 San Jacinto Memorial Building, formerly San Jacinto High School | |
| Type | Community College System |
|---|---|
| Established | 1971 |
| Chancellor | Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher |
Academic staff | 2,535[1] |
Administrative staff | 1,465[1] |
| Students | 52,000+ [2] (Fall 2024) |
| Address | 3100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77004 , , , |
| Campus | 23 Commuter Campuses |
| Nickname | HCCS (or HCC) |
| Affiliations | SACS |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | www.hccs.edu |
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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.[3]
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of HCCS includes the following school districts:[4]
- 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[citation needed]),
- the Alief Independent School District,
- the Katy Independent School District,
- the North Forest Independent School District (now consolidated into Houston ISD),
- the portions of the Fort Bend Independent School District located within the cities of Houston, Missouri City, and Pearland. Additionally, it includes areas not in Wharton County Junior College (in other words, not in Sugar Land nor in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Sugar Land.)
- ^ a b "HCC Fact Book". Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "College Navigator - Houston Community College". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Texas Education Code, Section 130.182, "Houston Community College System District Service Area" Access date: March 10, 2024.
See also: "HCC Single Member Districts 2023" (PDF). Houston Community College. Retrieved 2024-03-10. - See profile page