Nov. 24, 2009

To Student Senate,

I recently received your letter requesting more evening classes for business students and a wider offering of liberal education and required courses in evening. The students requesting these courses seemed most concerned about daytime work schedules and daycare possibilities.

The move to consolidate more courses during the day was made due to previous student requests and course evaluation feedback to keep the schedule as compact as possible. We also took into consideration that students attending evening classes generally had greater difficulty with consistent and timely attendance, completion of courses, and gaining successful grades. Students mentioned the difficulty getting childcare in the evenings and the difficulty driving at night during the winter in particular.

In response to your request, I have nevertheless made several course adjustments for the spring term, in particular for the business students. We cannot totally avoid daytime classes, but we have moved BUS 160 Human Resource Management, TA 210 Tribal Administration, BUS 215 Gaming Management, BUS 190 Marketing, and ACCT 150 Financial Accounting to late afternoon (3:30 onward) or evening. We will also continue to offer some courses from each of the sciences, the arts & humanities and professional studies during late afternoon or evening. These include SPCH 101, ART 102, ART 281, ENGL 250, GEO 200, ITECH 100, ITECH 150, BIO 102, MATH 093, LE 211, LE 221, , LE 223, and Health 100. You will see these changes in the spring course schedule which should come out next week. If we see that evening students are able to maintain good attendance and successful grades, we will seek to add further courses in the future.

We would also continue to encourage students to take full advantage of work release time to attend classes and to seek out all possible assistance in arranging childcare. As to the other issues mentioned in your letter concerning learning center hours and food vendors, I would ask you to talk directly with the Learning Center Director and student services who have responsibility for those areas.

Thank you for taking leadership in promoting successful learning at the college.

Sincerely,
Dr. Sue

Sue Glidden, Ph.D.
Dean of Instruction
Leech Lake Tribal College
P.O. Box 180
6945 Little Wolf Rd. NW
Cass Lake, MN 56633
(218)335-4253
sue.glidden@lltc.edu