GTCC Facts
Nursing: North Carolina Board of Nursing (NCBON)
Accreditation
Physical Therapy Assistant: Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
Guilford Technical Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award Associate Degrees. GTCC is approved as a veterans training institution by the Veterans Administration. Accreditation documentation is available in the President’s Office. In addition, these career-technical programs are accredited by the following agencies: Automotive Systems Technology: National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF), Automotive Student Service Educational Training (ASSET), Automotive Service Educational Program (ASEP) Aviation Systems Technology: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Management and Career Pilot: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology: National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF), Inter-Industry Training for Automotive Collision Repair (ICAR) Cosmetology: North Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Art Criminal Justice Technology: Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission Culinary Technology: American Culinary Federation Educational Institute Accrediting Commission Dental Assisting: Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) Dental Hygiene: Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) Early Childhood Education: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Emergency Medical Science: Committee for Accreditation of EMS Programs (CoAEMSP) Diesel and Heavy Equipment Technology: National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) Medical Assisting: Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) - A committee of Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) 340
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Radiography: The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) Surgical Technology: Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) - A committee of Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) Welding: National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS), American Welding Society SENSE Training and Testing
History GTCC is an accredited two-year community college accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It opened in 1958 with 50 students and two classes as the Guilford Industrial Education Center on the site of the Guilford County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, which operated from 1924 to 1955. Guilford Industrial Education Center’s Board of Trustees was established on September 3, 1963. In 1965, when the school became Guilford Technical Institute (GTI), four members were added to the Board of Trustees. That same year, GTI was given authority to grant associate degrees. In 1981, the State Board of Community Colleges began administration of the Department of Community Colleges. That board approved GTI’s request to add a college transfer program in 1983, and GTI changed its name to Guilford Technical Community College. The college was created as a training center designed to prepare people for jobs created by the rapid manufacturing growth of the early 1950s. Its purpose has remained basically unchanged: to give the people of Guilford County the training and education they need to compete in the job market. GTCC offers certificates, one-year and two-year career-related programs, a two-year college transfer program, personal enrichment courses, a variety of adult education opportunities and training for business and industry.
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