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Kankakee Community College

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Kankakee Community College is committed to one mission: Enhancing quality of life through learning. KCC is dedicated to providing quality, comprehensive educational programs and services in a fiscally responsible manner. KCC offers a supportive environment for lifelong learning for the development of the individual and the community. KCC provides leadership in identifying the future educational needs of our district as related to the seven general educational and community service goals prescribed by the Illinois Community College Board....

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Kankakee Community College
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County	Kankakee County, IL	-
Title IV Eligible	Yes	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Associate of Arts Colleges	Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level	At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs	At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control	Public	Public
Full-Time Undergraduate	1,340 students	1,029 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	2,013 students	1,461 students
Total Enrollment	3,353 students	2,225 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	40%	78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	25%	46%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$1,670	$2,847
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	23%	29%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$883	$1,273
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	11%	12%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$1,417	$1,150

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Founded in 1966, Kankakee Community College is one of 48 community colleges in Illinois and is an accredited, public, two-year, degree-granting institution. More than 5,000 people take credit and noncredit classes each year. The day student population is more traditional—recent high school graduates. Many working adults with family, perhaps like you, take classes at night, on weekends, or through non-traditional formats such as the Fast Track Degree, online courses, telecourses or independent study. KCC offers more than 46 academic and continuing education programs. The campus has been on River Road in Kankakee, south of the Kankakee River, since 1968 when the first classes were offered. In addition, there is an Iroquois County Satellite Center in Watseka which opened in 2002.
Kankakee Community College was organized in October 1966 by a group of citizens concerned with providing a post-secondary educational resource for the people of the Kankakee area. The college offered its first classes in September 1968. Since that date, it has served as an educational, vocational and recreational center for residents of Community College District 520, an area encompassing all or part of Kankakee, Iroquois, Ford, Grundy, Livingston and Will counties and serving a population in excess of 130,000.
KCC's main campus is located on 178 scenic acres on the southern edge of the city of Kankakee, about 60 miles south of Chicago. It is on River Road, about a half-mile east of U.S. 45/52 and is easily accessible from both Interstate 57 (Exit 308) and U.S. 45/52. Situated on the tree-lined banks of the Kankakee River and surrounded by the Kankakee Conservation Area and rich farmland, the KCC campus provides an ideal environment for learning.
In its College Credit Division, KCC awards associate degrees in more than 50 areas of study and certificates of completion in 17 areas. Students attend KCC both to prepare to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor's degree and to prepare to enter the job market directly from KCC.
KCC also offers non-degree programs to meet a variety of community needs, including workforce development and remedial development, through its Office of Corporate and Continuing Education and its Division of Adult and Community Education.
Kankakee Community College is a two-year college, accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and officially recognized by the Illinois Community College Board.
Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

Schrader helps Ancilla win opener (Niles Daily Star)
posted on September 3, 2010 at 08:28:29 pm
Posted 5 minutes ago at 4:23 pm. ELGIN, Ill. – The Ancilla College volleyball team won their season opener on Tuesday in straight sets, defeating Morton College 25-15, 25-20, 25-14.
ROUNDUP: Salt Fork splits at Schlarman (The Danville Commercial-News)
posted on September 2, 2010 at 08:05:07 am
The Salt Fork Storm defeated the Paris Tigers but loss to the Champaign St. Thomas More Sabers at Wednesday's Schlarman Classic.
Colleges team up against disaster (Chicago Tribune)
posted on August 13, 2010 at 12:09:38 am
Schools agree to provide police and other help in emergencies If a five-alarm fire blazes in one town, neighboring fire departments naturally assist in putting it out. So if a calamity were to befall an area college, why shouldn't nearby colleges assist?
Snipes split in tourney (The Pantagraph)
posted on August 6, 2010 at 03:26:57 am
KANKAKEE -- After falling 4-0 to the Beecher Muskies in theopener, Andrew Hendrian had five hits and drove in two runs to leadthe Lexington Snipes baseball team to a 7-5 win over the LansingLugnuts in an elimination game of the NABF Major DivisionTournament at Kankakee Community College on Thursday.
'Sully' leads pack into USF Hall of Fame (The Herald News)
posted on August 4, 2010 at 05:16:13 am
Pat Sullivan, who retired in March after a 34-year run and more than 500 wins as men's basketball coach, heads a list of six inductees who will be enshrined as members of the 2010 University of St. Francis Hall of Fame class. The induction ceremony will take place Saturday on the USF campus.

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Schrader helps Ancilla win opener (Niles Daily Star)
posted on September 3, 2010 at 08:28:29 pm
Posted 5 minutes ago at 4:23 pm. ELGIN, Ill. – The Ancilla College volleyball team won their season opener on Tuesday in straight sets, defeating Morton College 25-15, 25-20, 25-14.
ROUNDUP: Salt Fork splits at Schlarman (The Danville Commercial-News)
posted on September 2, 2010 at 08:05:07 am
The Salt Fork Storm defeated the Paris Tigers but loss to the Champaign St. Thomas More Sabers at Wednesday's Schlarman Classic.
Colleges team up against disaster (Chicago Tribune)
posted on August 13, 2010 at 12:09:38 am
Schools agree to provide police and other help in emergencies If a five-alarm fire blazes in one town, neighboring fire departments naturally assist in putting it out. So if a calamity were to befall an area college, why shouldn't nearby colleges assist?
Snipes split in tourney (The Pantagraph)
posted on August 6, 2010 at 03:26:57 am
KANKAKEE -- After falling 4-0 to the Beecher Muskies in theopener, Andrew Hendrian had five hits and drove in two runs to leadthe Lexington Snipes baseball team to a 7-5 win over the LansingLugnuts in an elimination game of the NABF Major DivisionTournament at Kankakee Community College on Thursday.
'Sully' leads pack into USF Hall of Fame (The Herald News)
posted on August 4, 2010 at 05:16:13 am
Pat Sullivan, who retired in March after a 34-year run and more than 500 wins as men's basketball coach, heads a list of six inductees who will be enshrined as members of the 2010 University of St. Francis Hall of Fame class. The induction ceremony will take place Saturday on the USF campus.