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Houston Community College
SanJacintoMemorialBuilding.JPG
Type
Community College System
Established 1971
Chancellor Dr. Cesar Maldonado
Academic staff
 2,535[1]
Administrative staff
 1,465[1]
Students 69,293[1]
Address
3100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77004
,
Houston
,
Texas
,
U.S.A.
Campus 23 Commuter Campuses
Nickname HCCS (or HCC)
Affiliations SACS
Mascot Eagle
Website www.hccs.edu
Houston Community College logo.jpg

Houston Community College (HCC), also known as Houston Community College System (HCCS) is a community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, Greater Katy, and Stafford in Texas. It is notable for actively recruiting internationally and for the large number of international students enrolled, over 5,700 in 2015. Its open enrollment policies, which do not require proficiency in English, are backed by a full-time 18-month English proficiency program and remedial courses.[2]


As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of HCCS includes the following school districts:[3]



  • the Houston Independent School District,

  • the Stafford Municipal School District,

  • the Spring Branch Independent School District (included in service area by state law, but is not part of the tax base),

  • the Alief Independent School District,

  • the North Forest Independent School District (now consolidated into Houston ISD),

  • the portion of the Fort Bend Independent School District located within the territory of Missouri City.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Former campus in Qatar




  • 2 Police


  • 3 HCC Television


  • 4 Athletics


  • 5 List of colleges in HCCS


    • 5.1 Central College


    • 5.2 Coleman College of Health Sciences


    • 5.3 Northeast College


    • 5.4 Northwest College


    • 5.5 Southeast College


    • 5.6 Eastside Campus (Houston)


    • 5.7 Felix Fraga Academic Campus (Houston)


    • 5.8 Southwest College




  • 6 Notable alumni


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History


In 1927, the Houston Independent School District founded its first community colleges, Houston Junior College (for whites), which later evolved into the University of Houston and the Houston College for African American students (now Texas Southern University). In 1971, the district founded HCCS after HJC's and HCN's evolutions into the University of Houston and Texas Southern University respectively. In its early days, HCCS once used HISD school campuses for teaching facilities with classes during evenings and weekends like its founders. Around 1997, HCCS began to transfer operations to community college district-operated campuses throughout the HCCS service area.[4]



Former campus in Qatar


The country of Qatar operates Education City to bring U.S. universities to the Middle East. Houston Community College ran a satellite campus in Education City. However, in early 2016 HCC announced that they were "massively scaling back operations" and closed this campus.[5] Over a five-year period, Qatar’s government paid HCC approximately $30.5 million to subsidize the Education City campus. In a news interview, the HCC Board of Trustees Treasurer said he did not support continuing the campus. “We’re a community college to educate kids in our district,” he said.[5] When HCC first sent teachers to its Qatar campus, the Qatari government made some of them return to the United States because they were Jewish.[5]




Houston Community College System Administration Building



Police


HCC operates its own police department.[6]


As peace officers, state law grants HCC Police the power to arrest without warrant for any felony, breach of the peace, disorderly conduct or intoxication offense that is committed in their presence or view while in Texas.[7] They may make an arrest pursuant to a warrant anywhere in Texas.[8] The HCC Police Department is divided into six divisions: Administrative, Criminal Investigations, Patrol, Bike Patrol, Training, Communications.



HCC Television




HCCS Central Campus (Midtown)


HCCTV began in 1994 when the City of Houston chose the Houston Community College System (HCCS) to operate one of the its educational access channels. Already in place since 1980, HCCTV was the college system's video component, producing programs of education, training and college promotion.[9]


HCCS operates Houston Community College Television (HCCTV) on Xfinity Channel 19, TV Max Channel 97, Phonoscope Channel 77 and Cebridge Channel 20 and streamed over the internet. The studio complex, which has one large studio unit, five editing suites, and a digital master control system, is located at the HCC District Campus.[10]



Athletics


HCC offers several sports activities to its students throughout its campuses; the sports offered include:




  • Soccer (Men & Women)


  • Basketball (Men & Women)


  • Volleyball (Women)


  • Flag Football (Men)


  • Golf (Men & Women)


  • Tennis (Men & Women)


  • Fitness (Men & Women)



List of colleges in HCCS



Central College




Willie Lee Gay Hall (South Campus)


[11]



  • Central Campus (Houston)
    • HCC Central Campus in Midtown Houston is served by a METRORail station, Ensemble/HCC Station. Houston Academy for International Studies of Houston ISD opened on HCC's Central Campus in Fall 2006.


