Edison State College

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Coordinates: 26°33′05″N 81°53′14″W / 26.551348°N 81.887241°W / 26.551348; -81.887241

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Edison State College
Edison State College Logo
Motto Changing Lives for the Better
Established 1962
Type Public community college
President Interim President J. Dudley Goodlette; Dr. Jeffery Allbritten was named the next District President in May of 2012
Students 26,000
Location Fort Myers, Florida
Campus Suburban
Colors Blue and white
Website edison.edu

Edison State College (Also commonly referred to as ESC, ECC, and Edison) is a state college in Florida, part of the Florida College System. The college has its main campus (Lee County Campus) in Fort Myers in Lee County, and branch campuses in Charlotte and Collier counties. The college also has an outreach program in Hendry and Glades counties. The college is named after inventor and industrialist Thomas Edison, who lived in Fort Myers during the winter months.

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Accreditation [edit]

Although Edison State College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate and baccalaureate degrees, it was placed on probation in June 2012 for "failing to demonstrate institutional integrity and failing to employ enough full-time faculty to carry out the college’s mission."[1]

History [edit]

The college, previously known as Edison Junior College, Edison Community College and Edison College, admitted its first students in the fall of 1962. In 2011, the Edison experienced turmoil as faculty voted no confidence in its president and senior vice president;[2] a few weeks later, President Kenneth Walker announced his impending resignation planned for 2013 while at the same time the Board of Trustees announced plans to reinstate a former vice president for academic affairs who had "raised allegations of racial discrimination in the hiring of a dean."[3] Just over a year later in June 2012, the college's regional accreditor placed the institution on probation in the wake of continuing problems.[1]

Degrees and programs [edit]

ESC offers two-year associate's degrees (the Associate of Arts (A.A.) and Associate of Science (A.S.)), four-year bachelor's degrees (the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and the Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)), and certificate programs.[4] The college also has a dual enrollment program, which is available to 10th, 11th, and 12th-grade Florida public high school students, students of private schools, students of public online schooling such as Florida Virtual School, and homeschooled students.[5] The college also offers non-credit continuing education courses.

Students [edit]

  • 25,027 students served; 11,393.8 annual FTES
  • 22% full-time; 78% part-time
  • Campuses: Lee campus (59%), Collier campus (17%), Charlotte campus (12%), Hendry/Glades Center (3%), and Edison Online (9%)
  • 56% of students were 24 years old or younger, 44% of students are over the age of 24
  • 63% White, 19% Hispanic/Latino, 16% other minorities
  • One in four students receive financial aid

Campuses [edit]

Edsion State College Sign at Lee County Campus

The main campus, the Lee County Campus is located on about 140 acres (0.57 km2) between College Parkway and Cypress Lake Drive in south L ee County. The campus is made up of 24 permanent buildings, including one- and two-story classroom buildings, a library, a bookstore, a cafeteria, a student center, and laboratories for science, computer science, nursing, health technologies, and college preparatory classes. The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall located at the Lee County Campus is a venue which hosts plays, shows, and concerts. The Edison Pops Concert Series is held there annually.

The Collier County Campus is a 80-acre (320,000 m2) site near State Road 951 and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in east Naples. It opened in March 1992.

The Charlotte County Campus is a wooded site on Airport Road in Punta Gorda. It opened in 1997.

Edison also provides services to Edison State College students in Hendry and Glades counties.

Edison State College is governed by its District Board of Trustees composed of nine representatives from Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, Glades and Lee counties. The members are appointed to four-year terms by the governor of Florida. Currently about 340 professional and support staff members provide the full-time instructional and support services for the more than 15,000 credit and nearly 3,000 non-credit students who participate in Edison courses and programs each year.

Notable Alumni & Attendees [edit]

Alumni Status is open to all graduates of Edison State College, all former students of ESC who regularly matriculated and left the College in good standing.

Alum Notability
Matt Hudson Current member of the Florida House of Representatives
Tina Wainscott American author
Fuzzy Zoeller Professional golfer, currently plays on the Champions Tour

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Dave Breitenstein (June 21, 2012). "Edison State College placed on probation by accrediting agency". The News-Press. Retrieved June 21, 2012. 
  2. ^ Leslie Williams Hale (April 5, 2011). "Edison faculty vote results: 84 percent no confidence in President Walker, Browder". Naples Daily News. Retrieved June 21, 2012. 
  3. ^ "Edison State College’s Embattled President to Resign". The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 27, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2012. 
  4. ^ "Academic Programs". edison.edu. 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-21. 
  5. ^ "High School Accelerated Programs". edison.edu. 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-21. 

External links [edit]
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