Dallas College Cedar Valley
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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
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| Established | 1977 |
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Parent institution
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Dallas College |
| Chancellor | Justin H. Lonon |
| President | Joseph Seabrooks |
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United States
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| Colors | Orange, Yellow[1] |
| Mascot | The Suns |
| Website | www |
Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus(Cedar ValleyorCVC) is apubliccommunity collegeinLancaster, Texas. It opened in 1977 and has an enrollment of more than 6,000 students.[1]It is part ofDallas College.
Beginning in the spring of 2004, Cedar Valley College began operating the Cedar Valley College Center at Cedar Hill. The extension center, located inCedar Hill, Texas, will assist the district's continuing education program featuring classes on computer software, dance, English as a second language, health and wellness, writing résumés andCPAaccreditation.
For the 2008-09 school year, Cedar Valley began a jointdual credit enrollmentproject with theDallas Independent School Districtand theCedar Hill Independent School Districtby opening twoearly college high schoolcampuses, one in Dallas and one in Cedar Hill.
The new Dallas school is named Early College High School and provides the opportunity for its graduates to accomplish a high-school diploma and 60 hours of college credit concurrently. Like most early college high school programs, the school was designed to attract students who do not typically enroll in traditional dual-credit programs, such students whose parents did not attend college and those that might feel a college education is not financially possible.
The new Cedar Hill school is namedCedar Hill Collegiate High School, and attracts students who are seeking 60 college credit hours upon graduating high school. The school is open to students of all backgrounds; however, the staff worked particularly hard to recruit black and Latino males, who are the least likely to earn college degrees.[2]
Service area
[edit]Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus serves an approximately 75-square-mile (190 km2) area of southern Dallas County including the suburbs ofCedar Hill,DeSoto,Duncanville,Glenn Heights,Hutchins,Lancaster,Seagoville, andWilmeras well as theDallasneighborhoods ofHighland Hills(zip code 75241),Pleasant Grove(75217), andRed Bird(75232 & 75237).[3]
Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus also hosts the Distance Education Veterinary Technology Program.
References
[edit]- ^abSonya Spencer, Director of Public Information.
- ^Macarena Hernández."Dallas ISD's new Early College High School gives hope of college,"The Dallas Morning News, August 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
- ^Service Area InformationArchived2008-12-19 at theWayback Machine– Cedar Valley College. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
External links
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