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Email: infocenter@carrollcc.edu

Website: www.carrollcc.edu

Accreditation and Governance

The College is governed by a seven member Board of Trustees, appointed by the Governor of Maryland. Dr. James D. Ball is the president. Carroll is a state approved two-year college. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB#166, Wilmington, DE 19801. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.

Carroll Community College | Catalog | 2023 - 2024

Board of Trustees

Mary Kay Nevius-Maurer, Chairperson
David P. O’Callaghan, Vice Chairperson
David S. Bollinger
Sherri-Le W. Bream
Diane A. Foster
Kelly M. Frager 
Greg W. Kahlert
Dr. James D. Ball, Secretary-Treasurer
County Commissioner, Ex-officio
 

President

Dr. James D. Ball

Former Presidents

Dr. Faye Pappalardo
1999 - 2014

Dr. Joseph F. Shields
1993 - 1999

Governor of the State of Maryland

Wes Moore

Board of County Commissioners

Joseph Vigliotti, District 1
Kenneth Kiler, District 2
Tom Gordon III, District 3
Michael Guerin, District 4
Ed Rothstein, District 5

Carroll Community College
1601 Washington Road | Westminster, Maryland 21157
General Information: 410-386-8000 | 888-221-9748
Admissions: 410-386-8430

www.carrollcc.edu

Carroll Community College is an Equal Opportunity, ADA Title 504 Compliant Institution. The provisions of this publication are not to be regarded as a contract between the student and Carroll Community College. The College reserves the right to change any provision or requirement without prior notice when such action will serve the interests of the College or its students. Failure to read this catalog does not excuse students from the requirements and regulations described herein. Published April 2023.

Dear Students,

At Carroll Community College, our priority is you and helping you fulfill your dreams of obtaining a higher education. Our students come from all walks of life with a common passion for learning and self-improvement and the desire to be prepared academically and professionally for a brilliant future. A Carroll Community College education is exceptional. Over the past three years, Carroll has been named by various rating organizations as the number one community college in Maryland, the number one College in Maryland, and as high as 10th in the nation for our student outcomes.  

We provide unsurpassed support for our learners and our “culture of care culture” sets Carroll apart from others. Students are encouraged to ask questions, explore, discover their strengths,  crystallize their plans to degree completion, and plan for what lies beyond them. We ensure that every student gets the advising, learning support, financial aid assistance, and personal encouragement needed for success.

Our amazing faculty and dedicated advisors work individually with students to help them become well-versed in all aspects of their chosen field of study and prepare for the next steps, be they transferring or entering their chosen career field. Degree planning encourages mindful course selection and helps to ensure full progress toward degree completion. We’ve heavily invested in advanced technology systems to increase student/faculty/staff communications. Our collective efforts support college success.

As you start your academic journey, please take advantage of the wonderful resources and information the College provides to new students. We are excited about partnering with you and being part of your continued exploration. Your future begins as you enter to learn at Carroll Community College. Best wishes as you embark upon that journey.

Dr. James D. Ball
President
Carroll Community College

Who We Are

Mission

Empowering learners. Changing lives. Building community.

Carroll Community College provides accessible, high-quality educational opportunities to advance careers, enrich lives, and strengthen the community we serve.

Vision

Carroll is our community’s first choice for learning.

Values

At Carroll Community College, we demonstrate the following values in all we do:

COMMUNITY: Carroll is the community’s college, and building community is highlighted in its mission statement. Through associate degree programs, career education, support for entrepreneurs, corporate training, kids’ summer camps, adult personal enrichment, cultural events, athletics, and its many partnerships with community and governmental organizations, the College is dedicated to enriching the community it serves.

ACCOUNTABILITY: The College is a good steward of the public’s trust and is transparent and accountable in all it does. It assesses its mission accomplishment through bench-marked institutional effectiveness measures, national and state peer comparisons, and regular program reviews. Student learning outcomes are continuously assessed and curricula revised to ensure the highest quality educational experience for students. Assessment data are regularly shared with the College’s governing board, the County government, and the public.

RESPECT: Carroll Community College is an organization that values, recognizes, and rewards just, humane, honest, and respectful human interaction; ethical and truthful representation of the college to students and the community; positive and collaborative problem-solving; and solutions-oriented action. Carroll fosters engagement and a sense of belonging by providing a safe learning and working environment that models respect, acceptance, inclusion, and empathy towards diverse ways of thinking and being.

REFLECTION: Inscribed within the Seal of Carroll Community College are three ideals of an educated person: “Knowledge, Truth and Wisdom”. To inspire these ideals, the College encourages students and employees to reflect on their learning and personal experiences to build knowledge, distinguish truth and develop wisdom.

OPPORTUNITY: Carroll strives to provide an affordable education accessible to all who can benefit from its offerings, with transitional education to prepare students for college work and flexible learning options including online and evening classes to fit our students’ busy lives.

LEARNING: The words “Enter to Learn” are chiseled above the College’s main entrance, heralding its primary and defining mission. The phrase is also emblematic of Carroll’s institutional culture of organizational learning and continuous improvement.

LEADERSHIP: Carroll challenges its students and employees to take responsibility for and control of their lives and become engaged citizens and leaders in their chosen careers. Similarly, the College embraces the challenge of being a thought leader in the community it serves.

Approved by the Board of Trustees April 17, 2019

Learning Assessment

Students will periodically be asked to participate in departmental learning assessments as well as institution-wide surveys and assessments. These assessment efforts are designed to help the College understand what students have learned so that student performance and goal completion can be continuously improved, which is central to the College’s mission. The College appreciates student cooperation in these endeavors.

