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Delgado
Releases Socioeconomic Benefits
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Delgado has released an
extensive report, based on 2003 statistics, on the
socioeconomic benefits of the college indicating the
significant role that the college plays in the local
economy from the point of view of students, taxpayers
and the general community.
Four types of socioeconomic benefits are tracked in the
study. They are contributions to local job and income
formation, higher earnings captured by existing
students, broad collection of social benefits, such as
improved health, reduced crime, lower welfare and
unemployment, and the return to taxpayer for their
college support.
“The Socioeconomic Benefits Generated by Delgado
Community College” reports that “business sales in the
Greater New Orleans Service area are $1 billion greater,
and the labor income is $441 million greater due to the
past and present operations of Delgado. The earnings are
equal to that of roughly 13,900 jobs.”
Delgado faculty and staff earnings generate additional
incomes, which account for $71.6 million annually in the
Greater New Orleans service area economy (equal to that
of around 2,200 jobs). In addition, as each student
graduates from Delgado and joins the local workforce,
their added skills translate to higher earnings and a
more robust economy. The accumulated contribution of
past and present Delgado instruction adds some $369.8
million in annual earnings to the local economy (equal
to that of around 11,700 jobs.
From the student’s perspective, Delgado graduates will
earn for every credit completed, on average, $91 more
per year each year they are in the workforce.
Alternately, for every fulltime year they attend they
will earn an additional $2,723 per year. The higher
earnings amount to some $30.8 million per year for each
year they remain in the workforce. Approximately 80% of
Delgado graduates remain in the regional workforce.
Highlights of the report includes that "Delgado pays
$43.9 million annually in direct faculty and staff
wages, salaries and benefits in the local region and
accounts for an additional $397.5 million in earnings
off campus. Taxpayers see a return of 24.3% on their
annual investments in Delgado and recover all
investments in 5.6 years, improved health and reduced
welfare, unemployment and crime, saving the public some
$11.8 million per year.”
Also, students enjoy an attractive 19% annual return on
their investment of time and money-for every $1 the
student invests in education at Delgado, he or she will
receive a cumulative $4.94 in higher future earnings
over the next 30 years. In addition, the State of
Louisiana benefits—Delgado had operating expenses of $74
million in 2003, and spent $55 million (74%) of this in
the Greater New Orleans service area to purchase
supplies and pay salaries, wages and benefits to more
than 1,360 part-time and full-time employees. For every
$1 Delgado pays in earnings, there is an additional
$0.63 in earnings generated off campus in the Greater
New Orleans area.
The state government allocated $31 million in support of
Delgado in fiscal year 2003. For every dollar appropriated by
the state government, Delgado's spending alone generated
$2.32 in earnings in the Greater New Orleans area. For
every dollar appropriated by the state government,
student earnings will increase by an average of $1 per
year, every year through the rest of their working
lives. Likewise, for every state appropriated $1, there
is a $0.38 savings in social services, by reduced
incarceration and health care expenditures, reduced
expenditures in unemployment and welfare and reduced
absenteeism.
In conclusion, the results of the study demonstrate that
Delgado is a sound investment from many perspectives.
Delgado enriches the lives of students and increases
their lifetime incomes. The college benefits taxpayers
by generating increased tax revenues from an enlarged
economy and reducing the demand for taxpayer-supported
social services. Finally, it contributes to the vitality
of both the local and state economies.
CCbenefits compiled the Socioeconomic Benefits.
CCbenefits applied a comprehensive economic model they
developed with funding from the Association for
Community College Trustees.
The study was conducted for each educational institution
in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
(LCTCS). Results vary with each institution in the
system. Differences among colleges are a reflection of
the student profiles, particularly whether or not
students are able to maintain their jobs while
attending, and the extent to which state taxpayers fund
the colleges.
The “Socioeconomic Benefits Generated by Delgado
Community College” consists of a Main Report, a Detailed
Table report, an Executive Summary, a Fact Sheet, a
Taxpayer Perspective Sheet and a PowerPoint
presentation. The complete five-page Executive Summary
and the full 86-page report are available upon request
from the college. For more information, please contact
Delgado Public Relations Office at (504) 483-4216. |
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Delgado
Roasts Mayor Nagin |
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Delgado presents “The Roast
of the Town” with the main entrée New Orleans Mayor Ray
Nagin in the Student Life Center on the City Park Campus
on Saturday, April 3. The Patron Party begins at 7:30
p.m. followed by dinner at 8:30 p.m.
