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Wayne County Community College District

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Wayne County Community College District has completed 35 years of uninterrupted operation and development of comprehensive educational services. Both directly and indirectly, our students and the 2.3 million people living within the College's service district have enjoyed the benefits of constantly improved instructional programs and community services.
• The Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) is a multi-campus multi-cultural institution seeking to improve the quality of life in our communities. WCCCD provides affordable higher education and flexible training opportunities through a diverse catalog of courses, programs, and initiatives.
• The College's five campuses are located in industrial, rural and metropolitan areas where a major share of Michigan's technical and skilled occupations is located. Because of the diversity of its service areas, WCCCD places a strong emphasis on occupational and career programs, and traditional college and university transfer programs, including those within the liberal arts discipline.
• For many of our students the college offers an opportunity to transfer to four – year colleges or universities to obtain advanced degrees. Others pursue self-enrichment through a wide variety of non-credit workshops, from personal financial planning and property management to basic and intermediate computer skill training, through the college's Community Education Department.
• Wayne County Community College District has received a 10-year accreditation at the associate's degree levels by the Commission on Institutions Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Summit aims to keep young men in school (Detroit Free Press)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:27:49 am
  Some have absent parents. Others can't afford to eat. Or live in homes at risk of having the electricity cut off. Others fall into drugs, gangs and violence.
• Mayor Dave Bing to speak at forum on Detroit youth (WLNS Lansing)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 09:46:39 pm
  DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Dave Bing will join community leaders in a discussion about Detroit's poor high school graduation rate and preventing youth violence through conflict resolution.
• Getting DPS students books no easy task (Detroit News)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:13:24 am
  Despite all the efforts of Robert Bobb and his team, the most basic issues still plague some city schools. Kids are missing books and teachers don't have the supplies to teach.
• Dual enrollment students get a head start on college (Detroit Free Press)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 02:53:11 pm
  More than 30 Cody upperclassmen attend classes at the Northwest campus of the Wayne County Community College District while they are still enrolled in high school. The program gives students the chance to earn high school credit and transferable college credits at the same time.
• Island Briefs (Ile Camera)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 04:14:38 pm
  Garden Club meeting The Grosse Ile Garden Club will meet Nov. 9 at the Colony Clubhouse.

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