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Massasoit Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Massasoit Community College is a comprehensive institution offering a full range of degree programs, transfer and support services-including an extensive Academic Resource Center, and credentialed certificates in a wide array of fields. With a Massasoit education you can be ready for immediate employment in the workforce or transfer to a four-year college.
• Massasoit Community College was founded in 1966, but its origin can be traced to a 1947 study by the State Board of Education which determined the need for a low tuition, state supported system. The study proposed that twelve community colleges be established, one of which would serve the Greater Brockton, South Shore area. In 1961, a proposal was brought before the Brockton School Committee, and after a feasibility study, announcement of such a college was made in 1965.
• In 1985, the Blue Hills Technical Institute, itself in existence since 1966, formally merged with Massasoit Community College, and is now the Canton campus. The Conference Center at Massasoit opened in 1997 offering 7200 square feet of meeting space for local businesses and other community organizations.
• Brockton Campus physical facilities include a 100 acre Brockton campus which offers students a Fine Arts building with two theaters, a T.V. studio and a radio station; a Field House which houses an olympic sized swimming pool, racketball courts and a weight room; modern classroom buildings and laboratory facilities; and an extensive library facility.
• Massasoit Community College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Alternative high school plan adopted in Holbrook (Holbrook Sun)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:40:44 pm
  High school students who are considering dropping out will now have another way to get their diploma while getting a jumpstart on college. Last week, the school committee adopted the Gateway to College program, an alternative to regular high school. “This program is for at risk students who are at least 16 and thinking about dropping out,” Superintendent of Schools Joseph Baeta said.
• Community colleges: credit where it is due (Boston Globe)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 02:48:03 am
  As classes changed one recent weekday morning at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, the line of cars leaving the campus stretched more than a mile back from the lights on Route 27.
• AREA COLLEGES: Top-seeded Bridgewater State College men’s soccer team eliminated (The Brockton Enterprise)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 06:18:20 am
  The Bears lose in the semifinal round of the MASCAC tournament to fourth-seeded Salem State College, 3-1.
• HISTORY MADE: Balzotti first female mayor, Stewart first black councilor (The Brockton Enterprise)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 09:52:28 pm
  Voters have made Linda Balzotti the first female mayor in Brockton's history and African-American Jass Stewart the first black city councilor. Also in Tuesday's city election, three incumbent councilors-at-large won new terms.  Michelle DuBois won reelection as Ward 6 councilor and Thomas D. Monahan took the open Ward 2 councilor seat vacated by Michael Brady. Timothy Sullivan won the Ward 7 ...
• Massasoit men’s soccer team No. 2 seed in New England Regional (The Brockton Enterprise)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 06:21:33 am
  The Warriors, who are 10-5-1, will play ASA of Brooklyn, N.Y., at Dean College in Franklin on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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