University of the Bahamas
| Motto | Knowlede, Truth, Integrity |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1974 |
| President | Rhonda Chipman-Johnson (acting) |
| Undergraduates | 4000 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Sports teams | COB Caribs |
| Website | cob.edu.bs |
The College of the Bahamas (more commonly referred to as COB) is a public institution of higher learning located in Nassau, Bahamas.
COB was established in 1974 as an Act of Parliament and was the created via the merger of the Bahamas Teachers’ College, the San Salvador Teachers’ College, the C.R. Walker Technical College and the Sixth Form Programme of The Government High School. In 1975 the College of the Bahamas opened its doors to students.
Today the college offers associates and bachelors degrees to about 4000 students, and has hopes to achieve university status by 2007.
It is currently headed by acting president Rhonda Chipman-Johnson who is took over from Dr. Rodney Smith. Smith's tenure prematurely ended after an infamous event where the he ironically plagerised a portion of a speech given by friend and president of New York University John Sexton.
Campuses
Initially, the College comprised of two campuses both of which located on the island of New Providence. The main campus was situated in the Bahamas Teachers’ College building in the commercial district of Oakes Field while the Soldier Road Campus was in the old C. R. Walker Technical College. In September, 1976, the main campus was moved to the site of the old Government High School in Oakes Field. Later in 1984 Soldier Road's operations were transferred to the Oakes Field Campus making it the College's main campus.
Currently the College contains 3 campuses, 3 centers and 2 research locations. The three campuses are the main Oakes Field Campus, the Nothern Campus located on Grand Bahama island and the Grosvenor Close Campus which houses the Division of Nursing and Health Sciences and the Court Reporting Program. Its three centers are the the Base Road Business Centre, the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Centre for Continuing Education and Extension Services. C. O. B. also contains 2 reasearch centers. The Bahamian Field Station, which is known worldwide for its archaeology, biology, marine science and geology research, and the The Bahamas Environmental Research Center located in Southern Andros island, which handles enviromental research.
Organization
The College is governed by the College Coucil. The Council oversees all educational policies and administrative actions.
The URL for the college is http://cob.edu.bs .
Source: College of the Bahamas Catalogue 1993-1994