San Diego City College

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San Diego City College (known more informally as City College or City) is a public, two-year community college located in San Diego, California. It is administered by the San Diego Community College District. City College is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

City College is coeducational. It has a semester-based academic calendar. It has a 56-acre (230,000 m²) campus of 40 buildings situated near Balboa Park. Enrollment as of 2004 was 14,687 students. Courses are provided in general education, lower-division transfer programs, occupational and developmental education. The school newspaper, City Times, was founded in 1945 and is run by students of the college's journalism program.

[edit] History

Community college education in San Diego began in 1914 when the Board of Education of the San Diego City Schools authorized postsecondary classes for San Diego high school students. Classes opened with four faculty members serving 35 students. It was the fourth community college established in California.

Property for a permanent campus was purchased in the early 1950s and construction began on the first buildings. Additional property was added to the campus in the 1970s. The entire college was the recipient of new construction in the early 2000s, with the new addition of The Learning Center. This happened at the same time SDCC changed its placement test from APS to COMPASS.

City Times, the student newspaper,was founded in 1945 as The Jay Sees and later renamed Fortknightly as a bi-weekly publication. The paper became City Times in 1978. The journalism program also published a yearbook through the 1950s called Legend.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Pete Adams - NFL player
• William Gay - NFL player
• Monica Lowe - Radio Personality, KGB-FM San Diego and KZZO Sacramento
• James Sinegal - Costco Chief Executive Officer

[Sergio Mitre]- [Major League Baseball] [MLB] player- New York Yankees

[edit] External links

• San Diego City College

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