Saturday, September 18, 1999
Two-year colleges gain leader
1st president of Ky. system to be installed
BY ANDREA TORTORA
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Ceremonies inaugurating Michael B. McCall as the first president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System will be today in Lexington.
The celebration of Dr. McCall's leadership and the system's beginnings will include Gov. Paul Patton and officials from many of the state's four-year, technical and community colleges.
“Kentucky has made a major commitment to the two-year system of postsecondary education,” Dr. McCall said. “That's what excited me.”
Dr. McCall was hired as president in January. He is the former director of the South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Edu cation.
In Kentucky, Dr. McCall will keep watch over the system's 13 community colleges, 15 technical colleges and a $330 million budget. In Northern Kentucky, the Northern Kentucky Technical College in Covington and the Maysville Community College are part of the system.
The system of colleges was created by Mr. Patton in 1997 as part of higher education reform. The system serves 45,000 credit-seeking students.
There are about 650 people taking classes at Northern Kentucky Technical College and 1,250 students at Maysville Community College. Enrollment figures include full- and part-time students.
Northern Kentucky educators, politicians and community members would like to see a new community college created for the region.
Northern Kentucky is the largest area of the state without a college offering a two-year degree program. The nearest two-year college is the one in Maysville.
Northern Kentucky University officials as well as those from the Northern Kentucky Technical College and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System are studying the idea.
Dr. McCall has also super vised consolidation of services by community and technical colleges located in the same city. In Northern Kentucky, the Northern Campbell campus and the Edgewood campus of Northern Kentucky Technical College have joined with the Covington campus.
Other changes include granting the system's Board of Regents the power to approve degree programs and implement an information technology upgrade.
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