PEER Report #185

A REVIEW OF EAST MISSISSIPPI JUNIOR COLLEGE, May 13, 1987, 33 pages

The East Mississippi Junior College (EMJC) District includes the Main Campus at Scooba, the Golden Triangle Vocational-Technical Center (GTVTC) branch campus at Mayhew, and offers extension courses at several locations, including Columbus Air Force Base.

This report answers specific questions submitted by legislative request:

1. The GTVTC is a branch campus, subject to the administration of the President under direction of the board;
2. The two campuses may maintain separate accounting systems, but are not required to do so;
3. Each campus had sufficient revenues in its own accounts to conduct operations for school year 1986-87; and,
4. While there is no evidence of improper transfers of funds between the campuses, there have been significant weaknesses in the accounting systems of both campuses.

Also, EMJC awarded 241 scholarships to 165 students (of a total of 385 students enrolled) at Scooba campus for the 1986-87 term, and PEER noted that in 1984 EMJC purchased a used bus using specifications designed to fit a bus previously selected.

For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.