Overview
Massachusetts Bay Community College (MBCC) is authorized by Section 5 of Chapter 15A of the Massachusetts General Laws and operates under the direction of a board of trustees, the members of which are appointed by the Governor. The president of MBCC is the administrative head of the college and reports to the board of trustees.
MBCC is a member of the Massachusetts public higher-education system, which consists of 15 community colleges, nine state universities, and five University of Massachusetts campuses. According to its website, MBCC serves approximately 6,000 full-time and part-time students from greater Boston and the Metrowest region on its campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland. As of June 30, 2019, the college employed 724 faculty members, 298 of whom were full-time.
MBCC should review and edit its current IT inventory list to include purchase dates, costs, assigned tag numbers, locations, descriptions, and serial numbers for all items; should remove duplicate items; and should correct inaccurate data where possible.
MBCC should ensure that all IT assets have inventory tags affixed to them.
MBCC should enhance its current “Inventory Tracking and Disposal Policy” to include detailed procedures for all phases of the IT inventory process. The policy should require keeping documentation supporting the annual physical inventory of IT equipment and should include guidance for relocating IT equipment.
MBCC should communicate this policy to all employees and establish monitoring controls to ensure that it is consistently followed.
Massachusetts state universities, including Framingham State, will require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine
FRAMINGHAM – Framingham State University, and other state universities in Massachusetts, will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend in-person classes this fall, joining a growing number of colleges and universities across the nation and state.
The presidents of the nine universities in the state s system unanimously decided to mandate the vaccine for undergraduate and graduate students who attend in-person classes, conduct research on campus, live in residence halls, or participate in campus life activities. They also expect that all employees will also be fully vaccinated prior to the start of the fall semester.
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Visit the link above to view the final ranking order, find top schools by state, and see additional schools outside the top 50. In rankings on other sites, students typically see only the largest community colleges. We believe we take a smarter and more comprehensive approach, says Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and professor of physics at Wake Forest University. We look at how influential the school s faculty is and then factor in the student body size. We call this metric Concentrated Influence. Those community colleges with a strong faculty but comparatively fewer students, schools that might otherwise get lost in the shadows of their larger competitors, now have an opportunity to shine, says Macosko. Because students often choose to attend a school nearby, this kind of illumination provides a truer view of how influential their neighborhood community college may actually be, regardle
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Low-income students in Massachusetts are three times less likely than their peers to attain the post-secondary degrees and credentials they need for most jobs in the local economy. The economic downturn from COVID has had a disproportionate impact on these students, causing many to delay or abandon college plans. Getting and keeping them on track to earn a college degree is an urgent challenge.
A new partnership began in the MetroWest region last year that puts more students on a path to college, prepares them for the rigors of college coursework, enables them to earn college credits while in high school, and saves their families thousands of dollars in tuition and fees - because it’s free. Most important, its focus is on closing college attainment gaps for low-income, Black, and Latinx students. The program deserves broad support.