Boricua College
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Motto | A tradition of learning | |
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Type | President Victor G. Alicea | |
Academic staff | 230 | |
Students | 1200 | |
Location | , , | |
Campus | Urban | |
Affiliations | NAICU, MSA | |
Mascot | Lion | |
Website | www.boricuacollege.edu |
Boricua College is a
Faculty
The school employs a largely bilingual faculty and staff of 130 full-time and 100 part-time members. According to its Self Study Report (2014) to the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, in fall 2012-13 it had 59.5 full-time faculty and 25 part-time adjunct faculty. Over 90% are Latinos. It serves a student population of 1,200.
Campuses
The college has four campuses: in
Accreditation
Boricua College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In the spring of 2014 the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC/CAEP) evaluated Boricua College's Audit Brief and recommended it "above standard" for TEAC's three quality principles: Candidate Learning, Faculty Learning, and Capacity and Commitment of the institution. TEAC/CAEP met and accepted the recommendation and accredited, for the maximum allowable of seven years (spring 2014 to spring 2021), the college's Bachelor of Science degree program in Childhood Education that included the Generic Studies Liberal Arts and Sciences core curriculum program, and the Masters in Science degree program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). This national achievement complements the authorization of these programs by the New York State Education Department and the State Certification of the graduates.
Student body and graduation
The college is regarded as "nontraditional" because of its competency-based model of education, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking skills and clarification of values and increasing students' capacity for self-reflection. Its student body is 79% adult (over 25 years old with family responsibilities) which puts it in the nontraditional category.
In his book Access to Freedom, James Hall considered Boricua College as a nontraditional college. Hall explains that these colleges cater to adult, working students who may take much longer than the six years taken by traditional students to graduate.[1]
Boricua College's graduation rate is given by the
Notable alumni
- Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
- Robert Torres (stage name Sabor Latino), Hip Hop artist and author
Notable visitors
In January 2000 President Bill Clinton visited the Brooklyn campus at its Graham Avenue learning center to inaugurate a Small Business Association at the college. Boricua was one of the two colleges the president visited that were not for commencement purposes during his eight years at the White House.[3]
References
- ^ James Hall, Access to Freedom, 1993, p. 117.
- ^ "College Navigator - Boricua College". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Ricardo, Alonso-Zaldivar (January 14, 2000). "Clinton Urges the Powerful to Aid Poor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 April 2016.