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Capital Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Located in Hartford only four miles apart, Greater Hartford Community College and Hartford State Technical College were natural partners for the merger of resources and college mission. urrently, the campus at 61 Woodland Street provides general education career and transfer programs, as well as health and continuing education programs, while the campus at 401 Flatbush Avenue is the site for credit and credit-free technical programs. Major training programs located on the Flatbush Campus include Precision Machining, and the Customer Service Institute of Connecticut. The comprehensive college currently enrolls over 6000 students in credit and continuing education programs.
• Capital offers Associate Degrees, Certificates, and Continuing Education Units, leading to entry-level positions, professional advancement and college transfer in business, industry, engineering technology, computer and information systems, nursing and health science, the natural sciences, the liberal arts, early childhood education, the fine arts, and the social services. All programs, services, and activities of the College are available to people with disabilities.
• The College supports economic development efforts in Greater Hartford, and collaborates to this end with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, the Metro Hartford Chamber of Commerce, the Connecticut Capitol Region Growth Council, the Capitol Region Workforce Development Board, and the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education. Mutually beneficial links are maintained with neighborhood business associations and a wide range of cultural, educational, social service and civic organizations whose focus, like Capital's, is the development of individual and community potential.
• Capital received a ten year accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 1997, an affirmation of the College's current health and stability, and potential for future growth and service.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Teen-Dating Violence Addressed By Hartford Area Students In Awareness Programs (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 08:18:01 pm
  The advocates had gathered to spotlight a growing incidence of violence in teen-dating relationships, but the high school students in the room weren't waiting for a special campaign to bring a message of respect and self-esteem to their peers.
• Community Colleges Confront A Surge In Enrollment (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 11:18:16 am
  "Film studies 30111?"asked Eric Mogor, hopefully, of a registrar's assistant at Manchester Community College on Tuesday. A freshman, he was hunting for a fourth course to complete his schedule.
• Capital Prep's principal wants to improve school system (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 05:32:46 am
  HARTFORD — To get to Capital Preparatory Magnet School, you first have to go to college. The grade 6-12 school — which aims to get students ready for higher education — is located on the third floor of the Capital Community College building.
• Say Yes: Relevant experience creates relevant education (Cnylink)
  posted on August 3, 2009 at 01:30:53 pm
  In most academic hiring situation, the first thing considered is the candidates academic credentials. Those credentials tend to indicate the classroom achievements of the
• Professor pays $2,500 ethics fine (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 05:36:01 am
  A professor at Capital Community College in Hartford has agreed to pay a $2,500 fine to settle an ethics complaint that she took another job that impaired her “independence of judgment as to her official duties.”

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