Del Mar College reviews

Administrative support staff is mostly incompetent. It is a community college so there is a WIDE range of academic abilities from students who are no where near being ready for college, to students with bright futures. It makes it very challenging to teach with such a wide range of college readiness in every classroom. Medical benefits for families are terrible as you have to pay half of the premium out of pocket for any dependents. Dental coverage is not included in the medical plan and has it's own premium. Faculty are required to teach 15-credit loads, much heavier than typical 4-year university positions. It leaves very little time for research/professional development opportunities. Corpus Christi is a strange place culturally with a mix of Mexican-American values and traditional "WASP" values. The majority of the population is hispanic, poor and the two biggest employers in town are the oil refineries and the military. The Texas state government has cut funding for higher education almost every year for the past 30 years.

Promised that I would be promoted to Dean if I got a Masters -- I spent a lot of time & $ to get my MBA but was never promoted despite having the best metrics of all of my collegues; President said he's always availble, "open door" but if you try to talk to him you get in trouble; Always got outstanding reviews on performance evals until I worked for one particular Dean, then he gave me a negative review because a customer complained about him and I reported it to a higher up. I complained to HR of retailiation and was told it was unfounded. After that I could get no traction. He was the VP's Darling boy and could do no wrong even though HE didn't produce the results, I did. I worked there 13 years -- I would have left after 6 but I had personal financial commitments & I couldn't afford to leave. As soon as I could afford it, I quit.