General Information

Accreditation

Saint Paul College-A Community and Technical College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The College also holds program-specific accreditation by: The American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission, The Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The Practical Nursing Program is approved by the Minnesota Board of Nursing. The Automotive Service Technician Program has National Automotive Technician Education Foundation (NATEF) Certification.

Saint Paul College meets established standards and is approved for the instruction of veterans, orphans of war veterans, state and federal rehabilitation students and members of the workforce needing training or retraining. Saint Paul College meets the definition of an institution of higher education and students are entitled to participate in federal financial assistance programs.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Saint Paul College is one of the 32 two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The colleges in the system provide a wide array of opportunities for life-long education in academic and technical fields, ranging from short-term certificate programs to masters degrees. Approximately 29,000 students graduate from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities each year. Refer to the System Web site www.mnscu.edu for further information.

Alliances and Memberships

Students, Alumni and the Employer Connection

Saint Paul College offers undergraduate programs of two years or fewer to a widely diverse student population. Students are welcome regardless of their background, experience, or previous educational endeavors. The common goal of all students, however, is their desire for Education for Employment…Education for Life!

Alumni Relations

Saint Paul College has established an alumni association and is designing a unique program to complement the educational process at the College. Call 651.846.1305 for further information.

Alliances with Business and Industry

Saint Paul College's greatest asset is its success in providing employment opportunity for graduates. This is due to its partnerships with the businesses, industries and trade unions with whom we collaborate. Saint Paul College relies on these major stakeholders to:

1. Hire our graduates;

2. Serve on our Advisory Committees to ensure relevant and current curriculum content and instruction; and

3. Provide quality assurance and identity within the community.

The College's relationships with businesses, industries, trade unions and alumni have remained strong to help ensure that the tradition of quality will be continuously enhanced through information, involvement and improvement.

Graduate follow-up is conducted each year. Program placement statistics remain consistently high and are available for each program at Saint Paul College.

Job Placement

The Career and Placement Center provides assistance to students and graduates in their search for part-time and full-time employment. This assistance is a life-long service to students and graduates of Saint Paul College. Assistance includes:

• Posting of part-time and full-time job openings from employers who contact the College regularly
• Posting of job openings received from the Minnesota WorkForce Center
• Internet access to additional job opportunities nationwide
• Direct electronic mailing of job leads to graduates
• Cover letter and resume development
• Coordination of on-campus interviews with employers

The Career and Placement Center conducts an annual follow-up of Saint Paul College graduates to determine the job status of the most recent program graduates. This information may be obtained from the Job Placement/Employment Office or from the College Web site at www.saintpaul.edu/resources/careers/. For further information on the Career and Placement Center, please contact the Director of Career and Placement at 651.846.1384.

PEPNet Postsecondary Education Programs Network

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and rehabilitation services, established the Midwest Center, PEPNet, at Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical College under a five-year agreement in October of 1996. The purpose of PEPNet is to increase and improve postsecondary educational opportunities for individuals who are deaf in the following thirteen Midwestern states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. A Coordinating Council of Model Programs addresses the outreach activities and dissemination through contracted outreach sites that are assigned by geographic area and population densities. Four sites, the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockford Center for Sight and Hearing, Rockford, Illinois, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Saint Paul College, in St. Paul, Minnesota all provide the direct contacts with each State in the Midwest Region.

PEPNet Midwest and its outreach sites provide technical assistance and dissemination information to postsecondary institutions in order to improve existing services, and to establish new services for students who are deaf. The center works primarily at an institutional level to increase the capacity of colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions to attract and serve deaf students. To achieve these tasks, PEPNet Midwest utilizes interdisciplinary networks of personnel through the Midwest region and the PEPNet consortium, with an expertise in the use of technology, including web-based applications in postsecondary training efforts and service provision to students. PEPNet Midwest plans to continue its ongoing activities, while planning greater outreach to three groups: professionals and students at a secondary level, culturally diverse deaf students, and deaf consumers with multiple disabilities.

For more information about PEPNet Midwest, or to be placed on the mailing list, contact 651.846.1337. V/TTY or 651.221.1339 FAX. Please visit our Web site at www.mcpo.org

Customized Training and Consulting (CTAC)

Putting People on the Cutting Edge

In the fast-paced business economy of today and tomorrow, the need to improve quality standards, increase service standards and respond to rapidly changing technologies and markets becomes critical.

The answer is Customized Training and Consulting, a Division of Saint Paul College, which meets customer needs for: employee assessment, training, design and delivery of training and training products/services at the place of business and conferences/workshops/seminars.

Your One Source for Training

Saint Paul College provides Minnesota employers with customized training and tools to educate, retrain, or update their employees for today’s ever-changing business world. Today Customized Training & Consulting works with hundreds of companies in the Twin Cities. Training is provided in a wide variety of areas, including Information Technology, manufacturing/technology, leadership/organizational skills and total quality management programs.

Training is provided in the format that works best with the client and their employees, for example:

• Web-Based Training features over 100 Courses.



• Seminars provide information to participants on important, timely topics.



• Workshops are designed to include intense activities to influence employee application of new behaviors, attitudes, or skills.



• Courses are aimed at increasing skills or specific knowledge relating to employment and are held over a period of time. Time is allowed for practice, lab work, or independent study.

Whatever the format, you can be assured of thorough, professional training that will effectively bring bottomline results to your company. "In the end, competitive advantage is not in the technology, but in the people who invent and use it."-ASTD Report on Technical Training in America, how much and who receives it.

Training Programs:

• AutoCAD

• Leadership 2000

• Lean/Flexible Manufacturing

• Lean Healthcare

• Supervisory and Management Training

• Quality Initiative Training

• Consulting Services Organizational Needs and Individual Skills Assessment

Location

Customized Training and Consulting is located at 317 Marshall Avenue, just west of the Saint Paul College Main Campus. Any CTAC class can be offered at your work site or custom tailored to meet your employee's need.

Call 651.846.1800 for more information.