New England College
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{{Infobox_University
|image_name = Nec_logo.jpg
|name = New England College
|motto = ''Dura duranda, alta petenda''
("We work hard to achieve greater heights")
|established = [[1946]]
|type = [[Private school|Private]]
|endowment =
|president = Michele Perkins, appointed Fall 2007
|undergrad = 900
|postgrad = 400
|staff =
|campus = [[Rural area|Rural]]
|free_label = Athletics
|free = 12 [[Division III]] sports teams
|nickname =
|mascot = Pilgrims [[Image:NewEnglandPilgrims.gif|40px|]]
|website = [http://www.NEC.edu www.NEC.edu], redesigned in spring of '08
|city = [[Henniker, New Hampshire|Henniker]]
|state = [[New Hampshire]]
|country = [[United States|USA]]
|}}
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'''New England College''', also known as '''NEC''', is a four-year, [[Private school|private]], [[liberal arts college]] located in [[Henniker, New Hampshire|Henniker]], [[New Hampshire]]. The school was created in 1946 to serve the educational needs of service men and women following [[World War II]]. New England College offers [[undergraduate]], [[Graduate school|graduate]] and professional programs.
==About==
[[Image:NECCampus 00.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Aerial of New England College and downtown [[Henniker, New Hampshire]].]]
New England College was built in [[1946]] to serve men and women following [[World War II]]. The campus comprises 30 buildings, a mix of modern facilities and traditional [[New England]] structures, some dating back to the mid 1800s. A [[covered bridge]] spans the [[Contoocook River]] and connects the residence and academic halls to 26 acres of the College's athletic fields.
Approximately 85% of NEC's 1,000 students come from outside of [[New Hampshire]], however, most are from the [[Northeast]]. The students represent thirty-three states and more than 20 countries. The schools offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
More than two dozen student organizations are available and include such clubs as the International Student Association and [[Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life|Hillel]]. Students publish a campus newspaper, ''The New Englander'', and operate a campus radio station, [[call sign]] WNEC. Cultural, social and other co-curricular events, on and off campus, are regularly scheduled by the Campus Activities Board in collaboration with the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of Campus Life.
==Academics==
New England College's [[undergraduate]] program consists of 24 departments of academia. The [[science]] [[curriculum]] offers students the opportunity to study the structure and function of living systems through a combination of lectures and extensive laboratory and field work. NEC's [[social]] and [[behavioral]] departments offer on-site expertise in a wide range of fields. In 2004, NEC's Center for Civic Engagement brought every single [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential candidate]] to campus.
'''Other departments within New England College include:'''
{|
|valign="top"|
* Art and Art History
* Biology
* Business Administration
* Chemistry
* Communication
* Computer Technology
* Criminal Justice
* Economics
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* Education
* English
* Environmental Science
* Health and Sports Science
* History
* Kinesiology and Sport Science
* Mathematics
* Music
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* Philosophy
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Sociology and Social Work
* Sport and Recreational Management
* Theater
* Women's Studies
* Writing
|}
===Graduate Studies===
New England College [[Graduate school|graduate]] programs offer opportunities for working professionals and recent undergraduates. The current model utilized provides an opportunity for students to progress through their degree program as a single group, realizing efficiencies in curriculum and course delivery. New England College offers the following Graduate degrees:
* Master of Science in Management
* Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling
* Master of Science in Human Services
* Master of Fine Arts in Poetry
* Master of Arts in Public Policy
* Master of Education
* Master of Science in Criminal Justice Leadership
* Master of Arts in Public Policy-Strategic Administration (On-site program in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]], NH)
===Accreditations===
New England College is accredited by the [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges]] through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. The Teacher Education Program (and the majors in Elementary Education, Physical Education, Secondary Education, and Special Education) are approved by the New Hampshire [[State education agency|Department of Education]].
===New England College Press===
[[New England College Press]] is NEC's academic press. It was founded in 2006.
===The Henniker Review===
[[The Henniker Review]] is New England College's annual literary publication.
'''Controversial Policies'''
According to the New England College Student Handbook, ''The Compass'', dictates that the college takes precidence over any other governing body when it comes to the conduct of one of its students, no matter where they are in the world.
