Kentucky Community and Technical College System
| Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) | |
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| Motto | Higher Education Begins Here |
| Established | 1997 |
| President | Dr. Michael B. McCall |
| Location | Versailles, KY |
| Colors | Blue █ and Gold █ |
| Website | www.kctcs.edu |
Headquartered in Versailles, Kentucky, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) comprises 16 colleges with over 68 campuses. Programs offered include associate degrees, pre-baccalaureate education to transfer to a public 4-year institution; adult education, continuing and developmental education; customized training for business and industry; and distance learning. KCTCS was founded as part of the Postsecondary Improvement Act of 1997 (House Bill 1), signed by former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, to create a new institution to replace the University of Kentucky's Community College System and the Kentucky Department of Education's network of technical schools. The Kentucky Fire Commission, a separate state entity responsible for training emergency responders, also became part of KCTCS at that time.
The system's president is Michael B. McCall. Thomas O. Zawacki is the chair of the Board of Regents.
[edit] Member institutions
KCTCS includes the following community and technical colleges:
- Ashland Community and Technical College (Ashland, Kentucky)
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College (Paintsville, Kentucky, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Pikeville, Kentucky, Hager Hill, Kentucky)
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College (Lexington, Kentucky, Danville, Kentucky, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, Winchester, Kentucky, Georgetown, Kentucky)[1]
- Bowling Green Technical College (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
- Gateway Community and Technical College (Covington, Kentucky, Florence, Kentucky, Edgewood, Kentucky and Highland Heights, Kentucky)
- Hazard Community and Technical College (Hazard, Kentucky)
- Henderson Community College (Henderson, Kentucky)
- Hopkinsville Community College (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
- Jefferson Community and Technical College (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Madisonville Community College (Madisonville, Kentucky)
- Maysville Community and Technical College (Maysville, Kentucky, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Morehead, Kentucky)
- Owensboro Community and Technical College (Owensboro, Kentucky)
- Somerset Community College (Somerset, Kentucky)
- Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (Cumberland, Kentucky)
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College (Paducah, Kentucky)
[edit] References
- ^ "BCTC academics by location". http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/Academics/Programs_by_Location. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
[edit] External links
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System
- Kentucky Department of Education
- Kentucky Virtual University
- Kentucky Virtual Library
- Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
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