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Canada College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Cañada College opened in 1968 as part of the three-school San Mateo County Community College District. The college is located on 131 acres in the western part of Redwood City and is conveniently located to Highway 280. The primary service area for the college is the southern portion of San Mateo County, Redwood City, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, San Carlos, Atherton, Portola Valley, La Honda, Woodside, Half Moon Bay, and Pescadero.
• Cañada College is part of the 108 school California Community College system. Cañada College is one of the smallest community colleges in the Bay Area with approximately 6,500 students. The college is one of only two federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institutions in the Bay Area. Approximately 44 percent of Cañada's students are Latino. Cañada College is one of the few California community colleges offering bachelor's degrees through its University Center.
• Whether your goal is to complete high school, earn a professional certificate, associate's degree, or to eventually transfer to a four-year college or university, Cañada College is here to help you. We offer a seamless learning environment that can take you from high school to a university degree without ever leaving our campus.
• Cañada College also opens doors for adult learners looking for a career change. You can pursue a career in medical assisting, radiology, multimedia, early childhood education, fashion and interior design, human services, accounting, business technology, and many other fields that are described through our webpage. Whether you need to start your new career by first learning English or you already have a bachelor's degree, Cañada College can help you on the path to a new career.
• Profile last updated: 10/24/2008.

In the News:

• ‘Teach-in’ topic: Tough cuts (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  posted on February 4, 2010 at 12:11:10 pm
  Plans to cut over $7 million from the three community colleges in the coming year has students and teachers uniting through a two-day “teach-in,” the first of many activities planned to protest continued budget cuts to education.
• Break in storms eases flood threat (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on January 20, 2010 at 04:45:28 pm
  Hail hammered Oakland and Lafayette, fender-benders popped like firecrackers all over the slick roadways, college classes closed - and even the critters at the San Francisco Zoo had to hunker down behind shuttered doors. A second straight day of wind and rain...
• Thought today's storm was bad? Wait until Wednesday (Berkeley Voice - Albany Journal)
  posted on January 20, 2010 at 03:11:31 pm
  A torrential downpour soaked the East Bay on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands, flooding residential streets and forcing many to brave a slip-and-slide commute on the area s highway system.
• Storm causes power outages, close calls (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  posted on January 20, 2010 at 12:12:57 pm
  Another in a series of storms moving through the Bay Area this week caused power outages, the closure of two community colleges, the temporary closure of the connector ramp from southbound Interstate 280 to State Route 92 and a tree to fall on a woman’s car in Portola Valley yesterday.
• 'Main event' storm today (San Jose Mercury News)
  posted on January 20, 2010 at 07:37:21 am
  On the heels of three storms that have pummeled the Peninsula with high winds and heavy rains is a fourth front expected to arrive this morning that one forecaster called the 'main event.'

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