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Reading Area Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Reading Area Community College is an open enrollment, fully accredited two-year educational institution that awards associate degrees in career and transfer programs. Affordable tuition costs are maintained through sponsorship by the County of Berks and support from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Over 5,000 students are currently enrolled in credit courses on campus and over 25,000 people in Berks County participate annually in various non-credit vocational and continuing education training courses.
• Reading Area Community College was founded on October 1, 1971, and sponsored for 20 years by the Reading School District. Classes were held for the first time on October 13, 1971, with an enrollment of 265 students. The college operated from several buildings throughout Reading during its early years until it acquired the Holiday Inn (the current Berks Hall building) in 1978. In 1996, the college completed a campus expansion plan that transformed it into an attractive city-based campus. In the fall of 2002, enrollment was at a record high of 3,800 credit students.
• Reading Area Community College is approved by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as an institution of higher education, and is authorized to award the Associate in Arts Degree, the Associate in Applied Science Degree, the Associate in General Studies Degree, and the Certificate of Specialization, as well as appropriate diplomas and certificates. The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Philadelphia, has granted full accreditation to Reading Area Community College.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• No tax increase in proposed budget (The Mercury)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:25:00 pm
  Special to The Mercury READING --- For the fifth year in a row, Berks County officials have announced a proposed budget that includes no new taxes.
• Woodstock legend Richie Havens performing at Reading Area Community College (Reading Eagle)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 05:08:53 am
  Richie Havens headlines a concert Saturday at the Miller Center for the Arts, part of RACC's "Celebration of Folk Music," which will also feature Janis Ian.
• Reading Area Community College inducts students into honor society (Reading Eagle)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:31:52 am
  Paul M. Boylan, Wyomissing; Susan M. Carvin, Hamburg; Peter E. Condos, Brenda L. Agentowicz, Malcolm T. Townes, Wernersville; Sue A. Evans, Gregory B. Reiseg, Jennifer L. Crose, Suzanne Hayes, Mark F. Jurasinski, Nguyen Thuy Van Nhi, Lauren S. Sabanos, Mount Penn.
• Millersville's men's basketball team looks to rebound from a 10-17 season (Lancaster Online)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 03:04:55 pm
  Fred Thompson says his newest basketball team will be busy flexing its muscle this season, but it's not exactly in the way one might think."We often pick at each other about it that we need to spend more time in the weight room because we're down at the bottom holding up the rest of the leag...
• Daily planner: Friday (Reading Eagle)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:24:33 am
  Route 61 at Route 662, Shoemakersville: lane restrictions, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Interstate 176 between Exit 2 (Morgantown) and Exit 10 (Route 724): lane restrictions around the clock.

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