Houston Community College System

Houston Community College System
The Houston Community College System administration in Midtown Houston
Established:	1971
Type:	community college system
Chancellor:	Dr. Mary E. Spangler
Faculty:	2,513
Staff:	954
Students:	57,364
Location:	Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Campus:	six commuter campuses
Nickname:	HCCS (or HCC)
Mascot:	Eagle
Affiliations:	SACS
Website:	www.hccs.edu

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:^[1]

• 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.

Contents 1 History 2 HCCS cities 3 HCC Television 4 List of colleges in HCCS 4.1 Central College 4.2 Coleman College of Health Sciences 4.3 Northeast College 4.4 Northwest College 4.5 Southeast College 4.6 Southwest College 5 References 6 External links

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.^[2]

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
• Stafford

HCCS 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.

HCC Television

HCCS operates a television channel called Houston Community College Television (HCCTV).^[3] The channel is aired on Comcast Channel 19, TV Max Channel 97, Phonoscope Channel 77 and Cebridge Channel 20. In addition it is streamed over the internet. The studio complex, which has one large studio unit, five edit suites, and a digital master control system, is located at the HCC headquarters.^[4]

HCC began its television channel in 1994.^[4]

List of colleges in HCCS

Central College

^[5]

• 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

^[6]

• 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

^[7]

• Katy Campus (unincorporated Harris County)
• Spring Branch Campus (formerly Town & Country Square Campus) (Houston)

Southeast College

^[8]

• Eastside Campus (Houston)
  • The HCC Southeast Center is the site of HISD's East Early College High School.

Southwest College

^[9]

• Alief Campus (Houston)
  • The Alief Campus will be the site of Alief ISD's Alief Early College High School.^[10][11]
• 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

• HCCS Homepage
• HCCS Libraries
• "TSPR Houston Community College System" - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

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