4.a: Excellence and Strengths
Promote Strengths and Areas of Excellence Other Information:
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES: This area has many initiatives which, with a higher profile, could create the perception of Tunxis
as a college of "first resort" for students and others--parents, teachers, and guidance counselors among them--who help students
to plan for higher education. The associate's degree programs in Liberal Arts and General Studies are the heart of the College's
transfer efforts; courses in Liberal Arts are also required in all occupational programs. Given the diversity of offerings,
both curricular and extracurricular, Liberal Arts & Sciences is well suited to generate immediate and continuing visibility.
Especially given the changing demographic of our student body toward younger and fulltime students, we are likely to be serving
a higher proportion of students who intend to transfer and for them Liberal Arts and Sciences may be more relevant. Specific
steps or aspects of this emphasis on Liberal Arts and Sciences include: Create a vibrant cultural center responsive to community
needs through the library, workshops, field trips, concerts, symposiums, guest speakers, and visiting artists. Inform external
constituencies about the innovative extracurricular initiatives that occur regularly on campus. Present the community college
as a cost effective alternative for college-level students who wish to pursue a high-quality LA&S education. Develop a Liberal
Arts Honors Program and highlight the Honors Program: Computer Science/Mathematics Associate in Science degree. ALLIED HEALTH:
Demonstrate the programs' effectiveness for students and cost effectiveness. Make explicit the significance of the College’s
contribution to these programs.
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