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About The College Cuyahoga Community College, Ohio's first public community college, is a two-year institution of higher education whose aim is to provide comprehensive educational opportunities to the citizens of the community it serves. CCC has grown from an initial first day enrollment of some 3,000 students to 28,100 in the fall of 1976. Its first classes in 1963 were held in the Brownell Building, a 19th-cen~ury schoolhouse leased from the Cleveland Board of Education. Today, three major campuses serve CCC students. Eastern Campus, 25444 Harvard Rd., Warrensville Township, opened in interim facilities in 1971. Special programs headquartered at Eastern include Dental Laboratory Technology, Micro-Precision Technology, Commercial Art and Technical Illustration. Eastern's fall 1976 enrollment was 4,669 students. Metropolitan Campus, CCC's first permanent facility, opened in the fall of 1969. Programs based at the modern, 10-unit complex include Dental Hygiene, Hospitality Management, Library/Media Technology and Electrical-Electronic Engineering Technology. Metro, located at 2900 Community College Ave., Cleveland, had a fall 1976 enrollment of 11,619 students. Western Campus, 11000 Pleasant Valley Rd., Parma, opened in 1966 in the old Crile Veterans Hospital quarters. These have been replaced with a modern, six-building complex which serves as headquarters for such programs as Aviation Technology, Graphic Communications Management and Technology, Court and Conference Reporting , Radiology, and Respiratory Therapy Technology. Western 's fall 1976 enrollment was 11,812 students.

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

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