The Ranger, April 22, 2019

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The anger Volume 93 • Issue 16 San Antonio College A forum of free voices since 1926

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Lower online-only tuition rate coming in fall Faculty Senate president said growing online enrollment comes with challenges. By Sergio Medina smedina104@student.alamo.edu The Alamo Colleges’ online tuition rates will decrease for out-ofdistrict students from $215 to $170 per credit hour in the fall. The new rate, or eRate, which was approved by the board of trustees March 19, will apply only to out-of-district students exclusively taking online courses. Tuition will not change for those physically attending the colleges — $99 per credit hour for in-district, $215 per credit hour for out-ofdistrict and $466 per credit hour for international students. Tuition rates for online courses for in-district, non-Texas resi-

dents and international students will not change, remaining at $99 per credit hour for in-district and $466 per credit hour for non-Texas residents and international students. In an interview April 15, Faculty Senate President Lennie Irvin said the reason for the decrease is to make the district more competitive with other community colleges in the state. “And they (the district) felt like lowering the rate would make it, you know, easier for someone to take online classes from out-ofdistrict,” he said. “But it’s only for students doing 100 percent online.” “If you’re doing all online and you live in New Braunfels or something, you can get that eRate, but if you’re taking one face-to-face class and one online class from New Braunfels, you’ll pay the old out-of-district rate ($215 per credit hour).” Irvin said instructing online courses can be challenging because

online classes require more attention than teaching face-to-face classes. Creating instructions for an online course requires in-depth, specific instructing to prevent confusion among students. “The communication, I mean, it can happen face-to-face, but there seems to be more questions and more interaction has to happen with students online,” Irvin said. “Face-to-face, we can meet, and I can explain things, and they can ask questions and we can work it out together.” Further, online classes have more students per class, he said. An online class could have up to 40 students, whereas a face-to-face class could have 25-30. “So faculty have a little bit of disincentive to sign up for online

See TUITION, Page 7

All SGA positions up for grabs Applications must be submitted by 10 a.m. April 24 to student life. By James Russell jrussell65@student.alamo. edu

Kinesiology freshman Patrick Egan jabs mechanical engineer sophomore Emiliano Perez April 17 in the 16th annual Olympic-style boxing event in the

mall. Upon winning, Perez said, “I feel great. I wanted to make sure I came out with a win.” About 150 students attended the event. Brianna Rodrigue

EFC framework will be presented to board in May Proposal calls for each college to design program. By Rogelio Escamilla rescamilla69@student.alamo.edu The Executive Faculty Council will present a student leadership framework recommendation to the board of trustees May 21, which would mandate an integrated system for students to track leadership knowledge, skills and abilities. The council sent the framework proposal to the Tactical Leadership Team for a final review and approval at the team’s April 15 meeting. The Tactical Leadership Team, previously called the Presidents and Vice Chancellors committee, is composed of the chancellor, college presidents, vice chancellors and other key district personnel. The framework, formally

known as board policy B.9.1, is the response to a 2017 charge to EFC to recommend a “single, Districtwide leadership model framework that identifies competencies that meet the needs of employers and aligns with leadership models used by ISD and university partners,” to the board of trustees. “The board policy B.9.1 has been in existence, and it just previously had a more prescriptive view of leadership,” said Michael Gardin, English professor and Faculty Senate president at Northwest Vista College. “It said ‘this is the package, this is the thing we believe leadership is.’ So it’s always been there, it’s always been someone’s job. There’s been labor put forward toward leadership. It’s just we’re re-defining it.” The original deadline for the framework’s implementation was fall 2018.

According to the proposal, research for the framework ended in February. Details of the framework, such as total cost and faculty responsibilities, will depend on each col-

lege’s implementation strategy. Gardin said if the board accepts the framework, implementation committees will be established at each college.

See FRAMEWORK, Page 7

Final Exam Schedule M/W Class time: 6:30 a.m.

Students interested in becoming an officer for this college’s Student Government Association can apply through 10 a.m. April 24. Positions include president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, historian parliamentarian, commissioner of student success, commissioner of service, commissioner of strategic planning, commissioner of public relations and commissioner of veteran affairs. All students have to do is complete and turn in a candidate packet, which are available at the office of student life in Loftin Student Center Room 256 and with Nicole France, SGA adviser and senior coordinator of outreach and recruitment, in Room 230 of Fletcher Administration Center. The candidate packet explains duties and expec-

*Friday only, evening and weekend final exams are given during class hours. Department chairs can schedule final exams not conforming to this schedule.

M/W/F Exam time:

Class time:

tations of the applicant, eligibility, campaign plans, election posting and campaign rules, violations and grievances, procedures and a personal statement questionnaire. To hold office, students must have a 2.7 GPA. The deadline for applications changed from April 18 to April 24 because not enough applications were turned in, France said. Officers are awarded stipends for the semester. The president position is awarded $400, executive officers are awarded $300 and commissioners are awarded $250. “Not only does this give students an opportunity to take up leadership, it also gives students the chance to be the voice of change that they want to see happen,” France said in an interview April 15. For more information, call France at 210-4869864 or email nfrance@ alamo.edu.

T/R Exam time:

Class time:

7-9:30 a.m. — May 13

7 a.m.

7-9:30 a.m. — May 13

8 a.m.

8-10:30 a.m. — May 15

8 a.m.

8-10:30 a.m. — May 15

8 a.m.

9:25 a.m.

9-11:30 a.m. — May 13

9 a.m.

9-11:30 a.m. — May 17

9:25 a.m.

11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — May 15

10 a.m.

9-11:30 a.m. — May 13

10:50 a.m.

10:50 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — May 14

12-2:30 p.m. — May 13

11 a.m.

11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — May 15

12:15 p.m.

12:15-2:45 p.m. — May 16

10:50 a.m. Noon / 12:15 p.m. 1 p.m.

1-3:30 p.m. — May 13

Noon

12-2:30 p.m. — May 17

1:40 / 2 p.m.

2-4:30 p.m. — May 15

1 p.m.

2:25 p.m.

2:25-4:55 p.m. —May 15

2 p.m.

3:05 / 3:50 p.m.

3:50-6:20 p.m. — May 13

6:30 a.m.

Exam time: 6:30-9 a.m. — May 16 8-10:30 a.m. — May 14 9:25-11:55 a.m. — May 16

1 p.m.

1:40-4:10 p.m. — May 14

1-3:30 p.m. — May 13

1:40 p.m.

1:40-4:10 p.m. — May 14

2-4:30 p.m. — May 15

3:05 p.m.

3:05-5:35 p.m. — May 16


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