April is National Community College Month and the HBCU Campaign Fund (HCF) is proud to chime in to join community colleges nationwide in celebration and recognition of their achievements and economic impact to their regions. National Community College Month provides awareness of the critical role community colleges play in our country’s higher educational system. More than 10 million students are enrolled in community colleges across the country, including the nation’s Historically Black Community Colleges (HBCCs). Twelve institutions across the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas represents HBCCs.
“Community College Month is an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of how community colleges impact the surrounding communities and make an undeniable case for why these colleges deserve greater public support. Many people don’t know that some of these institutions do exist and that they serve a greater purpose in the HBCU educational landscape for traditional and non-traditional students. The majority of the community colleges are partnered with surrounding four-year institutions to make associate degrees, and course credits transferable to those four-year colleges and universities to complete bachelor’s degrees.”
– Demetrius Johnson Jr., founder, President & CEO, HCF
The institutions that represent HBCCs are:
⁃ Bishop State Community College
⁃ Coahoma Community College
⁃ Denmark Technical College
⁃ Drake State Community and Technical College
⁃ Gadsden State Community College
⁃ Hinds Community College at Utica
⁃ Lawson State Community College
⁃ Shelton State Community College
⁃ Shorter College
⁃ Southern University at Shreveport
⁃ St. Philip’s College
⁃ Trenholm State Community College
This year’s #CCMonth theme is #BestDecisionEver, throughout the month of April we invite you to join us in showing the world why attending a community college is THE BEST! Follow along as HCF celebrates Community College Month on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Share your own Community College Month success story with #CCMonth and #HBCCsProud.
About Community College Month
In 1985, in recognition of the important contribution of community and technical colleges to our total educational system, congress authorized and requested then President Ronald Reagan to issue Proclamation 5418 establishing a National Community College Month. A month has been designated each year since then to celebrate community colleges.
About ACCT
The Association of Community Colleges Trustees (ACCT) is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern 1,000 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond. For more information, go to www.acct.org.
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