Cecil College

Cecil College is a community college in North East, Maryland, named for its location in Cecil County.

Cecil College
Former names
Cecil Community College
Typecollege [university]
Established1968
PresidentDr. Mary Way Bolt
Location
North East
,
Maryland
,
USA

39°38′29″N 75°57′23″W
CampusRural
AthleticsNational Junior College Athletic Association Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference
Websitewww.cecil.edu

History

Cecil College was founded in 1968 to meet the educational needs of Cecil County residents. On June 13, 2007, the Maryland Higher Education Commission voted to accept its petition to change its name to Cecil College.

Organization

Cecil College is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the governor of the state of Maryland. The president reports directly to the board of trustees.

Academics

Cecil College is a member of the Maryland Association of Community Colleges,[1] accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and authorized by the Maryland Higher Education Commission to grant the associate degree.[2] Cecil College is also accredited by the Maryland State Board of Nursing and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The college also conducts transportation and logistics programs.[3]

gollark: The additional spending of the top ones apparently goes on research quite a lot. That doesn't impact teaching quality much in *most* areas, since I don't think that much of your education is going to be in state of the art research. Maybe the last year.
gollark: Prestigious is the more accurate word I guess.
gollark: I expect there are significant diminishing returns with actual teaching quality in the trendier universities.
gollark: Increasingly, if you want to learn a thing for learningous purposes, you can just get free/cheap material on it off the internet.
gollark: Although over here there are rather large variations in income 5 years after graduation by degree.

References
  1. Maryland Association of Community Colleges
  2. Cecil College Catalog
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