College of Micronesia-FSM

The College of Micronesia-FSM (COM-FSM) is a multi-campus institution in the Federated States of Micronesia. It began operation in 1963 as the Micronesian Teacher Education Center.

The College of Micronesia has a state campus in each of the four states with its national campus in the capital city of Palikir, Pohnpei. The COM-FSM system also includes the Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) on the Yap islands.[1][2]

History

It as formed by the 1976 merger of the Community College of Micronesia in Kolonia, Pohnpei; and the Micronesian Occupational College,[3] which was built in Koror, Palau between the late 1960s and the middle of the 1970s.[4]

The former originated from a teaching training center on the grounds of the Pacific Islands Central School, later known as Pohnpei Island Central School (PICS) and now Bailey Olter High School, established in 1962. Community College of Micronesia began operations in 1969 as a way of enhancing the training of area teachers, and it initially issued elementary education associate degrees. Teachers of elementary school students who desired more advanced degrees formed the bulk of the student bodies of the College of Micronesia-FSM extension centers.[3]

Programs and accreditation

Pohnpei students from the COM-FSM National Campus came out in their traditional colors at the Spanish Wall Field in Kolonia Town to celebrate the College’s Founding Day

The college awards associate degrees to students who complete a prescribed two-year program of study. The time is extended for students who need to complete preparation classes before beginning the degree program. The college has articulation agreements with several online and conventional institutions.

The college awards certificates of achievement to students who complete a prescribed one-year program of study. Other short-term certificate programs are offered at the State Campuses in response to expressed local needs.

The College of Micronesia is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Post-secondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education. Accreditation was awarded in 1978 and reaffirmed in 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, and 2005.

In 2004, the college was placed on “Warning” by WASC on the basis of its self study report and visit. The warning status was removed the following year.[5]

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fisheries and Maritime Institute". COM-FSM website.
  2. ↑ "Outline of the Fisheries Training Project in the Federated States of Micronesia". Japan International Cooperation Agency. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Partner Country's Implementing Organization: Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI), College of Micronesia (COM)
  3. 1 2 Thomas, R. Murray. "The U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia)" (Chapter 3). In: Thomas, R. Murray and T. Neville Postlethwaite (editors). Schooling in the Pacific Islands: Colonies in Transition . Elsevier, January 26, 2016. ISBN 1483148556, 9781483148557. Start: 67. CITED: p. 91.
  4. ↑ Compact of Free Association in the Micronesian States of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands: Environmental Impact Statement. United States Department of State, 1984. p. 36. "From the late 1960's to mid-1970's the major high school complexes throughout the Trust Territory were constructed: notably,[...]additions to the Ponape High School[...]"
  5. ↑ "COM-FSM Regains Accreditation". The Kaselehlie Press. 21 July 2005.
  6. ↑ White, Joy (2013-02-06). "Micronesia historian Ballendorf dies at 73". Marianas Variety. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  7. ↑ "FSM's former first lady passes away". Marianas Variety News & Views. 2010-02-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

Coordinates: 6°54′31″N 158°09′35″E / 6.9086°N 158.1598°E / 6.9086; 158.1598

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