Back California Community Colleges System German 캘리포니아 커뮤니티 칼리지 시스템 Korean California Community Colleges System Dutch California Community Colleges SIMPLE 加利福尼亚社区学院系统 Chinese
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| Motto | Empowering community colleges through leadership, advocacy, and support |
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| Type | Public community college system |
| Established | 1967 |
| Endowment | US $25 million (planned permanent endowment) |
| Chancellor | Sonya Christian |
Academic staff | 57,711 |
| Students | 1,800,000+ |
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| Colleges | 116 accredited colleges |
| Affiliations | State of California |
| Website | California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office |
The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California.[1] The system includes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and 73 community college districts. The districts currently operate 116 accredited colleges. The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the United States, and third largest system of higher education in the world, serving more than 1.8 million students.[2] Despite its plural name, the system is consistently referred to in California law as a singular entity.[1]
Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the California Community Colleges is a part of the state's public higher education system, which also includes the University of California system and the California State University system. Like the two other systems, the California Community Colleges system is headed by an executive officer and a governing board. The 17-member Board of Governors sets direction for the system and is in turn appointed by the governor of California. The board appoints the Chancellor, who is the chief executive officer of the system. Locally elected Boards of Trustees work on the district level with Presidents who run the individual college campuses.[3]
- ^ a b California Education Code Section 70900 (added to the Education Code by Chapter 973 of the California Statutes of 1988; Assembly Bill No. 1725, section 8, page 17).
- ^ "California community colleges eye a different future amid pandemic disruption". EdSource. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Board of Governors Archived 2007-04-15 at the Wayback Machine