Education in the Northern Mariana Islands - Northern Marianas College, Commonwealth of the Northern Marinorthern Marianas College, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System Ana Islands Public School System (Paperback)

Chapters: Northern Marianas College, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System, List of Colleges and Universities in the Northern Mariana Islands, Caripac. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Northern Marianas College (NMC), is a two-year community college located in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The college was founded in 1981 by Agnes McPheteres in a renovated former United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands hospital on Saipan where its main campus remains to this day. NMC today has three campuses located on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, with the Tinian and Rota campuses no longer offering academic classes. The main campus on Saipan lies in the region of Micronesia in the western Pacific, approximately 3500 miles west of Hawaii, 1500 miles south of Japan, and 100 miles north of Guam. NMC is the sole public college within the Commonwealth and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, although that status is imminently threatened (scroll down to "Marshall Islands, CNMI" section of source, and see "Leadership and accreditation issues" section below on this page). Its current president is Carmen Fernandez. Former presidents include Keith Pointer, Agnes McPhetres, Joaquin Sablan, Kenneth Wright, Tony De Leon Guerrero, and numerous acting presidents over relatively long time periods. Northern Marianas College offers degrees and certificate programs from seven departments: View of an area of the Northern Marianas College campus, 2005. On the right is the library. On the left are various administration offices. In the back is National Public Radio station KRNM.Although NMC is a two-year college, it also grants bachelor's degrees through its Sc...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=532078