Georgia technical college leader to chair accrediting agency
March 14, 2021 GMT
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) The president of a Georgia technical college has been elected to chair a college accrediting agency.
Central Georgia Technical College President Ivan H. Allen was elected to chair the board of trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Allen is the first Georgian to chair the group since 1999 and the first African-American president of a two-year college to ever chair SACS.
Allen has been a SACS trustee since 2017 and has been vice chair of the group’s executive council since 2019.
He has led Central Georgia Technical College since the combined institution was created by merger of Middle Georgia Technical College and the former Central Georgia Technical College in 2013.
Georgia technical college leader to chair accrediting agency
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Central Georgia Technical College receives a top honor when it comes to associates degrees for African American students.
The news magazine
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education named CGTC number one for awarding Associate Degrees in Business Technology to African Americans in 2020.
Additionally, CGTC earned a number two ranking for African American graduates of Associate Degrees in Mechanic and Repair Technologies/ Technicians, number five nationally for Total Minority graduates of Associate Degrees in Business Operations Support and Assistant Services, number eight nationally for Total Minority graduates of Associate Degrees in Mechanic and Repair Technologies/ Technicians, and number 78 overall for African American graduates of Associate Degrees in All Disciplines Combined.