Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges

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FY2011 Budget Request

Miscellaneous Legislative Information
Follow the link to view the Commission's FY2011 Budget Request Card. fy2011_budget_request_card

American Graduation Initiative

Miscellaneous Legislative Information
Follow the link below to view a presentation on President Obama's American Graduation Initiative, by Sara Goldrick-Rab of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. american_graduation_initiative

Community College Caucus Members 2009

Miscellaneous Legislative Information
Click below for a printable list of Community College Caucus Members for 2009: cc_caucus_2009

Incentives for Completing the Degree

Policy Briefs
Click the link below to read the Commission's 2010 policy brief on Pennsylvania's Access to Higher Education and the Path to Completing the Baccalaureate Degree: scholarships_-_updated

The Impact of PHEAA

Policy Briefs
Click the link below to read the Commission's 2010 policy brief on the Impact of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency: pheaa_-_updated

Budget Priorities

Policy Briefs

Click the link below to read the Commission's 2009 Budget Priorities for PA's community colleges:

pdf 2009 Budget Priorities Card

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Featured Member College

Luzerne 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

Click HERE to download the most recent issue of FOCUS! This issue focuses on the value of community colleges to the student, community, and economic well-being of the state.

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.