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Essex County College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• ECC was established in 1966 as the public, two-year, open access community college of Essex County, admitted its first students in temporary quarters in downtown Newark in 1968, and moved to its current permanent site in the heart of the University Heights district of the city in 1976. Newark is New Jersey s largest city, 10 miles west of New York City.
• Approximately 25,000 people enroll each year in ECC s various degree and non-degree programs, including students from more than 40 foreign countries. The curriculum features close to 70 majors and 564 courses as part of a wide range of transfer and career programs.
• The 22-acre main campus in Newark features a multilevel megastructure covering three city blocks, a two-level multipurpose Physical Education Building/ Child Development Center complex, the Center for Technology, and the Clara E. Dasher Student Center. Among the resources of the 502,000 square foot megastructure are state-of-the-art laboratories, high tech classrooms with advanced teaching modalities, the Mary B. Burch Theater for the Performing Arts, and a newly renovated library equipped with online public access catalog stations, a computer lab offering instruction in information literacy, and extensive resource materials.
• At ECC, students can earn Associate in Arts ( A. A. ) and Associate in Science ( A. S. ) degrees for transfer to four-year colleges, or they can pursue Associate in Applied Science ( A. A. S. ) degrees and certificates to prepare for immediate employment. Some A. A. S. programs also transfer; academic advisors can provide additional information on the transfer process. Transfer/ articulation agreements exist with many institutions.
• Community and continuing education programs include intensive basic skills training, multilingual outreach programs, customized corporate training programs, career advancement and personal enrichment courses, youth programs, seminars, workshops, and public forums on diverse topics of interest to local residents. Essex County College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Top JUCO talent coming to MCCC (The Times of Trenton)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:58:41 am
  WEST WINDSOR -- Not only will the nation's top teams converge on Mercer County Community College for the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Men's Soccer Championship from tomorrow through Sunday, but many of the national statistical leaders will put their skills on display as well.
• Massasoit soccer team loses in Northeast District final (The Brockton Enterprise)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 08:08:18 am
  The Warriors are eliminated by 10th-ranked Essex County of Newark, N.J., 8-0.
• Rutgers study finds Essex female ex-offenders' recidivism rate lower after help from re-entry program (The Star-Ledger)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:17:24 am
  NEWARK -- Cynthia Taylor has come a long way. The 44-year-old Newark resident was a heroin and cocaine addict who spent eight years in prison for robbery. Today, she is a full-time college student studying to be a youth counselor,...
• N.J. losing out on $6B a year when college students flee state (The Star-Ledger)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 12:32:12 am
  Columnist asks why more is not being done to keep best and brightest in the Garden State
• Mercer rolls into final (The Times of Trenton)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 05:58:51 am
  The Mercer County Community College men's soccer team is one win away from a ninth straight Region 19 Tournament title. The Vikings routed Burlington County College, 6-2, last night in the regional semifinals in West Windsor.

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