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Mr. Lofton asserted that the proposed Wake Technology Academy coulrd be a national model on the campusof N.C. Stated University. He further noted "there's some conversationb about locating it on the WakeTech Com-munitgy College campus." However, he says, "That's an idea ... if it's not going to be a national Inthis remark, Mr. Lofton reflectsa and perpetuates the myth that Wake Tech and communituy colleges do not maintain quality programs that achievenational recognition.
Not only does this offenf the friends, faculty and students of community and especiallyWake Tech, it suggests a callouz lack of respect for the truth about Wake Tech and communityy college education as a whole. Here are some nationalo citations regarding some of the initiative s and programs at Wake Tech Community Collegwfor Mr. Lofton and otheres of this opinion to elevatetheirf thinking: Cita-tions by the Nationalk Science Foun-dation and other national entitiesw on model programs developed by the college's math and sciences faculty; national recognition for the college' s substitute teaching program; one of 21 colleges in Uniter States (and the only one in to be named a Nationalp Alternative Fuels Training a $1.
8 US Department of Educatiobn program to encourage Hispanics to attend a pending NSF designation as a High Performance Computing Center for Excellence in computer informatiom systems in partnership with the N.C. Supe r Computing Center; A. A. and A. S. Wake Tech graduatesz achieve higher success rates as juniores and seniors in the UNC Systenm than do students who begin at the UNC If you insist on usingthe "Wake Tech," then at least, take the time to learmn what the real Wake Tech is all