Cape Cod Community College
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Other name | "Four Cs" |
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Motto | Powerful Futures Start Here |
Type | Publiccommunity college |
Established | 1961 |
Accreditation | NECHE |
President | John Cox |
Administrative staff | approx. 68 full time faculty, 582 full & part-time staff |
Students | 6,500+ credit seeking annually, 5000+/- non-credit seeking annually |
Postgraduates | approx. 500 students annually in advanced degree programs offered on campus by public and private 4-yr institutions that partner with the College. |
Location | ,, U.S. 41°41′29″N70°20′14″W/ 41.69139°N 70.33722°W |
Campus | Suburban / commuter |
Mascot | Sharks |
Website | www |
Cape Cod Community College,known locally as "Four Cs", is apubliccommunity collegeinWest Barnstable, Massachusetts.It was established in 1961, the second institution to open as part of what is now a 15 community college system in Massachusetts. Cape Cod Community College is the only community college and one of three colleges (along withMassachusetts Maritime Academy(Mass Maritime) inBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts(a Census-Designated Place inBourne, Massachusetts) andBridgewater State University's Cape Cod satellite campus) onCape Cod.It awardsAssociate in ArtsandAssociate in Sciencedegrees and various academic certificates in a wide variety of programs. The college offers access to on-campus bachelor's and master's degree programs in partnership with:Bridgewater State University,Boston University,Lesley University,Salem State University,Suffolk University,UMass Boston,andUMass Dartmouth.[1]Cape Cod Community College formally had a partnership withWheelock Collegebefore that merged withBoston Universityto become theBoston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Developmenton Boston University's Fenway Campus. Cape Cod Community College isaccreditedby theNew England Commission of Higher Education.[2]
The college is home to the Lyndon P. Lorusso Applied Technology Building, aLeadership in Energy and Environmental Designcertified facility completed in 2006.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Dana Mohler-Faria,president,Bridgewater State College
References
[edit]- ^"Cape Cod Community College".capecod.edu.Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2016.Retrieved26 September2016.
- ^Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE,New England Commission of Higher Education,retrievedMay 26,2021
External links
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- Cape Cod Community College
- 1961 establishments in Massachusetts
- Community colleges in Massachusetts
- Universities and colleges established in 1961
- Universities and colleges in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Two-year colleges in the United States
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