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General Information
General Information Instructional Philosophy TSTC trains employees for tomorrow’s careers, helping to strengthen the economic competitiveness of Texas and improve the lives of its people. TSTC believes in “learning by thinking and doing.” Its curriculum gives students the technical knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to be successful in their chosen careers. Its faculty members are highly qualified, with years of business and industry experience in their respective fields. And its facilities and equipment provide students with significant opportunities to apply what they learn.
Industry Advisory Committees Industry Advisory Committees are an essential component of TSTC’s graduate success. Their members guide curriculum development by advising faculty on the skills, knowledge, and abilities that employees need. They help to create and equip facilities so students gain experiences that enhance their value to employers. Their on-going involvement ensures that TSTC students receive the right kind of education.
Institutional Research Institutional research supports planning, evaluation, and improvement initiatives. Using paradigms from the social sciences and organizational and management theory, institutional research deals with a wide range of topics and issues critical to the health and advancement of the College. Institutional research collects and analyzes data designs and implements studies dealing with students, personnel, facilities, equipment, programs, and services; develops databases suitable for longitudinal studies; and disseminates the results to be used for the betterment of TSTC and those that it serves.
unless the student desires to withhold it: student’s name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, major field of study, classification of coursework level, enrollment status, extracurricular participation in officially recognized activities, achievement and academic awards or honors, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, photographic image, and most recent previous institution attended. Release of additional student record information not defined as “directory information” must be specifically authorized by the student. Students may prohibit the release of directory information by completing the appropriate form available at Student Records during registration or within the first 11 class days. This request remains in effect until revoked in writing by the student or until the student fails to register for a subsequent term. Minors (under 18 years of age) attending TSTC have the same right to the privacy of their records as adult students. Student academic records information, other than directory information, may be released to appropriate school officials without consent of the student. A school official can be: 1) an individual employed by TSTC in an administrative, supervisory, academic, research or support staff position (including law enforcement and health staff personnel);
Education Foundations Two non-profit organizations have been created for the purpose of benefiting TSTC and its students. The Rolling Plains Technical Foundation, founded in 1973, is composed of West Central Texas leaders who focus their activities on supporting TSTC West Texas. The TSTC Regents Circle, founded in 2000, includes community and business leaders from throughout Texas whose work supports all the colleges of the TSTC System. These two foundations provide invaluable financial assistance to TSTC students, as well as to TSTC as a whole.
Release of Student Records In compliance with the “Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA),” TSTC gives notice that the following directory information will be released upon request and with the approval of the appropriate administrator,
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