Fact Book 2008--2009
201 East Greene Street, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061
1-800-342-0413 or 1-478-387-4900
TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Information 3
Student Information 9
Academic Programs 42
Faculty Information 49
Financial and Library Information 53
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The 2008-09 edition of the Georgia Military College Fact Book provides a statistical description of the college, including historical information, student demographics, student enrollment profiles, academic program data, as well as information about the faculty.
The GMC Fact Book also includes statistics about the library, college revenue and expenditures, and student scholarships which may be useful to those faculty and administrators engaged in planning, preparing reports, and writing grant proposals.
The data presented in this publication may differ slightly from statistics found in other Georgia Military College reports. Such variances may occur because a different source of information was used, because the report was generated at a different time, or because the time period included in the report varied.
Sincere appreciation is extended to those colleagues who contributed by providing data and other information.
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning welcomes your comments and suggestions for future editions of the GMC Fact Book. Our aim is to provide a practical and concise publication beneficial to all stakeholders.
Dr. Paula Harms Payne
Vice President, Institutional Research and Planning
GENERAL INFORMATION
Historical Information 5
Mission Statement and Purpose 6
Institutional Research and Planning 7
Statewide Campus Map 8
Degree Program 9
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Georgia Military College is the only public, independent military junior college, high school and middle school in the southeastern United States and only one of six schools in the entire nation offering a combined high school and military junior college with an advanced commissioning program. In addition to the Main Campus located in Milledgeville, the college campuses include five Distant Learning Centers located throughout Georgia (Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Valdosta, and Warner Robins) and two extension centers, Sandersville and Madison, located near the Milledgeville campus. For more than 109 years, Georgia Military College has produced graduates of exceptional accomplishment and distinction.
The college mission is to produce educated citizens by providing junior college students with a liberal arts based two-year undergraduate curriculum, by providing selected college students with ROTC training, by providing preparatory school students an inclusive college preparatory curriculum that includes a military training component – all in an environment conducive to the holistic development of the intellect and character of its students.
The junior college department was established in 1930, and three years later Georgia Military College was designated an honor school by the U.S. War Department. During World War II, Georgia Military College contributed hundreds of highly qualified officers to the U.S. Armed Forces, including 37 cadets killed in action. In 1946, the school was designated a military institution by the War Department and was further designated a military junior college in 1950. Since that date, Georgia Military College has contributed significantly to the U.S. ROTC Program and has provided our nation with military leadership both in Korea and Vietnam. Since 1971, Georgia Military College has made a comprehensive effort to offer career and transfer programs to the citizenry of its surrounding community and to personnel on various military bases. In 1990, Georgia Military College’s public status was reaffirmed by a vote of the Georgia State Legislature.
Georgia Military College, established by the Georgia General Assembly in 1879, is a public, independent institution governed by a Board of Trustees (BOT), and all BOT members are elected by the citizens of Milledgeville. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097) to award Associate Degrees.
Best known for the military environment and commissioning program for cadet students at the Milledgeville campus, the composition of the student body has broadened in recent years to include non-military, nontraditional, day, and evening students.
In addition to the high school diploma, Georgia Military College awards two-year degrees in the following disciplines: the Associate in Arts degree, the Associate in Science degree, and the Associate in Applied Science degree, with areas of concentration in 16 disciplines for AA degrees; 18 disciplines for AS degrees; and 5 disciplines for AAS degrees.
The academic programs are organized in six academic divisions and a military science division:
Division of Criminal Justice
Division of Humanities and Education
Division of Learning Support Services
Division of Natural Sciences
Division of Mathematics and Business
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Military Science
The core curriculum for AA/AS degrees includes 79-89 quarter hours from Humanities/Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Social Sciences.
Career programs in the applied sciences are generally vocationally oriented and designed to provide the students with job market skills.
The ultimate goal of the college is to enable its students to become responsible, productive citizens who value life and their fellow human beings, and people who make a positive difference in the communities where they choose to live and work.
MISSION
Georgia Military College is a public – independent educational institution, comprised of a junior college and a separate preparatory school, whose mission is to produce educated citizens by providing junior college students with a liberal arts based two-year undergraduate curriculum, by providing selected college students with ROTC training, and by providing preparatory school students an inclusive college preparatory curriculum that includes a military training component—all in an environment conductive to the holistic development of the intellect and character of its students.
