Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
GCC PRESIDENT Jim Lorenson provided a benchmark and goals presentation to the board Tuesday afternoon at the college. While GCC's funding is significantly different than its peers, so are the academic results. GCC students out-perform their peers across the board in both state and nation.
By IAN MINIELLY
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College President Jim Lorenson reported on the state of the college to board of trustees Tuesday evening.
He began by listing the constraints acting on GCC externally - things the school officials cannot do anything about, but must take into consideration due to the impact the constraints have.
There are regional demographics to consider:
-The Gogebic Range is chronically designated as economically disadvantaged compared to the rest of the state and country.
-The medium family income here is 72 percent of the state avera...
