Boricua College

What it reported doing in 2024

Boricua College is an independent, private, liberal arts and science, professional not-for-profit college. With three locations located in New York - Manhattan Campus, Bronx Campus and Brooklyn Campus. Boricua College enrolls approximately 500 full-time students in programs leading to Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Science degrees. Five Ways of Learning and Modes of Instruction In all its academic programs, Boricua College has a unique pattern of diversified modes of instruction and ways of learning implemented through five curricular areas. For most students, going to college means taking courses in an institution of higher education, attending lectures on various academic subjects such as history, physics, or math, and taking examinations on those subjects at the end of each term. At Boricua College, lecture-discussion courses constitute an excellent way for college students to master some kinds of information such as knowledge of specifics, methodology, and universal concepts and themes. Such "theoretical studies," however, are only one of five distinct ways in which students are educated and receive academic credit at Boricua. An explanation of each of the five modes of instruction and the way they are integrated into a singular program of student growth and development is described below. - Individualized Instruction: In the courses that use this mode of instruction and way of learning every student meets individually with their assigned full-time faculty member for one hour per week throughout the academic cycle to plan, implement and evaluate a program of learning determined by the curriculum, and designed to meet that student's educational needs and career aspirations. During the first two years, individualized instruction emphasizes the development of carefully identified generic intellectual skills required for the mastery of the basic principles of knowledge of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. During the next two years, individualized instruction takes on a more disciplinary character as the student is helped to develop the breadth and depth of intellectual skills and apply them in learning the concepts and literature of his/her field of specialization. In all these courses, a system of instructional modules, developed by the faculty are used as the primary text to guide instruction. - Colloquium: A second unique way of learning at Boricua involves the use of small-group colloquia comprising eight to ten students who meet once a week with their assigned full-time faculty to exchange, share, discuss, and evaluate ideas, issues and problems related to the learning program of the group members. A particular objective of the courses taught through colloquia in the first two years is the development of affective skills necessary for life-long learning and acquisition of knowledge. During the next two years the Colloquium takes on a more disciplinary character as students are helped to develop the breadth and depth of the affective skills and the values inherent in their fields of specialization. - Experiential Studies: This mode of learning involves carefully designed structured experiences of "learning by doing." It aims to develop students' awareness of how simple psychomotor skilled movements evolve into complex professional skills. In the students' first year they participate in structured field experiences under the guidance of their assigned full-time faculty to sharpen their sensory and perceptual awareness and observational skills. They continue on to courses that increase body sensory awareness, physical abilities and complex instrumental skills that integrate the psychomotor with cognitive skills. In the next two years and beyond, the student participates in carefully designed workshops, studio activities and supervised internships related to their academic disciplines and professional goals. - Theoretical Studies: A fourth set of courses lead the stude

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
• Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -25.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.16; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings