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| Type | Private coeducational labor college |
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| Active | 1969–2014 |
| President | Paula Peinovich |
Academic staff | 6 full-time [1] |
| Undergraduates | 1,364 [2] |
| Location | , , US |
| Affiliations | AFL–CIO |
| Website | nlc.edu |
The National Labor College was a college for union members and their families, union leaders and union staff in Silver Spring, Maryland. Established as a training center by the AFL–CIO in 1969 to strengthen union member education and organizing skills, NLC became a degree-granting college in 1997 and in March 2004 gained accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[2][3] Until the college closed on April 26, 2014,[4] it was the only college of its kind in the United States.
In July 2014 the Amalgamated Transit Union purchased the National Labor College campus. The ATU plans to expand its long-standing union education and activism program to the newly acquired campus.
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- ^ a b "Quick Facts about the NLC". National Labor College. 30 September 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.http://www.nlc.edu/quick-facts.html
- ^ "About the NLC". National Labor College. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ "NLC in Transition". National Labor College. 30 September 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.http://www.nlc.edu/sample-page/about-us/