Las Positas College
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Las Positas College is a community college located in Livermore, California. Las Positas College is located on 147 acres in Livermore, in the midst of one of California's fastest-growing regions for business and scientific industry. Among students, it has gained the affectionate nickname, "UCBC", or "University of California Behind Costco", a riff on the UC University system, as well as its other nickname, "Lost Potential", a riff on the syllables in the phrase "Las Positas". According to an editoral in The Express(Las Positas College NewsPaper), many students find these nicknames to be degrading to the school and all of its students.
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Las Positas began as an extension center of Chabot College in 1963, offering 24 classes and enrolling 810 students at Livermore High School and two other sites. By 1965, the program had expanded and moved to Granada High School in Livermore; it subsequently grew to include Amador and Dublin High Schools as well. The District purchased the Livermore site that same year, intending to develop a comprehensive community college. However, in 1970 and again in 1972, bond issues to build the rural college failed-despite Tri-Valley voters' overwhelming support-because the District's largest voting population lived outside the service area for the proposed college. Lacking funds to develop a second comprehensive community college, the Board of Trustees voted to develop a small education center at the Livermore site. On March 31, 1975, "Valley Campus" opened as the Livermore Education Center of Chabot College.
Las Positas College has since developed into a fully accredited comprehensive institution. In 1988 the College was designated by the Board of Governors to be an independent college. Las Positas College received full accreditation on January 7, 1991 from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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Las Positas College currently enrolls approximately 8,100 day and evening students. The College offers a two-year curriculum for students seeking career preparation, transfer to a four-year college or university, or personal enrichment. Las Positas offers transfer agreements with UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz. Students who come to the College can choose any of 22 Occupational Associate Degrees, 16 Transfer Associate Degrees, and over 35 Certificate Programs.
In 1999, Las Positas Had a Completion Rate of 49.5% and a Transfer Rate of 22.4%.
Las Positas is now going to be competing with a local high school, Granada High, in an electric-car race, based around the Electrathon guide lines. This was done to encourage interest in environmental technology and similar fields[citation needed].
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