Mission-Based Institutional Goals

Through effective teaching, engaged learning and a caring, student-centered environment, Carroll Community College:

1. Provides associate degree programs, career and credentialing preparation, job skill enhancement, continuing professional education, and career resources and support to strengthen the regional workforce.
    
2. Supports student attainment of essential skills in general education and prepares students for transfer to earn degrees beyond the associate.
    
3. Delivers training and essential services to businesses and entrepreneurs, and creates and sustains strategic community partnerships to support business and economic development.
    
4. Empowers students to define and achieve their educational and career goals, while offering individualized academic support services to enhance academic progress, educational transitions and program completion.
    
5. Fosters campus and civic engagement and a sense of belonging, by providing a safe learning environment that models respect, acceptance, inclusion, and empathy towards diverse ways of thinking and being.
    
6. Provides personal and community enrichment through lifelong learning opportunities, creative and cultural arts, athletics, student organizations, and special events.
    
7. Assesses college programs and services to continuously improve student outcomes and the efficient use of college financial, human, physical, and technological resources.

Approved by the Board of Trustees June 20, 2018

Strategic Priorities Through 2025

Student Success
Provide an empowering educational experience to support students from initial contact through completion of their educational goals.

Career and Economic Development
Expand community partnerships to support economic development, and introduce programs to meet emerging workforce needs and attract new student populations to the College.

Diversity and Global Citizenship
Prepare students for diverse work environments and a dynamic, connected global community.

Institutional Excellence
Assess institutional effectiveness and act on the results to ensure academic rigor, program impact, continuous improvement, and institutional advancement.

Resource Management
Garner and shepherd resources to accomplish the College’s mission and vision, and attract and retain a diverse, highly skilled faculty and staff.

Approved by the Board of Trustees March 20, 2019

 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

Carroll Community College identifies as an academic institution anchored in values fostering engagement and a sense of belonging by providing a safe learning and working environment that models respect, acceptance, inclusion, and empathy towards diverse ways of thinking and being. 

Carroll’s definition of diversity is holistic, noting that to thrive as a top community college, it must embrace an increasingly diverse world, cultivate global awareness, educate around diversity, equity, and inclusion, and accept and practice responsible citizenship. Among Carroll Community College’s values is Respect which encompasses “just and humane, honest, and respectful interaction…” Carroll is considered a rural campus in Maryland with educational goals that include preparing students to live in a diverse world. Carroll wants students to flourish and endeavors to be responsive to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion instead of reacting to crises.

Defining our commitment to this work begins with defining terminology related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

DIVERSITY: The definition of diversity is continually evolving as our knowledge and/or understanding of people and their needs change. We currently understand diversity to include ability/disability, age, class, economic status, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, language, visa status, gender identity and expression, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, political beliefs, height, weight, and veteran status. We also embrace differing and well-reasoned ideas, theories, approaches, individual beliefs, values, and perspectives as essential components of an inclusive community that are welcomed as long as they are respectful of others.

EQUITY: The guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement while at the same time striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of some groups. The principle of equity acknowledges that there are historically underserved and underrepresented populations and that fairness regarding these unbalanced conditions is needed to assist equality in the provision of effective opportunities to all groups.

INCLUSION: The act of creating environments in which any individual or group can be and feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued to fully participate. An inclusive and welcoming climate embraces differences and offers respect in words and actions for all people.

EQUITY-MINDED: Taking notice of inequities, their contexts, and the College’s work and responsibility in critically reassuring the College’s practices to address issues.

Carroll’s Commitment

Carroll Community College’s on-going commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion prompts the College to regularly evaluate College policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that we are fully supporting our diverse community and that we remove barriers that may negatively impact students, employees, and the Carroll County community we serve.

We commit to working actively to challenge and respond to bias, harassment, and discrimination. We are committed to a policy of equity for all persons and do not discriminate on the basis of identities (ability/disability, age, class, economic status, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, language, visas status, gender identity and expression, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, political beliefs, height, weight, and veteran status). 

We commit to pursuing deliberate efforts to ensure that the College is a place where differences are welcomed, different perspectives are heard respectfully, and every individual feels a sense of belonging and inclusion. As long as your values do not negatively impact others, we strive to include you.

Carroll Community College Civility Statement

Carroll Community College is committed to the highest standards of integrity. As such, we will cultivate an environment of mutual respect and responsibility. Students and employees have a right to be in a safe and inclusive environment that is free of disturbance and civil in all aspects.

We acknowledge that our society carries within it historical and deep-rooted misunderstandings and biases, and therefore we endeavor to foster mutual understanding among the many parts of our whole.

We acknowledge the right of freedom of expression within our community and pair that with our commitment to the highest standards of civility and decency towards all.

We recognize the right of every individual to think and speak as dictated by personal belief, to express any idea, and to disagree with or counter another’s point of view, limited only by manner.

We promote open expression of our individuality and our diversity within the bounds of courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.

We recognize the accomplishments and contributions to society added to our lives by our diversity. Therefore, we confront and reject all manifestations of discrimination, including those based on ability/disability, age, class, economic status, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, language, visa status, gender identity and expression, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, political beliefs, height, weight, and veteran status within or outside the College, or any of the other differences among people which have been excuses for misunderstanding, dissension, or hatred.

We do not accept symbols of hate virtually or on the College’s campus unless presented in an educational format as approved by faculty or College leadership.

Approved by the Board of Trustees June 16, 2021