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The Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC) is a consortium of 14 of
Mississippi's
community colleges. Through MSVCC, students may take courses from community
colleges anywhere in Mississippi while getting support services from a local
college. To take a course from a remote (provider) college, a student
enrolls at a local (host) community college. The host college supports
the student with a full slate of student services, including advisement and
counseling, financial aid, and learning resources. The host college awards
credit for the course. The remote (provider) college provides the course
instruction.
Mission
The mission of the Mississippi Virtual Community College is to provide educational opportunities to constituencies who live within the various community and junior college districts in Mississippi and to others beyond those boundaries. The mission includes providing access to instructional offerings through advanced technologies for those individuals who currently cannot take advantage of the offerings of the community and junior college trough traditional means and to those individuals who are seeking alternative educational delivery systems.
Rationale
College instruction has traditionally been offered to those individuals who appear at the door of an intuition of higher learning, present some evidence of having met certain criteria for admission, complete the necessary forms, pay their money, meet classes at prescribed times, places, etc. There are many people in Mississippi who cannot attend college for various reasons of finance, travel, family constraints, work schedules, etc. In a number of cases these individuals are capable of improving their capability to earn a livelihood if provided access to higher education opportunities. There is a need to provide educational opportunities for individuals who cannot physically attend classes in accordance with time and place constraints as traditionally applied to the typical institution of higher learning. This need can be met to some level of satisfaction by offering courses and services by various means of distance learning.