Mitchell

Community
College
BY: RANDY CLOKE, ALLIE KADELL, SHAKIRA MORETA, AND CHARLIE HAYCOOK
Overview

 NC System and Mitchell Specific System

 Mitchell’s image in terms of governance for faculty

 State Legislature and Systematic Power

North Carolina Governance

STATE LEVEL STATE LEVEL

GOVERNING GOVERNING
BOARD BOARD

16 50+
UNIVERSITIES COMMUNITY
COLLEGES
State Board of Community
Colleges
 21 Members
 4 appointed by State Executive Branch (4 from Governor)
 8 appointed by State Legislative Branch (4 from the House, 4 from the
Senate)
 6 Regional Appointees
 1 N4CSGA Member
 2 ex officio members (State Treasurer and Lt. Governor)
 MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Administration
President

VP,
VP, VP, Workplace
VP, Student VP, Administration
Accounting and Dev. And Cont. VP, Instruction
Success Advancement and Aux.
CFO Education
Services
MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Board of Trustees
 13 Sitting Members
 4 Appointed by the Local Board of Education
 4 Appointed by the Governor
 4 Appointed by County Commission*
 1 SGA President

*Must be a resident of the county that the college is a member of

What Mitchell Appears To Be…

 No controversies publicly talked about

 No faculty governance structure

 Trustees have ultimate authority over faculty work/hours, with no

ability for the faculty to defend their rights?
North Carolina Legislature and
Governance Changes

 North Carolina Legislature

 House Bill 12 and House Bill 17:

 Changing the overall structure of the community college boards and
the ability of the Governor to appoint their own candidates to different
boards

 Sanctuary Cities
House Bill 12

 Would change both the Governor’s and local School Board’s

respective abilities to appoint trustees at “certain” community
colleges
 Some colleges would see the four trustees formerly appointed by
the governor be appointed by the House and the State Senate,
respectively
 Some colleges would see the four trustees formerly elected by the
local board of education be appointed by the county board of
commissioners
 Has not yet become law
House Bill 17

 Changes the trustee appointment capabilities of the Governor at

the board of trustees at each UNC school
 Four former appointments from the Governor will now be appointed
by House and the Senate, respectively
 All vacancies will be notified to the General Assembly and filled by
the General Assembly
 Signed into law by lame duck governor, Pat McCrory, before
current governor, Roy Cooper, took office.
Senate Bill 145

 Text is designed to force local governments to “comply with state

laws related to immigration” and “to prohibit constituent institutions
from becoming sanctuary universities…”
 Proposed law says that it creates “incentives to comply,” but no
such incentives are described.
 Today, 4/25, the bill was updated with new language and referred
back to the committee responsible for its creation in the Senate
Questions??
References
 Charlotte News and Observer. (2017, March 2). Gov. Roy Cooper would lose judicial, community college
appointment powers under NC House bill. Retrieved from http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-
government/state-politics/article136069903.html

 The Chronicle of Higher Education. (2017, 8). Republican state lawmakers seek to ban ‘sanctuary’
campuses. Retrieved from http://www.chronicle.com/article/Republican-State-Lawmakers/239426

 Mitchell Community College. (n.d.). Administration and board of trustees. Retrieved from
http://www.mitchellcc.edu/our-leadership

 North Carolina Community Colleges. (n.d.). Members of the state board of community colleges. Retrieved
from http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/state-board-community-colleges/members-state-board-
community-colleges

 North Carolina General Assembly. (2016, December 19). House bill 17. Retrieved from
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/House/PDF/H17v7.pdf

 North Carolina General Assembly. (2017, March 3). House bill 12. Retrieved from
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H12v3.pdf

 North Carolina General Assembly. (2017, February 27). SB 145. Retrieved from
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Applications/BillLookUp/LoadBillDocument.aspx?SessionCode=2017&DocNum
=764&SeqNum=0