You are sadly leaving out crucial information regarding NSC and it's graduation rates. When NSC opened in 2002 with only 177 students, it hardly had a fraction of the academic programs, student services, outstanding faculty and staff, or facilities it has today. NSC was housed in an old warehouse which still had “watch for forklift” signs printed on it’s floor. NSC’s course offers were so slim they were printed on a single piece of paper. NSC was housed in a single building so tiny it only consisted of 4 classrooms, several faculty offices, and a few vending machines. To make matters worse, in the spring of 2003 NSC was viciously attacked by legislatures, newspapers (particularly the SUN), and other higher-ed institutions making the NSC family frightened that they would be shut down. What student in these circumstances wouldn’t consider transferring to a more “stable” college? Fast forward 6 years later, NSC has grown beyond anyone’s expectations to now having 4 buildings, a variety of competitive academic programs, astonishingly qualified faculty, student services, and well over 177 students. Despite the lack of support from some state legislatures and newspapers such as this one, NSC has become a college and is not going anywhere. I hope one day you will stop debating whether or not NSC is here to stay, and accept and support it.

I am 1 of the 10 students who enrolled at NSC as a freshman in 2002 and have since graduated. After our rocky first year as a college, I too considered transferring elsewhere. I did NOT want to transfer because of the NSC academic experience (as far as I am concerned, my academic experience exceeded most of my peers at other institutions), but due to the college’s portrayed instability as highlighted on such newspapers as this one. I am glad I did not transfer out of NSC as I largely benefited from the college and it’s programs. I am currently a graduate student in a PhD program. It is not always about quantity. In the case of NSC, it’s about quality.

~A NSC Graduate