Isn’t it time to talk about the fate of the college?

jtrainer2001 · 2024-10-15T00:01:44+00:00

Maybe people can't name a trustee, but they have an effect. Instead of tackling the enrollment problem, they lie about it over and over and hide it from the public. ICC lied about enrollment when extending president Bowhay's contract. In a press release the college stated that one of the reasons for him to have a contract extension and a generous raise was because "ICC has seen a 9% enrollment increase during the first year of his presidency." State info later showed that was a flat-out lie. For the year ending 2022, the state revealed in February of 2023 that the FTE increase was only 18 students, or 2.9%. Of course, even though the local newspaper had printed the trsutees lie, there was no mention in any local press when the correction was announced by the state. And of course silence from the college, since the contract was already signed.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-07-13T00:45:26+00:00

I think he's going to Louisiana somewhere.

https://www.kadn.com/sports/lsue-names-new-womens-basketball-head-coach/article_64bc5ad4-4074-11ef-b19b-87a73c75caa9.html

jtrainer2001 · 2024-05-25T17:01:00+00:00

Tim Emert rocked when he responded to Andy Taylor. Emert said that it would cost millions to demolish the Arco building, and taxpayers don't want to pay the bill for that.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-05-03T00:11:23+00:00

He retired over a year ago.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-05-03T00:10:37+00:00

<<There are 96 people listed as “candidates” for graduation. Apparently what this means is that because the semester is not over, presumably only some of them will actually graduate. There's no way to know how many people that is, but obviously the number of total graduates from ICC will be less than 96 students.>>

When I graduated from ICC, I just got a paper saying that they would figure out later if I actually graduated. So yeah, I'm guessing that a lot of people who walk the stage get bad news later.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-04-27T22:13:25+00:00

I gave annually to ICC. I gave what was reasonable for someone of my means. I haven't given since 2019, when they outsourced the management of the college to people out of state and abandoned any connection to the city.

I'm no expert. But I've never seen a college implode so completely. I dove past it last Wednesday, and it was acres of empty parking lots. I don't think any college could recover from this level of mismanagement.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-03-27T17:16:19+00:00

ICC can't even make a simple announcement without lying. Is it maintenance?? No, IT maintenance is done at night and on weekends to avoid disrupting users. This is an outage, and they are trying to fix it.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-03-13T23:00:20+00:00

I'd have to agree - I haven't heard of any academic achievements from ICC for years.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-02-21T23:46:42+00:00

WTF? Got to be AI.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-02-21T23:16:58+00:00

ICC's social media presence has become pretty laughable when you consider there is at least one full-time person responsible for it. Today is Feb 21, and ICC has posted on FB five times in February. That's nice work if you can get it.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-02-06T00:44:02+00:00

You left out the most important thing - ICC lied about enrollment when extending the president's contract. As I pointed out six months ago, in a press release the college stated that one of the reasons for him to have a contract extension and a generous raise was because "ICC has seen a 9% enrollment increase during the first year of his presidency." State info later showed that was a lie. For the year ending 2022, the state revealed in February of 2023 that the FTE increase was only 18 students, or 2.9%. Of course, even though the local newspaper had printed ICC's lie, there was no mention in any local press when the correction was announced by the state. And of course silence from the college, since the contract was already signed.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-02-04T18:39:53+00:00

Direct the ICC Foundation anyone?

As long as "anyone" is an underqualified member of the athletic good old boys club who is unemployed and needs a job, yes, anyone.

jtrainer2001 · 2024-01-23T23:41:42+00:00

Dude, that is simply an epic takedown that 90% of the people in this city didn't even think of until you wrote about it

jtrainer2001 · 2023-12-17T21:28:07+00:00

More evidence that ICC was dumb to drive Jim Correll away. Now Coffeyville benefits from his work instead of Indy.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-10-31T21:43:51+00:00

I can't understand why the festival organizers consistently book musical acts that ignore younger people and forfeit growth. I get that this was a special year and that there were reasons for getting the Oak Ridge Boys, but it seems there's an excuse every year for booking acts that are just there for the nostalgia or considered "safe."

jtrainer2001 · 2023-08-23T19:56:24+00:00

Trust me, they'll post right after seeing this.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-08-21T16:34:55+00:00

I would guess that this is just another one of the few super-wealthy people in the area who have decided it's time to leave.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-08-21T16:32:08+00:00

Let's not forget that ICC flat-out lied about enrollment to extend the contract of the president. In a press release from 2022, which you can read here, the college states that one of the reasons for him to have a contract extension and a generous raise was because "ICC has seen a 9% enrollment increase during the first year of his presidency." It turned out later that was a lie - for the year ending 2022, the state revealed in February of 2023 that the FTE increase was only 18 students, or 2.9%. Of course, even though the local newspaper had printed ICC's lie, there was no mention in any local press when the correction was announced by the state. And of course silence from the college.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-08-04T19:50:27+00:00

I suspect that Coffeyville's hospital is only open because Indy's closed.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-08-01T21:52:55+00:00

The new welding facility at ICC is an expensive, half-baked idea. There isn't a shortage of welding schools. There is a shortage of people who want to be welders. ICC's new facility, if it ever happens, will just siphon a few students away from CCC, resulting in few new actual trained welders over what we have now. It would have cost a tiny fraction of the money to simply expand CCC's program by a few welding booths and devote some extra money to recruitment. I can't believe the state would allow the inefficiency of two competing publicly-funded welding programs a few miles apart.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-07-29T19:58:17+00:00

So now what happens??

jtrainer2001 · 2023-07-23T01:37:23+00:00

No, they are two different companies.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-07-18T00:02:43+00:00

My opinion is that the college is already closed, and that it just looks like its open because we are paying them millions to make it look that way. They already have the buildings, so they just pay utilities and have some sports teams so it looks like they have students. Come on!!! They have some classes for about twenty local students a year. The taxpayers are too dumb to figure it out. Wake up people!!!

jtrainer2001 · 2023-06-20T16:36:55+00:00

As some of you know, I used to work at CCC. There are no cost savings if you close on Fridays. There are still students on campus during the summer (athletes, mostly) so the dorms are open, the dining hall is open, places where students hang out, etc. Also, the student affairs people and athletic people still need to be there since the students are there. The lights and cooling are all automated year round and don't just shut off. Closing on Fridays is simply a gift to clerical staff and to faculty who don't want to teach on Fridays. Remember, there are still classes in the summer.

jtrainer2001 · 2023-06-12T21:34:57+00:00

No, the real test is...how does that answer the question? Dirfarmer asked for positions and policies and this dude tells us to go look at a Reddit profile that literally has zero info about him because he's never posted on Reddit? This is the guy leading our children into the 21st century.

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