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From the inception of community colleges in 1963 through the early 1970s, the community college presidents served as a Presidents Council under the Secretary of Education.

In the early 1970s, the presidents organized the Commission to give them a collective voice outside the Department of Education, especially regarding financing and operation. A few years later, the Commission became an affiliate of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU).

Around the same time, the Pennsylvania Federation of Community College Trustees (PFCCT) was established to give those who govern the community colleges a voice in Harrisburg. The main purpose of both the Commission and the PFCCT was to advocate the collective needs of community colleges at the state level.

The organizations merged in 1994 to become the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges. The Commission continues to represent the collective interests of the colleges and the nearly 400,000 Pennsylvania residents who annually avail themselves of the educational and cultural opportunities provided by the 14 community colleges.

 
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Featured Member College

luzerne.jpgLuzerne County Community College (LCCC) provides quality learning opportunities throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. Through its 167-acre main campus located in Nanticoke, four off-campus centers and eight off-campus locations, LCCC offers students more than 100 academic and technical credit programs and noncredit career training programs in traditional classrooms and distance learning environments. LCCC has the largest credit enrollment and is the largest provider of workforce development programming in the county.

1333 S. Prospect St.
Nanticoke, PA 18634-3899
570-740-0300
http://www.luzerne.edu

 
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Enrollment as measured by Full-Time Equivalent students (FTEs) has set a record high for the third consecutive academic year.  The 132,440 total FTEs in 2009-10 represents an 8.4% increase from last year.  All of the 2009-10 increase is in credit programs.  Credit FTEs increased 11.5% from 2008-09 to nearly 119,000 – a 63.2% increase during this decade.