PURPOSE
Georgia Military College will be successful in the educational development of citizens through integration of two dimensions of education: development of the intellect and elevation of character. Possession of these two dimensions, which includes the capacity to act upon one’s knowledge, provides an individual the ability to function as a responsible citizen within a republic. Georgia Military College graduates shall have an appreciation for the centrality of education as a lifelong pursuit.
Georgia Military College will produce citizens who serve as role models by actively involving themselves in their communities and in the democratic process. This will be accomplished by creating and continually refining programs of formal study of ethics, providing time for reflection, and training students in right behaviors. All members of the educational community – students, faculty, and staff – will work in partnership with the communities, which they live.
Georgia Military College graduates will understand the importance of and the need to respect the dignity and humanity of others. They will be sensitive to persons of diverse backgrounds, with different values and ways of communicating.
Concomitant with the accelerating growth of information and derived knowledge, there will be a dawning recognition by citizens of the impact of unparalleled rates of change on all aspects of their lives, which will result in increased numbers of students seeking ways to respond. Thus, Georgia Military College will teach students how to learn to increase their adaptability to changing conditions. Students will be taught to think critically and to have confidence in their abilities to act within a global environment.
Georgia Military College will acquire quality faculty, staff, and facilities focused on the successful achievement of both dimensions of education. The primary focus of the faculty will be excellence in teaching and the expansion of their knowledge and skills as teachers. The institutional staff will be student-oriented and will contribute directly to the creation and maintenance of the productive learning environment.
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND PLANNING
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) describe the main function of Institutional Research (IR & P) as playing an integral part in the institution’s planning and evaluation process. IR & P should be effective in collecting and analyzing data and disseminating results.
GMC Office of Institutional Research & Planning works to provide accurate, unbiased, relevant, research-based information thereby creating a quality resource for ideas, solutions, and strategies which can be used to advance the mission and move the strategic goals of the college forward.
IR & P provides official data and information about GMC for the state and federal government, accrediting agencies, and the college administration, faculty, and staff. IR & P supports the institutional effectiveness and department improvement planning and reporting process, college-wide strategic planning, academic assessment, and internal review. In addition, IR & P manages/coordinates campus survey development and research as well as provides and reports management information and data analysis.
The IR & P staff works to support the college’s planning and decision-making process by:
1. Maintaining a purposeful commitment to accomplish the college mission;
2. Responding to the needs and requirements of the president, DLC directors, senior staff, and outside agencies to which the college is accountable;
3. Providing honest, accurate, and timely information;
4. Being innovative and resourceful;
5. Presenting recommendations and conclusions that reflect good judgment resulting from careful analysis, reliance on reason, and the application of common sense;
6. Taking the initiative to complete institutional research, analysis, planning, and reporting functions.
GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE
STATEWIDE CAMPUS MAP
*Milledgeville Campus, 201 East Greene Street, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061 (478) 387-4900
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/ (Main Campus)
Sandersville Campus, 415 Industrial Drive, Sandersville, Georgia 31082 (478)456-4710
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/ (Sandersville)
Madison Campus, Morgan Co High School, 1231 College Drive, Madison, Georgia 30650
(478)445-2689
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us
Atlanta Campus, 320 West Broad Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30213 (678) 379-1414
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/atlanta/
Columbus Campus, 2601 Cross Country Dr Bldg B, Georgia 31906 (706) 478-1688
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/columbus/
Augusta Campus, 741 Barnes Avenue, Building 21606 Gordon, Georgia 30905 (706) 955-2819
115 Davis Road, Martinez, Georgia 30907 (706) 650-7342
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/augusta
Valdosta Campus, 2113 Bemiss Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602 (229) 269-4848
3010 Robins Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31699
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/valdosta
Warner Robins Campus, 801 Duke Avenue, Warner Robins, GA 31093 (478) 225-0005
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/warner_robins
