Saint Paul College

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Saint Paul College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1910
Parent institution	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System
Accreditation	HLC
Chancellor	Scott Olson
President	Deidra Peaslee
Students	11,243 (2023)
Location	St. Paul , Minnesota , United States 44°56′56″N93°6′35″W / 44.94889°N 93.10972°W /44.94889; -93.10972
Campus	Urban
Colors	Midnight Blue and Sky Blue
Website	www.saintpaul.edu

Saint Paul Collegeis aopen accesspubliccommunity collegeinSaint Paul, Minnesota. It is part of theMinnesota State Colleges and Universities System. The college enrolls about 11,000 students in theMinneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, and it also employs 126 full-time faculty, 116 part-time faculty, 233 staff members, and 18 administrative members.

Saint Paul College was founded in 1910 as a boys' vocational high school. The first evening trade classes were held in the basement of Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[1]In 1966, the college moved into its current facility and became Saint Paul Technical Vocational Institute, or Saint Paul TVI. In 2002, the college addedliberal artsto its curriculum and changed its name to Saint Paul College – A Community & Technical College.

Saint Paul College was home to the countries oldest watchmaking and clockmaking programs. In its last few years, it was awarded a grant fromRolexand started offering theWOSTEPcertificate, an industry wide accepted certification for watchmaking excellence.

In the spring of 2019, the college briefly gained national attention when a site visit team of the college's accreditor, theHigher Learning Commission(HLC), documented several reports from college faculty members alleging that the college president's leadership style was "grounded in fear and intimidation." Shortly thereafter, President Rassoul Dastmozd announced that he would resign on June 30.^[2]

In March 2021, Deidra Peaslee was named president, becoming the first female president at the college.^[3]A few months later, HLC removed the institution from probation and assigned interim monitoring after determining that the college was in compliance with its accreditation criteria.^[4]

Saint Paul College offers more than one hundred degree, certificate, and diploma programs in career and transfer education.^[5]

Saint Paul College is located in theCathedral Hillneighborhood near downtown St. Paul. Its current campus is 520,968 square feet with one building. The college opened an addition in 2017 called the Saint Paul College Health and Science Alliance Center which serves as the primary space for the College’sSTEMand health career programs.^[6]

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