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ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013
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Washington Monthly
magazine ranked Clinton Community College
among the 50 Best Community Colleges in the nation. Clinton is the
only community college in New York State on the list in 2013.
The ranking is based on two sources of information: the Community
College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) and U.S. Department
of Education measures of student retention and completion.
As Washington Monthly points out, since 2003 the CCSSE has been
administered to the vast majority of community colleges. It provides
an assessment of each community college in five benchmark areas:
• Active and Collaborative Learning
• Student Effort
• Academic Challenge
• Student-Faculty Interaction
• Support for Learners
These benchmarks comprise five-eighths of the Washington Monthly ranking system. The remaining three-eighths
are based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education:
• First-year retention rate
• Percentage of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who graduate or transfer within three years
• The ratio of degrees awarded during a given academic year to the
number of full-time equivalent students enrolled
Clinton’s high ranking on these eight measures of student engagement and student success
doesn’t surprise some people. It reflects what many already know from first-hand experience:
that our faculty and staff are committed to teaching, learning and student success. Still, all
of us at Clinton are pleased to have external validation by such a credible source.
Photos (L to R): Top Row: Phi Theta Kappa members; Clinton’s George Moore Academic & Administrative Building; Academic Awards Convocation.
Middle Row: At graduation; Washington Monthly Best Colleges Seal; Students in a Forensics lab.
Bottom Row: Unveiling the new GE Wind Lab; Clinton students studying in China; Completion Day signing ceremony.
ONE OF THE BEST
