2019-2020 President's Report

College/University Partnerships ECCC has established several partnerships and agreements with four-year colleges and universities over the past eight years to create well-defined pathways for students to complete four-year degrees. These partnerships include: • Mississippi University for Women (MUW) for ECCC students earning the Associate of Applied Science in Electrical Technology to transfer into MUW’s Bachelor of Technology degree program. • MUW that provides a seamless transition for ECCC culinary arts technology and hotel and restaurant technology students to earn a bachelor’s degree in similar programs at MUW. • Blue Mountain College (BMC) that provides a defined pathway for ECCC students to transfer to BMC to complete a bachelor’s degree. • University of West Alabama (UWA) that guarantees admission to UWA to all ECCC students who have a grade-point average of 2.0 or higher and 48 transferable credit hours or an Associate Degree awarded from East Central. • Mississippi State University (MSU) that outlines a pathway for ECCC students enrolled in technical education programs to complete MSU’s new Bachelor of Applied Science degree.

Technology program provides students with the skill base necessary to become professionals in network administration, network support specialist, computer network defense, intrusion detection systems, red team technician, and penetration testing. Clean 5th-Year SACSCOC Report

institution to have a report that does not require additional information or reports to be submitted to SACSCOC in order to be judged in compliance with the accrediting body’s standards and requirements. Institutions

accredited by SACSCOC must seek reaffirmation of that accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accrediting body for ECCC, accepted the college’s Fifth-Year Interim Report, along with its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Impact Report, in December 2018, with no additional information

every 10 years, which requires an off-site campus visit by a

14 peer committee and submission of a five year QEP designed to improve student learning or the environment for student success. Titled The Warrior Path to Success, ECCC’s QEP was designed to enhance student learning and engagement for first-time, first TEACHING & LEARNING requested to be in compliance. It is uncommon for an