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Bunker Hill Community College

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• A multi-campus urban institution, Bunker Hill Community College's main campus is situated on 42 acres in the historic Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. The college has a branch campus in Chelsea in what was once the historic Old Post Office Building in Bellingham Square. Satellite campuses are located in Cambridge, Chinatown, Revere, Somerville and South End.
• Founded in 1973 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, BHCC enrolls more than 7,800 students in day, evening, weekend, web-based and distance learning courses and programs. The college offers more than 65 associate degree and certificate programs that prepare students for successful employment and transfer to four-year universities. Internationally recognized for development of individualized and alternative methods of instruction, BHCC is a leader in distance learning technologies that enhance and strengthen the learning environment. The college also has expansive course offerings in English as a Second Language and Adult Basic Education.
• For many students, Bunker Hill Community College's degree and certificate programs in the health care professions, business, computers or culinary arts are the roads to success. Others see BHCC as a good way to begin their careers in higher education. Bunker Hill Community College graduates seeking advanced degrees have transferred to four-year institutions such as UMass, Suffolk, Yale, Tufts, MIT, Wellesley and many other colleges and universities.
• One of the largest colleges in the state's community college system, BHCC incorporates multi-cultural and international perspectives in its courses, programs and institutional climate. With students from more than 90 countries, and students of color comprising more than half of the student's population, BHCC is one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan colleges in New England. The average age of students is 28, nearly two-thirds are women and the majority of all students work while attending college. An expansive array of student services support the varied needs of the BHCC students.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

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• Report Questions Red Line Safety (The Harvard Crimson)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 09:14:32 am
  The Red Line of the T, which serves as a primary mode of transportation for Cambridge residents and Harvard students, is currently in danger of a potential train derailment, according to a report released Wednesday.
• College enrollment up, mostly at 2-year schools (Ventura County Star)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 07:04:05 pm
  Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college - especially community college, according to a new report. A record high of about 11.5 million Americans age 18 to 24, or nearly 40 percent, attended college in October 2008, according to a study of Census data released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Virtually all the ...
• College enrollment up, mostly at 2-year schools (The Durango Herald)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 07:23:24 am
  Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college - especially community college, according to a new report.
• College enrollment up, mostly at 2-year schools (Newsday)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 07:56:05 pm
  Study: Young adult college enrollment numbers at record high, up sharply at community colleges
• Brookline writer brings stories of Polish WWII survivors to life (The Brookline Tab)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 02:44:41 pm
  “Waiting To Be Heard (The Polish Christian Experience Under Nazi and Stalinist Oppression 1939-1955)” deals with the disruption caused by the war that tore apart Poland in 1939.

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