Roasting the main entrée will be Lambert Boissiere,
Louisiana State Senator, District 3; Mason Granger,
general manager, WDSU-TV; Senator John J. Hainkel,
District 6; and Oliver Thomas, Councilman-at-Large, City
of New Orleans. Eric Paulsen, WWL-TV news anchor, will
serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the College. For
tickets, call Nita Hutter, Delgado Foundation Office,
(504) 483-4118. |
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Women’s Basketball Try-Outs Held |
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Delgado
Community College Athletics Department
will hold women's basketball try-outs on
Friday, April 16 at 6 p.m. and Saturday,
April 17 at10 a.m. in the gym on the
Delgado City Park Campus. |
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Democracy in Action at
Exchange City |
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On March 8, the day
before Louisiana’s presidential primary, Junior
Achievement’s Exchange City – New Orleans on
Delgado’s City Park Campus hosted the C-SPAN
School Bus and a mock presidential primary.
Students from Adams Middle School in Jefferson
Parish represented Democratic and Republican
candidates in a debate that preceded the mock
election. At the end of the event, which
included a tour of the C-SPAN School Bus, all of
the Adams School students were declared winners.
The event was
sponsored by Cox Communications and videotaped
for airing on the Cox local access Channel 10.
JA’s Exchange City provided the realistic
backdrop for the mock election event. C-SPAN
provided the bonus learning experience on its
School Bus where the students learned about C-SPAN’s
coverage of the United States Congress and about
media and politics in general.
C-SPAN’s
Doug Hemmig shows videos to Adams Middle School
students on board the C-SPAN School Bus teaching
them how to learn more about their government on
Cable TV.
Adams
Middle School’s presidential candidates get
grilled by the media in Exchange City’s town
square in a mock primary election sponsored by
Cox Communications, Junior Achievement, and
C-SPAN |
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Student Successes… |
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Katie Sterling,
a Delgado student and Dolphin women’s basketball
player, was named "all regional women's
basketball player" at the regional tournament in
Clinton, Mississippi on March 1. Katie
Sterling, a graduate from Warren Easton High
School, averaged 20 points per game, 72% free
throw, 44% field goal. According to Delgado
Coach Arrianna Smith, “Katie was a pleasure to
coach for the past two years. She is being
recruited by San Jose State, SUNO, in addition
to other local schools. She will be extremely
missed.”
Delgado Community
College Charity School of Nursing Student
Interior Holmes received the $1,000
Daughters of Charity Nursing Continuing
Education Scholarship Award from the Medical
Center of Louisiana Foundation at their awards
dinner held at the Fairmont Hotel on March 20.
According to Charity
School of Nursing Dean Patricia Egers, who
assisted in the scholarship award presentation,
“the student must have a GPA of 3.0 or greater
and write an essay on their philosophy of
nursing and education. A faculty committee
serves as judges for the entries. Holmes plans
to graduate from Delgado in May, continue her
studies and eventually become a midwife.”
The scholarship is
in honor of the Daughters of Charity who have
for so many years had a close relationship with
the hospital and the school. In fact, Sr.
Catherine who retired from the Charity School of
Nursing in 1996 was also in attendance at the
awards dinner. |
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Faculty &
Staff |
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Achievements |
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Peter Cho,
Music Department lead instructor and
drector of Jazz and Music Business
Studies, is a steering committee member
of the New Orleans International Music
Colloquium, a local educational-musical
organizations. He will make a
presentation during the French Quarter
Festival, April 16-18.
Jacqueline M. Desjardins, assistant
professor of American Sign Language, had
her poem entitled, “Great Communication
Is Like A Dance,” read at the 2004
International Society of Poets’ Spring
Convention and Symposium at the Walt
Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida
on March 7. She received the 2004
Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Silver
Award Bowl and Bronze Commemorative
Award Medallion. The award-winning poem
will also be published in the
organization’s quarterly magazine, “The
Poet’s Corner.” |
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Human Resources
What's New & What's Due
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Athletics Schedule |
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Men's
Baseball Team |
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April 3rd |
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DCC vs
Pearl River |
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Kirsch-Rooney
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