Tarrant County College

Tarrant County College
Motto Success Within Reach
Established 1965
Chancellor Eugene Giovannini
Location
Campus Urban
Website http://www.tccd.edu/

Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a community college serving Fort Worth and other cities in Tarrant County, Texas, providing degree programs toward an Associate of Arts, an Associate of Science, an Associate of Applied Science, or an Associate of Arts in Teaching. As of 2008, the institution was ranked as the sixth largest in Texas among community colleges and universities with student enrollment for credit hours of 150,000. Five physical campuses, a virtual campus (TCC Connect) and a centralized office make up the TCC District.[1]

Originally called Tarrant County Junior College (TCJC), the school began on July 31, 1965, after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In 1967, the South Campus was the first campus to open in south Fort Worth; in 1968, the Northeast Campus was built in Hurst. A third campus, Northwest, was added in 1976, in northwest Fort Worth. In 1996, the Southeast Campus was built in Arlington. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth fall of 2009. In 1999, the College District decided to drop the "Junior" from the college name.

It ranks no.1 in the U.S. among two year colleges, and it has an acceptance rate of 2% [2]. The college has recently hired graduates from MIT and Stanford University.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County.[2]

Albert II, Prince of Monaco was made an Honorary Professor of International Studies at Tarrant County College in 2000.[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Locations". Tarrant County College District. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Texas Education Code, Section 130.201, "Tarrant County Junior College District Service Area".
  3. ↑ Prince of Monaco official biography http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/biography/biography.391.html
  4. ↑ McGraw, D. (August 31, 2011). "Wendy Davis stuck her neck out for schoolkids". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ GQ (December 21, 2017). "Post Malone Goes Undercover on Twitter, Facebook, Quora, and Reddit". Actually Me. YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2017. I didn't go to Syracuse ... I went to Tarrant County College

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