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Del Mar College (DMC) is a community college in Corpus Christi, Texas, founded in 1935. DMC encompasses two primary campuses and one campus annex with combined physical assets of more than $99 million. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of DMC is the following:〔Texas Education Code, Section 130.177, "Del Mar College-Corpus Christi Junior College District Service Area".〕 *all of Aransas, Kenedy, Nueces, and San Patricio Counties, *the Calallen, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Tuloso-Midway, and West Oso school districts, and any area located outside of those districts that is within the municipality of Corpus Christi, and *the Riviera Independent School District. ==Academics== Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, DMC offers Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees in over 50 university transfer majors and Associate in Applied Science degrees, Enhanced Skills Certificates and Certificates of Achievement in more than 80 occupational fields. During spring 2005, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board visited the College and rated 14 programs as exemplary—a record for an institution of Del Mar College’s size. Students can take courses using special scheduling options that include weekend, online, videoconferencing, and short-semester courses and Rapid Track, an accelerated program that allows students to complete an Associate in Arts degree in one year. Additionally, 92% of tenure-track faculty hold a masters degree or higher with 22% holding a doctoral or first professional degree. The student/faculty ratio at DMC is 18:1. A $108 million public bond package has allowed extensive renovation and expansion of Del Mar College East and West, along with the development of the DMC Annex that houses the Center for Economic Development. Both noncredit and credit students have access to classes, laboratories and the latest technology that upgrade their current skills, prepare them for further study or train them for immediate employment in the Coastal Bend area. Del Mar College's Nursing Program has one of the largest nursing clinical simulation labs in the nation, including over 30 patient manikins with programmable vital signs, EKG monitoring, and voice entry. The college accepted funds to increase enrollment but never replaced retired faculty to accommodate the additional students. The college first time pass rate for the NCLEX fell below 80% repeatedly and the college was placed on probation and forced to cease enrollment to the RN program until the pass rate was achieved. Because business is more important to Del Mar College than integrity, the program decided to prevent students they felt were at risk for failing the NCLEX from being able to take the NCLEX. The program however has now produced a passing rate of 96% for 2012 and 90% for 2013. More information available at www.nursingstudentawreness.wordpress.com 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Del Mar College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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