President's reorganization plan draws mixed faculty reviews
LAURIE BARNETT reports that LC President Vivian Blevins outlined a plan effective by December 1, creating a dean of extended services, an academic dean, and a CE dean while eliminating assistant deanships. Faculty reactions range from support to concern over four deans and rapid change, with calls for aggressive leadership and careful implementation.
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Laurie Barnett
Vivian Blevins
Blevins
Partial Tuition Plan Eases Spring Fees for Students
Students with financial problems can enroll in a partial payment plan that lets them pay half tuition at registration and the rest by January 5. In person registration is required. If students drop after paying half, they owe only the registration and add drop fees.
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Dianne Stormer-Johnson
Faculty Advisement Program Gains Early Support on Campus
Over two weeks more than a thousand students have used the new faculty advisement plan, with about one third of the on campus body involved. Adoptions vary with instructors like Kenneth Scheffler advising up to 60 students and Muriel Tyssen noting sessions last 15 minutes to ninety minutes.
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Dianne Stormer-Johnson
Ms. Stormer Johnson
Kenneth Scheffler
Scheffler
Muriel Tyssen
Tyssen
New extensions bring college to the people at Lee College
Seven new Lee College extension centers open for spring in Cleveland Huffman Anahuac Hardin Crosby McNair and Dassetta plus existing mall and Liberty Dayton programs. The outreach aims to take college to the people with flexible occupational vocational and transfer classes and a special retail management degree at the mall campus. Financial aid is available and early classes cater to working students.
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Lee College
Cleveland
Huffman Anahuac
Hardin
Crosby, McNair
Dassetta
San Jacinto Mall
Liberty/Dayton
Dianne Stormer-Johnson
Vivian) Blevins
Ms. Stormer- Johnson
Blevins
John McCormick
Bob Backstrom
Ing
Ms. Stormer-Johnson
Mall
Financial aid options for Lee College students discussed
Barbara Watkins Lee College financial aid officer outlined short term loans grants and scholarships and the many factors used to determine aid including income family size ages and ASSET. She urged borrowing only as a last resort and noted a Pell Grant early registration loan. She cited 20 departmental scholarships and three May graduation scholarships. Kay Cook shared transfer insights from University of Houston encouraging returning students regardless of age. Gertrude Teter added LC transfers common and advised ignoring naysayers.
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Lee College
Barbara Watkins
Lee College Financial Aid
Watkins
Ms. Watkins
Kay Cook
University of Houston
Ms. Cook
U of H
Gertrude Teter
Handicapped facilities to be updated at Lee College
President Vivian Blevins forms a committee of faculty administration and students to study Lee College handicap facilities. The plan includes improving curbing and ramps, downstairs bathrooms, accessible classrooms, and staff support such as a dedicated counselor. The goal is to recruit more handicapped students and increase enrollment.
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Lynne Tims
Vivian Blevins
Lee College
Dr. Blevins
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