Their policies on sexual assault, either implied or actual are quite clear. Quoting from their handbook:
If you are the victim of rape or sexual assault, it is important that you notify the Department of Campus Safety, regardless of whether you wish to pursue the matter further, for the following reasons:
1. If the assailant is allowed to remain at large, he/she is a potential danger not only to you, but also to other members of the college community.
2. The Department of Campus Safety can assist you in obtaining medical care, counseling and other available support services. The victim has the right to have a victim advocate speak for them in a hearing if the victim's presence would cause unnecessary psychological stress or otherwise endanger the victim in the opinion of the Associate Dean of Students. Each Campus Safety Officer has had special training in the area of sexual assault and, therefore, is keenly aware and sensitive to victims rights and will make every effort to assist and support the victim.
It is emphasized that all information will be kept under the strictest confidence and it will be your choice whether or not to pursue the matter further. You should remember that the Department of Campus Safety will do everything possible to assist you.
Further information on this subject is available from the Department of Campus Safety, the Wellness Center, Counseling Office, Sexual Harassment Mediators and the Dean of Students Office. Please refer to the section on Sexual Assault and Rape in The Compass, the handbook for a full description of relevant college policies.
As to caption number 1, it is entered into the text to imply fear while trying to offer comfort.
As to caption number 2, there is no place in the handbook where it is mentioned that the accused aggressor is allowed an advocate to speak on their behalf. It is expressly forbidden. The accused is meant to represent themselves, something not even allowed under United States Judicial Law. When anyone is accused of an aggregious offense at New England College, they are unable to even retain counsel under the grounds that this would be a Inter-collegiate matter and not a public one.
Also, where the right of the student is concerned by requesting any open hearing, it is the sole perview of the governing body to deny said request if they see fit. According to the Bill of Rights through the United States Constitution, the accused has the right to face their accuser (yet those involved in a disciplinary action are placed in front of the accuser with their backs to them) and has the right to an open forum (though this may be denied by whomever is presiding over said hearing).
According to ''The Compass'' The possible forms of hearings include Judicial Board, and Administrative Hearing by the Dean of Students, and Appeal Board. This makes the accused's fate decided upon by one person, the Dean of Students, and the Appeal Board tends to go off the Dean's recommendations upon review.
Quoting ''The Compass'': Hearings conducted by the Dean of Students will follow the policies, processes, and format in the following sections. The Dean may be assisted by the Associate Dean of Students in conducting the hearing. In addition, the Associate Dean of Students may select an appropriate member of the Student Development Staff (e.g., Director of Campus Safety, Director of Residence Life and Housing, Area Coordinator) to present the charges in the case. In hearings involving charges of sexual harassment, sexual assault or rape, the appropriate presenter when the victim is female will normally be a female member of the Student Development staff.
There is still no mention of the accused's rights.
According to the handbook, the student's rights in a hearing are also:
- The presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
- The right to have the student’s case processed without prejudicial delay.
- Notice of the charges 48 hours before the scheduled hearing except where procedures specify otherwise. Normally such notice will be written although unusual circumstances may require temporary verbal notification.
- Written notice of the time, place and date of the hearing, in advance except where procedures specify otherwise.
- The right to be assisted in the student’s defense by any member of the College community of the student’s choosing.
- The right to confront any witnesses appearing against the student, to produce witnesses on the student’s behalf, and to present evidence. Under circumstances in which a witness is unable to appear or (in the opinion of the Associate Dean of Students) when such appearance would endanger or cause unnecessary psychological stress to the witness, the presenter may enter evidence on behalf of the witness without the witness present. In extreme cases of potential threat to or abuse of the witness, the name of the witness may also be excluded from testimony (e.g., Jane Doe cases).
- Written notice of hearing decision and sanctions.
- The right to appeal except where noted.
Where the student is allowed to choose their own member of the community, the department of Student Affairs may choose to expunge the record of the words said by the subject, or only allow them to write on paper, instructions to the accused.
As to confronting witnesses and producing their own, it is the sole perview of the Dean of Student Affairs as to which witnesses are allowed to speak on the accused's behalf or what evidence in the form of written documents, video or audio, even former testimony of the accuser will be put into the record. In the end, either the Dean or Associate Dean may render any evidence they see fit as Inadmissible regardless of it's relavance.
