Gloucester County College - Organization and Administration

Organization and Administration

The college's governing body is the Board of Trustees. Eight trustees are appointed by the Gloucester County Administrator and Board of Chosen Freeholders; two are appointed by the Governor of New Jersey; the eleventh trustee is the county Superintendent of Schools, a voting ex officio member; and the college president is a non-voting ex officio member.

GCC's annual budget in 2009 was $39,388,473. The college is financially dependent primarily on money from Gloucester County and the State of New Jersey (about 49.1% of revenue in 2009), followed by funds from student tuition and fees (about 35.2% of revenue in 2009).

The GCC Foundation holds the college's endowment ($1,915,171 as of 30 June 2009). Most income from the endowment is used to provide scholarships.

The academic divisions of GCC are:

• Division of Allied Health and Nursing
• Division of Business Studies
• Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (also includes Exercise Science)
• Division of Liberal Arts
• Division of Public Safety and Security (Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement)
• Division of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Other Areas (including continuing education, some certificate programs, the Police Academy, and the Fire Academy)

Articulation and credit transfer agreements exist with 27 area or online four-year colleges and universities. These include Rowan University, Farleigh Dickinson University, Wilmington University, Temple University, Penn State University, the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), Thomas Edison State College, Drexel University, and Rutgers University. GCC offers dual enrollment with Rowan, Farleigh Dickinson, Wilmington, and UMUC (generally only for some programs and majors). Stephen M. Sweeney, President of the New Jersey Senate, has called for other community colleges in South Jersey to follow GCC in having dual enrollment agreements with Rowan.