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Belmont Technical College at a Glance
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Belmont Technical College is a learner-centered institution
committed to meeting the academic, technical, career development
and workforce needs of individuals, businesses, industries,
and organizations. To serve its diverse student population and
provide access to necessary skills in a rapidly changing workplace,
the College employs a range of delivery systems including distance
and community-based education, and strives to maintain low tuition
rates and an abundance of financial aid sources. To provide
an environment where quality lifelong learning can take place,
the College depends on a constant and continually evolving interface
with all community stakeholders.
Supporting Goals:
- General Education - To provide general education
opportunities necessary for academic and personal advancement.
- Technical Competencies - To develop within
students the technical competencies necessary for the
attainment of personal goals, successful job entry and
advancement, utilizing modern facilities and equipment,
qualified faculty, and responsive curricula.
- Educational Mobility - To provide lower division
undergraduate coursework supporting technical education,
transfer, and upper division academic achievement, thus
providing the structure necessary for continued education
and career mobility.
- Access - To provide services and educational
programs to all individuals regardless of color, race,
religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, or disability;
to maintain tuition and fees at the lowest possible
levels, and to provide institutionally- based financial
aid; to maintain cooperative affiliations with elementary
and secondary schools.
- Student Support Services - To facilitate success
in educational programs through developmental education
and other individualized student support services.
- Workforce/Economic Development - To provide
for the employment needs of business, industry, and
labor and for recurrent occupational training needs
as part of community and economic development.
- Community Service - To provide college facilities,
avocational programs and other services to the community.
- Resource Management - To maintain a resource
management system that ensures fiscal integrity, quality
programs and services, and enduring institutional viability.
- Outcomes Assessment - To systematically evaluate
and update the outcomes assessment program thereby ensuring
continuous institutional improvement.
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History and Accreditations
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Belmont Technical College is a two-year college and a good
place to gain a practical, technical education at the college
level. The student body has grown from the original 54 enrollees
to over 2,000 per year and graduates now number over 300 per
year.
In 1965, funds were granted to the Belmont County high school
district by the Appalachian Regional Commission to construct
a postsecondary technical institute. Four years later, the first
classes were taught during the winter of 1969-70 during the
evening in temporary facilities in St. Clairsville, while the
Main Building was being constructed. Full-time instruction began
in Fall Quarter, 1970. The Institute's first Board of Trustees
was sworn into office on May 28, 1971, and a State Charter was
granted to Belmont Technical Institute on May 21, 1971, allowing
the Institute to serve the three-county area of Belmont, Harrison,
and Monroe Counties. The Main Building was completed later that
summer in time for the second year of full-time instruction.
On December 21, 1971, the Board of Trustees changed the Institute's
name to Belmont Technical College.
The College began by offering three associate degree programs
in business and now offers 45 courses of study in Business,
Engineering, Industrial Skills, Health and Public Service, and
Technical Studies Technologies. The College grants two-year
associate degrees and certificates. Noncredit classes are also
offered. Courses are offered in nearby communities and at industrial
facilities. Classes are held in both day and evening sequences.
Since 1978, the College has been accredited by The Higher Learning
Commission and is a member of the North Central Association;
it has continued to meet a high standard of accreditation. In
addition, Belmont Technical College is approved and/or accredited
by the:
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