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40°44′37″N 73°56′4″W / 40.74361°N 73.93444°W
| Type | Community college, Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1968 |
| President | Dr. Gail O. Mellow |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | lagcc.cuny.edu |
LaGuardia Community College is a two-year community college located in the Hunter's Point section of Long Island City in the New York City borough of Queens, and is a component of the City University of New York. LaGuardia is named after former Congressman and New York mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. The college offers associate degrees in the arts, sciences, and applied sciences, as well as continuing education programs.
History
Laguardia Community College was founded on January 22, 1968 by a resolution of the New York City Board of Higher Education. The new college, originally designated "Community College 9", was to be
comprehensive ... in terms of its variety of program offering and its community service mission. ... The college will be oriented to the needs and interests of the community in which it is located, providing cultural activities, special services, continuing education and skills training opportunities for community residents of all ages.[1]
The college's first president was Dr. Joseph Shenker, who had been Acting President of Kingsborough Community College, and its first location was a five-story 50-year old factory building on Thomson Avenue in Long Island City which has most recently been used to manufacture materiel for the U.S. Army in World War II.[1] In October 1970, the Board of Higher Education named the new college after Mayor Laguardia, noting his
lifelong public service to the people of the City of New York and of the United States, and his ambitious and successful leadership of good government campaigns to provide decent living conditions and guarantee democratic processes for all...[1]
The college was officially opened on September 22, 1971, and received its first accreditation, from the Middle States Association, in December 1972, when the college graduated its first class.[1]
On September 22, 1972, the school received from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, for payment of $1, a 5.2 acre site in Astoria that had formerly been the U.S. Army Pictoral Center, with the intention of moving the college to a campus on the new site, but when the city's budget crisis hit in 1974, the site had to be sold off, as the expense of maintaining it in the interim was too high. In the years since its founding, the college has remained in its original building, but has expanded into nearby buildings.
Enrollment and degrees
As of the Fall of 2009, LaGuardia had an enrollment of 17,028 undergraduate students, 9,623 of them full-time, and 7,405 part-time. This undergraduate enrollment made the college the third largest community college in the CUNY system, after the Borough of Manhattan Community College and Kingsborough Community College.[2] LaGuardia's enrollment has increased by 26.2% since 2005, and is up 9.6% from 2008.[3]
In the 2008-2009 school year, LaGuardia granted 1707 degrees, of which 1601 were associates degrees, and 106 were certificates.[4]
Programs
LaGuardia offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in the following areas.
Business and Technology
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Business Management
- Business Finance
- Entrepreneurship & Small Business
- International Business
- Travel & Tourism
- Word Processing Specialist
Computer Programs
- Computer Science
- Computer Operations
- Computer Technology
- Microcomputer Systems and Applications
- New Media Technology
- Programming and Systems
Creative Arts
- Commercial Photography
- Digital Photography
- Fine Art Photography
- Fine Arts
- Media Studies
- Music Recording Technology
- Theater and Communication
Education & Teaching
- Childhood Education
- Education Associate: The Bilingual Child
- Secondary Education
Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Food Service Management
- Commercial Food Service Management
- School Food Service Management
Health Sciences
- Dietetic Technician
- Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic
- Gerontology
- Human Services
- Mental Health
- Mortuary Science
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Radiologic Technology
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Practical Nursing
- Veterinary Technology
Law & Labor Organizing
- Labor and Community Organizing
- Paralegal Studies
Liberal Arts / General Studies
- Criminal Justice
- Deaf Studies
- Humanities
- International Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Philosophy and Critical Thinking
- Social Science
- Writing and Literature
Math & Science
- Mathematics
- Science
Student body
According to CUNY's figures, as of the Fall of 2009, 40.3% of Laguardia's enrollment was Hispanic, 24.4% were Asian or Pacific Islanders, 18.9% were Black, 16.2% were White and 0.3% were Native American.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Golway, Terry. "The First 25 Years: Laguardia Community College" (1997)
- ^ "Total Enrollment by Undergraduate and Graduate Level, Full-time/Part-time Attendance, and College" CUNY
- ^ "Five-Year Trends in Total Fall Enrollment Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College" CUNY
- ^ "Summary of Degrees Granted by College 2008-2009"
- ^ "Total Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity and College: Percentages Fall 2009" CUNY
External links
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