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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:

• College board puts parcel tax on ballot (San Jose Mercury News)
  posted on March 11, 2010 at 05:52:24 am
  Board approves putting measure on ballot to save core programs, retain qualified instructors
• Protest Crowds Flood Streets, Shut 880 (CBS 5 Bay Area)
  posted on March 5, 2010 at 05:46:09 pm
  Millions of students, teachers and parents rallied in schools and college campuses across California to protest deep spending cuts to schools and universities.
• Rallying cry: Save our schools (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  posted on March 5, 2010 at 12:10:42 pm
  Students at Taft Elementary School in Redwood City got to school early yesterday. Holding signs in both English and Spanish, the children joined parents, teachers and administrators in lining Bay Street.
• Day of Action on the Peninsula: Students protest cuts to education (San Jose Mercury News)
  posted on March 5, 2010 at 09:17:22 am
  Though they didn't close campus access roads or shut down a freeway, throngs of students at Peninsula community colleges, high schools and even middle and elementary schools chanted, rallied and made it loud and clear Thursday that they're fed up with education funding cuts.
• Oakland: Protesters arrested, traffic flowing again on Interstate 880 (San Jose Mercury News)
  posted on March 5, 2010 at 02:03:05 am
  Teachers and students from schools of all levels are fanned across the state today as part of a "day of action" that started with discussions at University of California-Berkeley and spread across the country.

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