College of the Redwoods

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College of the Redwoods
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Type Public community college
Established1964
Parent institution
 California Community Colleges
President Keith Flamer
Total staff
561 [1]
Students6,409 credit, 1,196 non-credit students in FY 2018-2019 [2]
Location
Eureka
,
California
,
United States
Campus Rural; Three main educational sites, six off-campus sites which include 449,948 square feet (41,802 m2) of buildings sitting on 334 acres (1.4 km2) (2011).
Nickname Corsair
Affiliations 3C2A
Website www.redwoods.edu
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College of the Redwoods (CR) is a public community college with its main campus south of Eureka, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and serves three counties. It has two branch campuses, as well as three additional sites. It is one of twelve community colleges in California that offer on-campus housing for students.

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In autumn of 2022, the school had 3,891 students of which 1,211 were full-time. [3] The school uses "a semester-based academic year". [3] With a student-faculty ratio of 16-to-1, the school offers associate degrees. [3] The school "has an open admissions policy and offers credit for life experiences". [3]

According to U.S. News, "the in-state tuition and fees for 2020-2021 were $1,147, and out-of-state tuition and fees were $8,539. There is no application fee." [3]

History

The original Redwoods Community College District was formed in 1964 by a vote of the people of Humboldt County. Founding President Eugene J. Portugal and his wife Dottie Portugal shaped the look of the campus. [4] [5] In 1975, residents of the coastal portion of Mendocino County voted to join the District, and in 1978 Del Norte County similarly joined. The college serves these areas, as well as a portion of Trinity County.

In 2012, College of the Redwoods' regional accreditor Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) placed the college on "Show Cause" status, warning the college that its accreditation might be withdrawn. [6] Two years later it removed the college from probation and reaffirmed its accreditation. [7] [8]

Finances

Beginning with the passage of Proposition 13 by California in 1978, College of the Redwoods and most public institutions in the state have suffered declining revenue. This has continued following the Dot-Com Bust. Simultaneously the college suffered increasing costs due to inflation, population growth, and increasingly unfunded state and federal mandates. In 2006, voters passed Bond Measure Q/B [9] (Ballot Measure Q in Humboldt, northwest Mendocino and western Trinity counties; Ballot Measure B in Del Norte County) to allow issuance of $40,320,000 in bond funding to upgrade and renovate facilities at the main campus south of Eureka and the branch campuses in Crescent City and Fort Bragg. Measure Q Bond Funds were also used to acquire the Garberville Site in Southern Humboldt County.

Academics

College of the Redwoods awards Associate of Arts and Associate of Science Degrees as well as a wide variety of career technical certificates for vocational and professional development. Degrees or certificates are available in 54 fields of study, the most popular are Biological and Physical Sciences, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, and Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. [3]

Satellite campuses

College of the Redwoods (CR) has satellite branch campuses; CR Del Norte in Crescent City, Del Norte County [10] and the Klamath-Trinity Instructional Site [11] on the Hoopa Valley Tribe reservation. Adult Education and Workforce and Community Education [12] programs are through the Eureka, California downtown site. It also runs classes at the College of the Redwoods' Certified Organic Farm in Shively, California. CR serves incarcerated students at Pelican Bay State Prison.

Administration

The college is part of the Redwoods Community College District, itself part of the California Community Colleges System. The district is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Trustees.

Notable alumni

Points of interest

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  2. ↑ California, State of. "The Economic Value of the College of the Redwoods (page 5)" (PDF). www.redwoods.edu.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "College of the Redwoods Overview". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ "New to CR" . www.redwoods.edu.
  5. ↑ "About CR > About CR Home > Mission/Vision". www.redwoods.edu. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "ACCJC Publications & Policies". www.accjc.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  7. ↑ "Accreditation > Accreditation Home". www.redwoods.edu.
  8. ↑ "Directory of Accredited Institutions" (PDF). www.accjc.org. November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Full Text of Measure Q/B". www.redwoods.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  10. ↑ "Del Norte Site > Home". www.redwoods.edu. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ "College of the Redwoods Home > Klamath-Trinity". www.redwoods.edu.
  12. ↑ "College of the Redwoods Home > Academics". www.redwoods.edu.
  13. ↑ "Mike Bettiga of the College of the Redwoods Grabs a Pass," (photo) Times-Standard, Jan. 27, 1969; p. 6.
  14. ↑ Contemporary Women Artists. Gale. 1999.

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