DMACC Ankeny Campus

"My wife and I attended a cooking class with Chef Jake Kim. He is the absolute best that we could have ever hoped for. If you're thinking of having and event with food consider having him handle your event. If I could give him ten stars I would. It doesn't get any better than Chef Jake"

"Going to teach for DMACC was the worst decision I made in my professional career. This is a deplorable, mediocre, and downright mean institution. If you are looking for integrity, professional growth, or a pleasant work or study atmosphere, DMACC is not for you. DMACC should stand for Don’t Make A Catastrophic Choice. This school is barely able to teach some trades, but it is vastly unprepared to support and educate students in the arts and sciences, because faculty here are reduced to rubble. No one is engaged in any sort of academic research, professional development, or collaboration with peers. In fact, those things are highly discouraged. Since there appears to be no state authority to which the college must respond to or seek accreditation from, administrators carry on with their rogue practices, with complete contempt for faculty, students, and academic integrity. There is no shared governance, no Faculty Senate, and no organized faculty or student body under Roberts Rules of order. Administrators have carte blanche to run over faculty and students as they please and break every rule concerning academics, student welfare and finances, decency, or dignity in education. No one asks or cares about what you do. Faculty never receive praise; they are only employees who must abide by and never question orders coming from an absent body of abusive administrators. The faculty evaluation system is not a tool for improvement but only used against faculty. Instructors carry heavy teaching loads and must endure an overpowering supervisor. You are hired to teach and preferably ignore everything else, including the deplorable office and classroom facilities. Faculty do not have offices; they share cubicles with other faculty. The only attractive spaces are occupied by administrators, while faculty and students must endure old buildings with no windows and dilapidated classrooms. Health and safety are major concerns. There is no promotion system, no program of study or professional development opportunities, and nothing for faculty or students to look forward to. This outfit is not an academic institution but only a poorly run business. Respectable 4-year colleges should never accept science credits from DMACC. This school represents everything that is wrong with community colleges throughout the nation. It’s very depressing! Stay away!"

"Getting books for class is like pulling teeth. Teacher sending Amazon list for books wanting you buy with own money on first day. Before Financial aid comes back. Teachers messing up Schedules of students causing them have drop classes then when go get new classes. You deal teacher not working with them when they start late. Because of college own screw up. I have Not been impressed if this happen any jobs I have work any of them. We all be fired! Even CEO"

"Staff here has been amazing and helpful for my first semester here. It's a gorgeous campus, everything is so clean, and my classes are great. I couldn't have made a better choice in choosing Ankeny DMACC campus to achieve my life goals."