| Essex County College | |
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| Established | 1966 |
| Type | Public College |
| President |
Dr. Edythe Abdullah[1] (April 1, 2010-Present) |
| Location | Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Colors | Green & Yellow |
| Nickname | Wolverines |
| Website | [1] |
Essex County College is an open-door, public two-year college located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is committed to providing quality educational programs and life-long learning activities at the most affordable cost. The college is open to students with a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities. It takes pride in the richness of its diversity and nurturing atmosphere, which encourages people who otherwise might not aspire to higher education to enroll and excel.
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Established in 1966 as the public, two-year, open access community college of Essex County, it admitted its first students in temporary quarters in Downtown Newark in 1968. It moved to its current permanent site in the University Heights district of the city in 1976.
ECC offers AS, AA, and AAS degree programs in over 70 different majors. Approximately 25,000 people enroll each year in Essex County College's various degree and non-degree programs. The college is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Essex County College teams are represented in the Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) and Region 19 of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Its teams have produced All-Americans in soccer, men's and women's basketball, cross country, and indoor and outdoor track.
ECC's primary campus is in Newark. Other facilities include the West Essex Campus in West Caldwell and other satellite centers around Essex County. The Newark campus neighbors both the NJIT and Rutgers Newark campuses.
Less than a year into the job, President Edythe Abdullah came under scrutiny after her questioning of the college's tenure policy. She was issued a staggering 101-6 vote of no-confidence by the college's faculty. Professors presented Abdullah with a three-page list of complaints about her leadership, calling her "unresponsive, indecisive, untimely and an untrustworthy administrator."[2]
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