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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Area Commission
  3. Information Technology
  4. Plans and Analysis
  5. Marketing
  6. Financial Affairs
  7. Facilities Management
  8. Human Resources and Employee Relations
  9. Development
  10. Procurement and Inventory Control
  11. Auxiliary Enterprises and Printing Services
  12. Public Safety
  13. Division of Education

    13-0-2 Course Syllabi and Addenda

    13-0-3 New Curriculum Program Development

    13-0-6 Grade Reports and Transcripts

    13-0-8 Full-time Faculty Workload/Overload

    13-0-9 Curriculum Content Changes

    13-0-10 Closing Academic Programs

    13-1-1 Live Work Projects

    13-2-0 Use of Resources Policy

    13-2-1 Library Material, Overdue

    13-2-2 Digital Resource Acquisition

    13-2-3 Duplication and Use of Copyrighted Material

    13-2-5 Materials Acquisition

    13-2-6 Acquisition of Consumable Books and Periodicals

    13-2-7 Repair, Replacement, Removal and Preservation of Materials

    13-2-8 Archives

    13-3-0 Academic Advisory Committees Policy

    13-3-1 Academic Advisory Committees

    13-4-0 Collection Development Policy

    13-4-1 Articulation

    13-5-1 Audiovisual Production Request

    13-6-1 Student Intellectual Property Rights

    13-7-0 Education Abroad Policy

    13-7-1 Education Abroad

    13-8-0 Institutional Review Board Policy

    13-8-1 Institutional Review Board

    13-9-1 Student Privacy, Distance Learning

    13-10-1 Academic Student Ceremonies

    13-11-1 Non-credit Programs, International Students for Non-academic Training

    13-12-1 Non-credit Programs

    13-13-1 Non-credit Programs, Registration

    13-14-1 Non-credit Programs, Refunds

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  16. Admissions and Registrar
  17. Student Services

NUMBER: 13-0-10 APPROVED DATE: 04-30-2012

LEGAL AUTHORITY: S.C. CODE ANN. ยงยง 59-53-10

BASED ON POLICY NUMBER AND TITLE: SBTCE 3-1-301

PURPOSE:  To ensure that students, faculty and staff encounter minimal disruption in their educational progress and work environment when the college decides to terminate an academic certificate, diploma or degree program.

Definitions (based on State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education [SBTCE] Procedure 3-1-301-1)

Suspension

When a program is closed, the College places it on suspension (in Hold status in Trident Technical College’s (TTC’s) database) for the amount of time specified in SBTCE Procedure 3-1-301-1:  one year for certificates, three years for diplomas and degrees.  When a program is under suspension, no new students can be admitted; however, students already in the major can graduate.

Cancellation

After its period of suspension, the College places the program on cancellation (Inactive status in TTC’s database) for the amount of time specified in SBTCE Procedure 3-1-301-1:  one year for certificates, three years for diplomas and degrees.  When a program is in canceled (inactive) status, students can no longer graduate; the college is no longer authorized to award the credential.

Justification

The decision to close an academic program may be based on a number of criteria, including but not limited to the following:

  • Productivity (numbers of students enrolled or numbers of graduates)
  • Obsolescence (changes in technology or economic climate of the service area)
  • Legislation or licensure changes (credential is no longer required or credential must be at a higher level)
  • Financial considerations

Responsibilities

Vice President for Academic Affairs

The decision may be based on the recommendation of the faculty, the academic advisory committee, or the SBTCE, but in every case the final decision to close an academic program will be initiated by the Vice President for Education and approved by the President.

If the recommendation has not come from the faculty, the Vice President for Education will notify the appropriate dean and discuss any concerns related to faculty deployment.

Assistant Vice President of Academic Programs

After the Vice President has approved the closing of a program, the Assistant Vice President of Academic Programs will take the following actions:

  • Change the program status in TTC's database to H (Hold, or suspension)  and remove future catalog years.
  • Notify the SACSCOC Institutional Liaison, Admissions, Registrar, Financial Aid/VA, Recruiting, Marketing and Advancement that the program will be closed.
  • Send notification forms to State System office.
  • Request from the office of Institutional Research a list of all students with active matriculations in the program (including those not currently enrolled at TTC).
  • Send the list of majors to the appropriate academic program manager.
  • Remove mention of the program from relevant sections of the upcoming TTC catalog.
  • Change program status in TTC's database to I (Inactive, or cancellation) at the end of the period of suspension.
  • Notify SACS Institutional Liaison, Registrar and Assistant Vice President of Student Services that the program has been made Inactive.

Admissions

Remove programs from application (print and online).  Remove programs from the auto-move-to student process.

Recruiting/Marketing

Remove mention of programs from future marketing materials

Program Managers

Write a proposal for closing the program that includes a teach-out plan and identifies any courses that should be removed from the TTC catalog and the last term each course will be offered.

Send email to current students notifying them of the program’s suspension; notify other majors who are not current TTC students via US mail.  Notification should explain how long students have to complete the program and should invite students to make an appointment with an advisor to plan for completing requirements or changing major, as appropriate.  In some programs, announcements to students during class may be appropriate as well.

Plan a schedule of course offerings that will allow current students to finish in the time allowed.  

Monitor enrolled students each semester to see if they are staying on track or changing their major.

Registrar’s Office

Update majors of those students determined by program faculty to require change of major.

Assistant Vice President of Student Services

Close inactive (canceled) programs with the US Department of Education and with the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

SACSCOC Institutional Liaison

Notify SACSCOC that programs will be closed, with teach-out plan and effective term.

Updated: 05-15-2017

Updated: 07-31-2020

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