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Palo Alto College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• The college was founded in 1985 with the mission of providing higher education in the Southside with the goal of transferring students as well as preparing them for the workforce. In the past 20 years, we have excelled in our transfer programs. We are the community college that has the highest transfer rate in the State of Texas for Hispanics. The average transfer rate for Hispanic students in Texas is 8.9% - at Palo Alto College it is 38% for Hispanics.
• Palo Alto College offers general, transfer, and technical education; basic skills development and comprehensive literacy programs; continuing education and community outreach; student success and support programs; instructional technologies and distance education; library information resources and institutional research, planning, development and evaluation.
• In the workforce areas, we have added new programs in Academic Computer Technology, Aviation Management, Criminal Justice, Environmental Studies, Electro-Mechanical Technology, Health Professions, Logistics, Nursing, Teacher Education, and Turfgrass Management.
• Palo Alto College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees and by Committee on Animal Technician Activities and Training of the Amercian Veterinary Medical Association. Its programs are approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Federal Aviation Agency, and the American Society of Transportation and Logistics.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Alamo College celebrates completion of bond projects (San Antonio Express-News)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 12:27:47 am
  After four years and $450 million, the community college district wrapped up its largest-ever bond package. Class Notes blog More Education coverage
• Texas A&M-San Antonio unveils its new mascot and colors (The Southside Reporter)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 04:40:42 pm
  The university unveiled its new mascot and colors — maroon, black and silver during a ceremony Oct. 23 on the South Side.
• Texas A&M-San Antonio Jaguars are born (San Antonio Express-News)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 06:27:57 am
  On Friday, the university unveiled its new mascot and colors — maroon, black and silver. Texas A&M University-San Antonio mySA Education
• The Great Eccentrics of San Antonio, vol. VIII (San Antonio Current)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 05:57:55 pm
  STOP THE PRESSES! HOLD THE PHONES! At long last the secret can be told. Our Mayor’s mom has a deep, abiding, and passionate obsession for … poetry.
• Teen suspected in September killing extradited to S.A. (San Antonio Express-News)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 02:13:05 pm
  One of two teens suspected of stabbing a 19-year-old man to death in September, then stealing his truck and fleeing to Colorado was extradited and booked in Bexar County Jail Monday night.

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