Under the same topic, the accused still has no right to face their accuser when a Jane Doe case is presented. In theory, the only evidence one has to protest their innocece over is a written document with no cross-examination.
As to the use of alcohol and/or drugs where pertaining to student sexual conduct, it is ALWAYS assumed that the man is the aggressor in a case of sexual misconduct.
For example: If a man has had one drink, be he intoxicated or not, then has sexual relations with a woman at NEC, according to their rules, he is guilty of rape under the circumstance that he was not in control of his faculties and assaulted the woman. If a woman has had one drink, be she intoxicated or not, then has sexual relations with a man at NEC, according to their rules, he is guilty of rape under the circumstances that he saw her as vulnerable and took advantage of the situation. If both parties have had a drink, be they intoxicated or not, then have sexual relations, the man is guilty of rape because of a combination of the two above stipulations. In the case of homosexual conduct, the man that has been sodomized or did the oral sex is innocent while the other is automatically guilty, under the same stipulations as above. According to NEC policy, a woman cannot rape another woman. New England College expels 8 to 10 men a year under this doctrine.
In a school where the students have to drive nearly an hour to see a movie or even visit a mall, drinking is rampant, and NEC is known as a party school, so it is simple to point the finger at any man after a night of partying.
Women at the college are also encouraged to bring sexual assault charges against any man that they may feel guilty of having any consensual contact with, even after the fact.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s feminazi movement, New England College tried to do away with any wording or policies that may have seemed Male Dominated by changing history classes to Herstory classes and misspelling the word woman with a Y so it read Womyn. Their Womyn's Network still exists to this day, yet there is no men's organization that may act in a similar fashion.
==Pilgrim Athletics==
[[Image:NewEnglandPilgrims.gif|thumb|90px|right|The New England College Pilgrims]]
New England College offers a wide range of extracurricular activities. The College supports 13 intercollegiate men's and women's athletic teams, including [[lacrosse]], [[soccer]], [[ice hockey]], [[field hockey]], [[softball]], [[baseball]], [[basketball]] and [[Cross country running|cross-country]]. Fifty-five percent of the student body participates in intercollegiate athletics or [[intramural]] sports.
In the Fall of 2006, the Pilgrims men's [[Soccer]] team finished the season with a 12-6-2 record. They won the [[Commonwealth Coast Conference]] Tournament. Ranked seventh, the Pilgrims beat [[Johnson & Wales University]] and [[Norwich University]] to face [[Brandeis University]] in the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]] Championship where they lost 3-5.
==Notable Pilgrims==
===Faculty===
* [[Ilya Kaminsky]] - award-winning poet
* [[Maxine Kumin]] - American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner
* [[Wayne Lesperance]] - notable political science expert
* [[Susan Murray (New England College)|Susan Murray]] - political science faculty and field hockey coach
* [[Alicia Ostriker]] - American poet
* [[Jim Walsh (New England College)|Jim Walsh]] - history professor
===Alumni===
*[[Robbie Buhl]] - Indy car racer with three top-10 finishes in the Indy 500 and two career Indy car victories; now a team owner
* [[Geena Davis]] - [[Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globe]]-winning American [[actress]] (only attended for freshman year, did not graduate from NEC)
* [[Ira Joe Fisher]] - professor at [[Pace University]], and currently a weather reporter for [[CBS]]'s [[The Saturday Early Show]]
* [[Chris Graves]] - 2007 Emmy Award recipient
* [[Charlie Krupa ]] - Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer
* [[Allen Steele]], Jr. - American science fiction author
* [[Wallace Stickney]] - American civil servant, notably Director of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) under [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]]
==Trivia==
* The 2007 Commencement speaker was former Senator and Presidential Candidate [[John Edwards]].
==External links==
*[http://www.nec.edu New England College website]
*[http://www.nec.edu/graduate-and-professional-studies/mfa-in-poetry MFA Program in Poetry]
*[http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=2795 College Board entry on NEC]
*[http://www.onlinenec.com New England College Online Programs]
*[http://cc2k8.nec.edu/] College Convention 2008
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