A.A. and A.S, A.A.S. DEGREE CONCENTRATIONSFor the most current information please refer to the GMC catalog located at the GMC website
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/madison/get_catalog.html
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
(AA, AS)
19.0701 (BHS)
Intro to Psychology
Intro to Sociology
Three Behavioral Science Electives / SECONDARY EDUCATION (AA, AS)
13.0101 (EDN)
Three Education Courses
Three Courses in One Concentration:
Math/Science, Liberal Arts, or
Social Studies / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (AA, AS)
11.0103
Principles of Computer Programming I and II
Three electives from Specified
Courses in Computers, Math, or
Accounting
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (AA, AS)
52.0201 (BUS)
Accounting I and II
Macro and Micro Economics
Business 204 or 206 / GENERAL STUDIES (AA,AS,AAS)
24.0102 (GEN)
Twenty-Five quarter hours from
any coursework offered that has not been taken to fulfill the core. / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (AA,AS)
45.0901 (INA)
Introduction to International Politics
Macro and Micro Economics
Two electives from Specified Courses in Social Sciences
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (AA,AS,AAS)
43.0103 (CRJ)
Intro to Criminal Justice
Criminal Law
Three Electives from Specified
Courses in Criminal Justice,
Psychology, Sociology or
Political Science / HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE (AS. AAS)
51.0000 ( HHP)
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Medical Terminology, and First Aid
Three Electives from Specified Course / LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (AA,AS)
52.0203 ( LOG)
A Combination of Accounting
Economics, Business and
Management Courses.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (Pre-K to 5th Grade) (AA, AS)
13.1210 (ECE)
Three Education Courses
Two Science Education and
One Math in Education Courses / HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION(AS, AAS)
51.2207 (HPE)
Teaching and Learning
Introduction to Health and PE
Introduction to Psychology
Anatomy and Physiology II
One Elective from specified Courses / PRE-NURSING (AA,AS)
51.1105 (PRN)
Anatomy and Physiology I and II
Human Growth and Development
Psychology of Adjustment
Microbiology
Statistics or Nutrition
MIDDLE GRADES EDUCATION (6th-8th Grade) (AA, AS)
13.1209 (EMG)
Three Education Courses
Three Courses from Two Concentration:
Math/Science, Liberal Arts,
Or Social Studies / HISTORY (AA, AS)
54.0101 (HIS)
Three History Courses
Two Electives from Specified Social
Science Courses / PSYCHOLOGY (AA,AS)
42.0101 (PSY)
Introduction to Psychology
Two Psychology Courses
Two Electives from Specified Social
Science, Science, Math, or Foreign Language Courses
GENERAL EDUCATION
(AA, AS)
13.0101 ( EDU)
Three Education Courses
Two Science Education and
One Math in Education Courses / HOMELAND SECURITY/EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (AS)
43.9999 (HSE)
Introduction to Homeland Security
Terrorism and International Crime
Three Electives from Specified Courses
In Computers, Math, or Accounting / SOCIOLOGY (AA,AS)
45.0101 (SOC)
Three Sociology Courses
Two Electives from Specified Social Science Courses
LEGAL ASSISTANT / PARALEGAL
22.0302 / GENERAL BIOLOGY/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
26.0101 ( BIO)
STUDENT INFORMATION
Georgia Military College Definitions 12
Classification of Students All Campuses 13
Enrollment Profile All Campuses 14
Enrollment Profile Milledgeville 15
Enrollment Profile Madison 16
Enrollment Profile Sandersville 17
Enrollment Profile Valdosta/Moody AFB 18
Enrollment Profile Ft. McPherson 19
Enrollment Profile Ft. Gordon 20
Enrollment Profile Robins AFB 21
Enrollment Profile Ft. Benning 22
Enrollment by Gender and Race Fall 1 2008 All Campuses 23
Enrollment by Gender and Race Fall 2008 All Campuses 24
Enrollment by Gender and Race Winter 2009 All Campuses 25
Enrollment by Gender and Race Spring 2009 All Campuses 26
Enrollment by Gender and Race Summer 2009 All Campuses 27
Enrollment by County of Residence Milledgeville 28
Enrollment by County of Residence Madison/Sandersville 29
Enrollment by County of Residence Valdosta/Moody AFB 30
Enrollment by County of Residence Ft. McPherson 31
Enrollment by County of Residence Ft. Gordon 32
Enrollment by County of Residence Robins AFB 33
Enrollment by County of Residence Ft. Benning 34
Learning Support and Developmental Studies 35-37
Night Enrollment Main Campus – Milledgeville 38
Enrollment by Ethnicity Fall 1 2008 – Summer 2009 39
Unduplicated Headcount 1999 – 2009 40
Average Age of Students All Campuses 41
Average Class Size All Campuses 42
GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE
DEFINITIONS:
· Enrollment equals one student enrolled in one five-hour class during a quarter. Students who attend multiple quarters are counted each time they enroll. Enrollment count is a number commonly used to compare colleges around the United States.
· Full Time Equivalent or FTE is a term used in comparing educational institutions. FTE is the total number of credit hours registered for in a given quarter, divided by the number of hours considered to be a full course load (12 or more credit hours in a quarter).
· IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) is a series of surveys that must be filled out by institutions receiving Federal Funds in any form (i.e., the Pell Grant or other Federal moneys received by students or the institution).