Kansas City Kansas Community College - Owaissa Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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NUHTH CENTRAL ACEHEDITATIUN That our junior College is now to he listed as fully accredited hy the great North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools is an accomplish- ment, the importance of which can scarcely he realized. This organization does nothing carelessly. Its attitude and investigations are entirely impersonal and completely lacking in sentiment. Our college prepared schedules and reports covering every phase of our work and employing the services of every mem- her of the faculty during a three-month period. It is only fair to say that not all findings were favorahle. Improvement can and will he made in the years immediately ahead. However, the over-all picture of our school was sufficently strong to warrant full accreditation, and this was voted in Chicago on March 29, 1951. It is interesting to note some of the strong points of our college as noted hy the surveyors in their visit on january 8-9. They pointed out that the faculty was congenial, good natured, and seemingly enjoyed a sense of security. This is no douht furthered hy good salaries and an excellent retirement plan. To quote still further on the faculty report, In actual practice the instructional performance of the faculty is energetic, performed within a good classroom situation, and regarded seriously hy the students. , More important, however, is what they said in fields where student par- ticipation was necessary. Our athletic program was highly commended. The extra curricular program was rated superior. It was stated that the students exhihit thorough respect for their school and carry themselves' responsihlyf' The report also contains this statement: Student discipline is not a prohlem in the junior College. The examiners were very favorahly impressed hy the general decorum of the student hody. Good things were also said ahout our lihrary, our guidance work and the success of our transfers to other institutions. Our records are well kept and the general administration of the school is carefully adjusted to the needs of the student. In this short article it would he impossihle to deal with all of the items covered in the twenty-seven page report. Sujice it to say that we are greatly encouraged at the fine things saidg determined to improve wherever any weak- ness was uncovered, and very, very proud of our full and complete accredita- tion hy the North Central Association. -I. F. IVellemeyer, Dean.