San Diego City College

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San Diego City College (known more informally as City College or City) is a public, two-year community college located in San Diego, California. It is administered by the San Diego Community College District which includes San Diego Mesa College and San Diego Miramar College as well. City College is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

City College is coeducational. It has a semester-based academic calendar. It has a 56 acre campus of 40 buildings situated near Balboa Park. Enrollment as of 2004 was 14,687 students. Courses are provided in general education, lower-division transfer programs, occupational and developmental education. The school newspaper, the City Times, was founded in 1945 and is run by journalism students covering City-related news.

[edit] History

Community college education in San Diego began in 1914 when the Board of Education of the San Diego City Schools authorized postsecondary classes for San Diego high school students. Classes opened with four faculty members serving 35 students. It was the fourth community college established in California.

Property for a permanent campus was purchased in the early 1950s and construction began on the first buildings. Additional property was added to the campus in the 1970s.