Agenda - 05-19-20; 8-a - Minutes

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6 1 Commissioner Bedford asked if staff could report how the pandemic has affected both 2 campuses this spring semester. 3 Dr. Ingram said DTCC went on-line with all of its classes within 2 weeks. He said, of the 4 500 sections of classes, all but 25 were converted to online. 5 Dr. Ingram said Durham Tech's summer term will be online as well, and DTCC hopes to 6 do face classes in the fall sometime. He said Durham Tech will receive $2.8 million from the 7 CARE Act, which will be used for student aid. He said Durham Tech is learning how to use 8 virtual platforms for many of their internal operations. 9 Commissioner Price thanked both Penny Gluck and Dr. Ingram for all of their work over 10 the years. 11 Commissioner Price referred to the Orange County building 2, and asked if Durham 12 Tech could make these slides available to the BOCC. 13 Commissioner Price said a couple of years ago there were concept plans, and asked if 14 there is a specific point where this process is on hold. 15 Dr. Ingram said a couple of years ago Durham Tech had some preliminary discussions 16 about what it wanted to offer in its second building. He said, this spring, County staff told 17 Durham Tech that plans are to move this project to year 6-10 in Orange County's CIP, and that 18 is why Durham Tech put a hold on significant planning for now. He said more planning will be 19 done closer to when the building will be built. He said the Orange County Board of 20 Commissioners asked about this last week, and that is why he added the slide. He said it 21 shows a breakdown of how Durham Tech will need the funding over the three years. 22 Commissioner Price asked if Durham Tech still has the plans from two years ago, or will 23 everything start from scratch. 24 Dr. Ingram said what they saw in the past was a high level, conceptual plan, and a land 25 use plan that included how many parking spots would be needed. He said Durham Tech would 26 look for designers to help the school program plan if they moved forward. He said the site plan 27 from the past appears to have been more in the parking arena, and that was all it was. 28 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the $1.4 million CARE funds, which have been drawn 29 down, and asked if its specific uses could be identified. 30 Dr. Ingram said Durham Tech is developing the program for these funds, and additional 31 requirements from the Department of Education came down. He said this round of funding will 32 not be able to be used to offset tuition, and it will be distributed based on need. He said 33 students will submit an application, and it can be used for rent or groceries, but will not be able 34 to be used to offset tuition bills students have incurred. He said the second round of$1.4 million 35 will have more flexibility in what it can be spent on. He said the students had already paid for 36 tuition for this semester, and there is no legal provision to refund it. He said Durham Tech will 37 use some of the second round of funding for those students that had to withdraw and had paid 38 tuition. He said it will be in the form of a credit for future use. He said the flexibility of the 39 second round will help the college to recoup some of its expenses due to the pandemic. 40 Ashton Powell asked if Durham Tech's online delivery has altered the UNC system 41 comprehensive articulation agreements, or the transferred admissions policies. 42 Dr. Ingram said that is a moving target and, as of now, it has not. He said Durham Tech 43 moved from a graded system to a pass/fail system, and the university is leaving it to local 44 campuses as to whether or not to make that decision. He said most university campuses do not 45 accept the no pass/fail option in transfers. He said some students have said that they do not 46 want to go to a pass/no pass/fail option. He said the system has provided some guidance that 47 universities can accept a "high pass" (C or better) but universities do not have to accept that. 48 He said Durham Tech is polling faculty to consider pass/fail option, and his sense is that most 49 faculty will remain with the graded option. 50 Dr. Ingram said he has heard some chatter that graduating high school students are 51 considering foregoing traditional university and going to community colleges instead, due to the