Houston Community College System

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faculty = 2,513
staff = 954
students = 57,364
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city = Houston
state = Texas
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country = U.S.A.
address = 3100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77004
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campus = six commuter campuses
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nickname = HCCS (or HCC)
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website = [http://www.hccs.edu/ www.hccs.edu]

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Houston Community College System (HCCS) is a community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, and Stafford in Texas.

As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of HCCS includes territory within the following school districts: [Texas Education Code, Section 130.182, "Houston Community College System District Service Area".]
*the Houston Independent School District,
*the Stafford Municipal School District,
*the Spring Branch Independent School District,
*the Alief Independent School District,
*the North Forest Independent School District,
*the Katy Independent School District, and
*the portion of the Fort Bend Independent School District located within the territory of Missouri City.

History

HCCS once was an umbrella under the wing of the Houston Independent School District, starting in 1971 (when HCC was established) - HCCS once used HISD school campuses for teaching facilities with classes during evenings and weekends. Around 1997 HCCS began to transfer operations to community college district-operated campuses throughout the HCCS service area." [http://www.window.state.tx.us/tspr/hccs/ch10.htm TSPR Houston Community College System] ." "Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts". Accessed September 23, 2008.]

HCCS cities

HCCS includes all of the following cities
*Bunker Hill Village
*Hedwig Village
*Hilshire Village
*Hunters Creek Village
*Katy
*Missouri City
*Piney Point Village
*Spring Valley Village
*StaffordHCCS includes portions of the following cities
*Houston (most of Houston is in HCCS)
*Jacinto City (half of Jacinto City is in HCCS)
*Pearland (portions in Houston ISD)

The district also covers unincorporated areas of Harris (including some of Bridgeland), Fort Bend, and Waller Counties.

HCCTV

HCCS operates a television channel called [http://www.hccs.edu/tv/index.html HCCTV] ; HCCTV is on Channel 19 for Comcast customers.

TV Shows that can be seen on HCCTV:
*Today and Tomorrow (TnT)
*Exquisite Baking
*Dialogue Houston
*Si Se Puede

List of colleges in HCCS

Central College

[" [http://central.hccs.edu/portal/site/central/ Central College] ." "Houston Community College District". Accessed September 5, 2008.]
*Central Campus (Houston)
**HCC Central Campus in Midtown Houston is served by a METRORail station, Ensemble/HCC Station. Houston Academy for International Studies of Houston ISD opened on HCC's Central Campus in Fall 2006.
*Willie Lee Gay Hall (South Campus) (Houston)

Coleman College of Health Sciences

*Coleman College of Health Sciences (Houston)

Northeast College

[" [http://northeast.hccs.edu/portal/site/northeast/ Northeast College] ." "Houston Community College District". Accessed September 5, 2008.]
*Codwell Hall Campus (Houston)
*Northline Campus (Houston)
**The HCC Northline Campus is the site of HISD's North Houston Early College High School.
*Pinemont Campus (Houston)

Northwest College

[" [http://northwest.hccs.edu/portal/site/northwest/ Northwest College] ." "Houston Community College District". Accessed September 5, 2008.]
*Katy Campus ("unincorporated" Harris County)
*Town & Country Square Campus (Houston)

outheast College

[" [http://southeast.hccs.edu/portal/site/southeast/ Southeast College] ." "Houston Community College District". Accessed September 5, 2008.]
*Eastside Campus (Houston)
**The HCC Southeast Center is the site of HISD's East Early College High School.

outhwest College

[" [http://swc2.hccs.edu/swc/0506/operations/index.php College Operations] ." "Houston Community College Southwest College". Accessed September 5, 2008.]
*Alief Campus (Houston)
*Alief Continuing Education Center ("unincorporated" Harris County)
*Gulfton Center (Houston)
*Missouri City Sienna Campus ("unincorporated" Fort Bend County)
*Stafford Campus (Stafford)
*West Loop Center (Houston)
**The HCC West Loop Center is the site of HISD's Challenge Early College High School.

References

=External links=
* [http://www.hccs.edu/ HCCS Homepage]
* [http://library.hccs.edu HCCS Libraries]
* " [http://www.window.state.tx.us/tspr/hccs/ch10.htm TSPR Houston Community College System] " - "Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts"