Message From the Chancellor
James R. Anderson, Ph. D.
James R. Anderson, Ph. D.
Chancellor, Central Texas College
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Central Texas College. You have chosen an educational institution with more than 40 years of service to central Texas and more than 150 sites across the world. Our dedicated faculty is committed to providing you the best education possible through one of our degree programs and certificate programs whether in the classroom, online or through our other cutting edge course offerings.
CTC was ranked first in the state of Texas and 20th in the nation of the top 100 community college associate degree producers. We continue to expand our degree plan offerings with the addition of the homeland security and teaching programs last year. Not only are we growing our programs, we are also growing our campuses. On Fort Hood, we recently broke ground to build a 26,000-plus square foot facility to house more than 20 classrooms and labs. We will soon begin construction of a new 80,000 square-foot nursing building on the central campus to help accommodate the continued demand for qualified nurses and the increasing number of students interested in the medical field.
We have also seen an unprecedented growth in our online enrollments. More and more students are using this as a viable option to complete their studies while maintaining their work schedule and personal lives. CTC continues to meet the technological demands of an ever-changing educational climate by offering more than just online classes. We also provide courses via CD-Rom and hand-held devices such as iPods, personal pocket computers and personal data assistants.
CTC is also expanding its global presence by establishing classroom facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is part of our ongoing efforts to meet the educational needs of our military personnel by growing our on-base college programs in deployed locations.
Closer to home, our dual credit program which offers high school students the opportunity to earn college course credits while still in high school, has seen a significant increase. More and more, students are realizing the importance of a college education in today’s job market and economic conditions. The CTC College Now program partners with local school districts to give these students a leg up on their college careers. We are expanding this initiative by participating in the local P-16 program which helps students start preparing for college very early in their educational careers and by hosting summer math camps with area middle and high schools.
Our continued growth is in direct response to our desire to meet your needs as a student. We will diligently strive to further provide quality education from quality instructors in a quality learning environment.
Thank you,
James R. Anderson, Ph. D.
Chancellor
