Southeastern, NTCC agree to share faculty-staff development opportunities
Monday, July 18, 2016
by: Rene Abadie
HAMMOND – Faculty and staff at Southeastern Louisiana University and Northshore Technical
Community College will now be able to take courses and programs at each institution
at reduced costs, according to a new agreement signed by both institutions.
Under the arrangement, faculty and staff at both institutions can take advantage
of the unique educational strengths and resources that exist at each institution.
The agreement is designed to help expand academic credentials in order to meet expectations
set by programmatic and regional and national accrediting agencies. In addition, Southeastern
faculty and staff may benefit from expertise offered by NTCC, especially in certain
applied technology fields.
“Southeastern has a close relationship with NTCC because of our shared educational
focus and our missions to serve the residents of our region,” said Southeastern President
John L. Crain. “In this period of tight budgetary restrictions, it’s appropriate for
us to share our educational resources whenever we have the occasion. This kind of
cooperation will enhance the knowledge and skills of faculty and staff at both institutions.”
"A solid foundation of continuous comprehensive faculty and staff development
is central to the quality of student learning and responsiveness to markets,” said
NTCC Chancellor William S. Wainwright. “This mutually beneficial and progressive agreement
between Northshore Technical Community College and Southeastern Louisiana University
will ensure sustainable growth while strengthening our institutions, therefore enhancing
our services to students and stakeholders."
Under terms of the agreement, Southeastern and SLU will share information about
existing educational and professional development programs and determine opportunities
to provide access for faculty and staff at each other’s institution to participate
in selected programming on a free or reduced-cost basis.
The two institutions will also seek other partnership opportunities in which
information, knowledge and expertise can be shared, including training opportunities
in areas such as safety, security, counseling and learning management system training.
The two institutions have a history of cooperation. Most recently, Southeastern
and NTCC began offering Connect to Success in which NTCC students can take various
courses at Southeastern as well as use the university’s facilities such as the library,
Student Union and Pennington Student Activity Center. More than 500 NTCC students
are enrolled in the program.