i say that without any hesitation. so you better be good today. all right. it is great to call you chairman. we have called you many titles before. it s great to have chairman. you have called me many fames before. be honest. that may be true. go ahead dr. rose. i am steve rose, president of pass aic county community college. our main campus is in patterson, new jersey, the third largest city in our state. i have been president since 1996 and have been at the college since 1987. when i arrived we had 2,000 students a year. turntly we serve over 11,000. this growth is fairly typical of community colleges during this time span. 80% of our students are minority with many having english as their second language. maniel enrolled to seek an associates degree. others come seeking our work force development programs in health care and technology fields. the topic of this hearing, this is why community colleges were created. pccc, like most community college is an open admis
wish to seek recognition. per house resolution 955 resolutions and members are required to leave the camera on the entire time they are in an official proceeding. even if they step away from the camera. our roll call is not necessary to establish a quorum and official proceedings conducted remotely whenever there is an official receding with remote participation the clerk will call the roll to help make clear who is present at the start of the preceding. this time i asked the clerk to call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] thank you very much. pursuant to committee rule 7d opening statements are witnessed the chain the ranking member for this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members the adequate time to ask questions. recognize myself a purpose of making an opening statement. today we are examining how the covid-19 pandemic is draining our higher education system and discussing what congr
accompanying regulations, members are required to leave the camera on the entire time they are in an official proceeding. even if a step away from the camera. while roll call is unnecessary to establish a quorum and official proceedings conducted remotely, whenever there is an official proceeding with remote participation, the clerk will call the roll to make clear who is present at the start of the preceding. at this time i ask the clerk to call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] chairwoman, , this concludes the roll call. thank you very much. pursuant to committee role 7c, opening statements are limited to the chair and the ranking member. this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. i recognize myself do for the purpose of making and opening statement. today, , as we know we re examining how the covid-19 pandemic is straining our higher education system and