Clark State Community College

Clark State Community College

Former names	Clark County Technical Institute, Clark Technical College
Established	1962
President	Dr. Jo Alice Blondin
Students	5,000
Location	Springfield, Ohio, USA
Colors	Navy Blue, Royal Blue and Gold
Mascot	Eagles
Affiliations	NJCAA, OCCAC
Website	http://www.clarkstate.edu

Clark State Community College is a community college located in Springfield, Ohio. The school opened in 1962 under the name Springfield and Clark County Technical Education Program in an effort to meet the post-secondary, technical education needs of Springfield and the surrounding area. In 1966, the name was changed to Clark County Technical Institute (CCTI) and was chartered by the Ohio Board of Regents as Ohio's first technical college. In 1972, ten years after its birth, CCTI had grown to 1,000 students and officially became Clark Technical College. New programs in agriculture, business, engineering technologies, health, public services and general studies were developed in response to the community's changing educational and economic needs.

In the 1970s, the College reexamined its mission and determined that programs which can be transferred to four-year colleges should be included as a secondary focus. In order to accomplish this, many new courses in the humanities and the social sciences were added to the curriculum. By 1985, Clark Technical College had developed one of the broadest general education programs of any technical college in the state.

On July 1, 1988, the Ohio Board of Regents approved the change of Clark Technical College to Clark State Community College. As a result of this action, Clark State added the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees (university parallel programs) to the nearly 30 technical associate degrees and certificates it had offered for years.

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Colleges & Universities in the State of Ohio

Private	Antioch College The Art Academy of Cincinnati Baldwin Wallace University Bluffton University Capital University Case Western Reserve University Cedarville University Cincinnati Christian University Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland Institute of Electronics Cleveland Institute of Music University of Dayton Defiance College Denison University The University of Findlay Hebrew Union College Heidelberg University Hiram College John Carroll University Kenyon College Kettering College of Medical Arts Marietta College Mount St. Joseph University University of Mount Union Muskingum University Myers University University of Northwestern Ohio Notre Dame College Oberlin College Ohio Dominican University Ohio Northern University Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein College Mount Vernon Nazarene University Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine University of Rio Grande Tiffin University Urbana University Ursuline College Walsh University Wilberforce University Wilmington College Wittenberg University College of Wooster Xavier University

Public	University of Akron Belmont Technical College Bowling Green State University Central Ohio Technical College Central State University Cincinnati State Technical and Community College University of Cincinnati Clark State Community College Cleveland State University Columbus State Community College Cuyahoga Community College Edison Community College Hocking College James A. Rhodes State College Jefferson Community College Kent State University Lakeland Community College Lorain County Community College Marion Technical College Miami University NEOUCOM North Central State College Northwest State Community College Ohio State University Ohio University Owens Community College Shawnee State University Sinclair Community College Southern State Community College Stark State College Terra Community College University of Toledo Washington State Community College Wright State University Youngstown State University Zane State College

University System of Ohio

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