

Northwest State Community College offers more than 70 academic programs and serves approximately 5,500 credit and non-credit students (average age of 30), with the majority of students from Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams Counties.\u00a0 Seventy-two percent of Northwest State\u2019s degree-seeking students receive some form of financial aid.\u00a0 Eighty-five percent of the schools nearly 9,300 alumni continue to live and work in the six-county area.<\/p>\n

Terra State Community College offers 60 academic programs and serves roughly 3,500 credit and non-credit students (average age of 27), with the majority of students coming from Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Seneca Counties.\u00a0 Eighty-six percent of Terra State\u2019s students receive some form of financial aid.\u00a0 Eight-five percent of Terra State graduates continue to live and work in the college\u2019s service area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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