  • South Campus (Houston)
    • HCC South Campus is in the Central Southwest area of Houston, and is served by the HCC South Campus bus station.




Coleman College of Health Sciences


  • Coleman College of Health Sciences (Houston) (located in the Texas Medical Center district)


Northeast College




Northline Campus (Northside)


[12]



  • Codwell Hall Campus (Houston)

  • Northline Campus (Houston)
    • The HCC Northline Campus is the site of HISD's North Houston Early College High School.


  • Pinemont Campus (Houston)



Northwest College




Houston Community College Spring Branch (Memorial City, near Spring Branch)


[13]



  • Alief Campus (Houston)
    • The Alief Campus is the site of Alief ISD's Alief Early College High School.[14][15]


  • Alief Continuing Education Center (unincorporated Harris County)

  • Katy Campus

  • Spring Branch Campus



Southeast College




Fraga Campus (Near Downtown)


[16]
Southeast College is home to two separate campuses in different parts of the HCC Southeast service area.



Eastside Campus (Houston)



Felix Fraga Academic Campus (Houston)


The Felix Fraga Academic Campus is located a mile and a quarter east of Downtown Houston at 301 N. Drennan St.


The campus opened in January, 2010 and was named for Felix Fraga by the HCC Board of Trustees in honor of his dedication to the educational, social, and economic success of the young people of Houston’s southeast community and his devotion to improving their neighborhood. Fraga served as an HISD trustee and as a member of the Houston City Council. Today he is the Vice President of External Affairs for the Neighborhood Centers, Inc.


The Felix Fraga Campus hosts classes to over 1,500 students every semester. Its flagship offerings include Maritime Logistics, Pre-Engineering, and other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) classes. Most core courses are also available.


In partnership with HISD, the Felix Fraga Campus is also the host location of HISD's East Early College High School.



Southwest College




HCC West Loop Center



Notable alumni



  • Kim Su Tran La, founder of the restaurant chain Kim Sơn.[17]


  • Chloe Dao, fashion designer and television personality



See also



  • Houston Community College System Foundation


References





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  2. ^ Manny Fernandez (October 30, 2015). "A Global Community's College". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2015. Because the college has an open admission policy and does not require the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or Toefl, most students must go through an 18-month, full-time English-language program as well as remedial courses.


  3. ^ Texas Education Code, Section 130.182, "Houston Community College System District Service Area". - View at FindLaw


  4. ^ "TSPR Houston Community College System." Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Accessed September 23, 2008.


  5. ^ abc Nakano, Hanna (2016-03-16). "Houston Community College scales back operation in Qatar". Gulf News Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-17.


  6. ^ HCC's website


  7. ^ http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CR/htm/CR.14.htm#14.03


  8. ^ http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CR/htm/CR.15.htm#15.06


  9. ^ "HCC Television." Houston Community College. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.


  10. ^ "How to Access HCCTV Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Community College. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.


  11. ^ "Central College Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Community College District. Accessed September 5, 2008.


  12. ^ "Northeast College Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Community College District. Accessed September 5, 2008.


  13. ^ "Northwest College Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Community College District. Accessed September 5, 2008.


  14. ^ Foster, Robin. "Deadline to apply to Alief Early College High School is April 15." Houston Chronicle. April 2, 2009. Retrieved on April 8, 2009.


  15. ^ "Alief Early College High School Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine.." Alief Independent School District. Retrieved on April 8, 2009.


  16. ^ "Southeast College Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Community College District. Accessed September 5, 2008.


  17. ^ "Exit Vietnam: Photo shows Vietnamese transformation". Houston Chronicle. August 16, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2010.




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