Richland College

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Richland College is a community college that is part of the Dallas County Community College District and is located in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, Texas (USA) near the border with Richardson and Garland. The school was founded in 1972 and is the largest school in the DCCCD, featuring nearly 14,000 students. It is located on the old Jackson farm and contains 155 acres. It has preserved the rural beauty with a brook flowing through the campus. Richland offers dual enrollment, a charter high school opened in Fall 2006, and is home of the Thunderducks. The school's colors are green and purple.

In 2005, Richland became the only community college to have received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

“	For more than 30 years, Richland College of the Dallas County Community Colleges has focused on teaching, learning and community building. In recognition of these efforts, the White House and the Dept. of Commerce named Richland a 2005 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the only community college to have received this award. Richland helps students build their future through courses that can be applied to the first two years of a baccalaureate degree, one- or two-year certificates in a number of career fields, and training in the latest technology for students who want to advance in their current careers. The student body of more than 14,000 college credit students and about 5,000 continuing education students at Richland is internationally and ethnically diverse, speaking more than 79 first languages.	”
—Richland website

Richland College practices teaching, learning and community building throughout all of its programs. Of particular note are its excellent transfer programs and unique workforce programs. Students can earn a wide variety of certificates or Associates Degrees with emphases or fields of study in Multimedia, Horticulture, Peace Studies, Photographic/Imaging and Mass Communications/Journalism.

For more information, visit the college's web site at http://www.richlandcollege.edu or call 972.238.6100.