Essex County College

Essex County College
Type	Public College
Established	1966
Location	Newark, New Jersey, USA
Colors	Green & Yellow
Nickname	Wolverines
Website	http://www.essex.edu

Newark Campus view from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Essex County College (ECC) is an open-door, public two-year college located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

History

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. Dr. Gale E. Gibson was named the College's 7th President by the Board of Trustees on October 15, 2013. Two-and-a-half years later, in April of 2016, the college fired Gibson and the college's top lawyer.^[1] The college's board of trustees did not provide a reason for the dismissals but they followed an athletics scandal and the opening of investigations of the college by both the state^[2] and federal government.^[3]

Education offered

ECC offers AS, AA, and AAS degree programs in 48 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.

Athletics

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.^[4]

Location

ECC's primary campus is in Newark. Other facilities include the West Essex Campus in West Caldwell and other satellite centers on Essex County. The Newark campus neighbors both the NJIT and Rutgers Newark campuses.

References

↑ Dan Ivers (April 21, 2016). "N.J. college fires president, top attorney amid mounting controversy". NJ.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
↑ Dan Ivers (April 7, 2016). "College scandal widens with state subpoenas, new focus on athletics". NJ.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
↑ Dan Ivers (April 19, 2016). "Feds now eyeing embattled Essex County College". NJ.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
↑ http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2012/10/essex_county_college_olympic_a.html

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Colleges and universities in New Jersey

Public research universities	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick Newark Camden Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology Rowan University

State colleges and universities	The College of New Jersey Kean Montclair State New Jersey City Ramapo Stockton Thomas Edison State William Paterson

Independent four-year colleges	Bloomfield Caldwell Centenary College of Saint Elizabeth Drew Fairleigh Dickinson Felician Georgian Court Monmouth Princeton Rider Saint Peter's Seton Hall Stevens Institute of Technology

Community colleges	Atlantic Cape Bergen Brookdale Camden Cumberland Essex Hudson Mercer Middlesex Morris Ocean Passaic Raritan Valley Rowan College at Burlington County Rowan College at Gloucester County Salem Sussex Union Warren

Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC)

Atlantic Cape Bergen Brookdale Bucks County Burlington County Camden County Morris Cumberland County Delaware Tech Essex County Harcum Lackawanna Manor Mercer County Middlesex County Ocean County Passaic County Raritan Valley Rowan College at Gloucester County Salem Sussex County Thaddeus Stevens Tech Union County Williamson

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