Amarillo College - On July 16, 1929, Amarillo College became the first junior college district in the state to be organized independent of a school district.
First classes were held in September 1929 and Amarillo College moved to its present location with the construction of its first permanent building in 1937.
After serving primarily as a junior college offering arts and sciences courses, the curriculum was expanded in 1942 to include vocational courses.
In 1958 Amarillo College was granted its own board of regents independent of the trusteeship of the Amarillo Independent School District. The 1960s brought expansion in College facilities and programs. A number of allied health and occupational-technical programs were added to the curriculum along with an extensive array of continuing education and community service courses. In 1995 state legislation transferred Texas State Technical College, Amarillo to Amarillo College.
Today, the East Campus (formerly Amarillo Technical Center) continues a twenty-five-year history of meeting the region’s technical education needs, and more than thirty thousand continuing education students attend classes at Amarillo College’s Amarillo campuses: the Washington Street Campus, the West Campus, the East Campus and the Business & Industry Center, and the Moore County Campus.
Amarillo College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. A public junior college, it provides technical programs up to two years in length leading to associate degrees or certificates; vocational programs leading directly to employment in semiskilled and skilled occupations; freshman and sophomore courses in arts and sciences; continuing adult education programs for occupational or cultural upgrading; compensatory education programs designed to fulfil the commitment of an admissions policy allowing the enrollment of disadvantaged students; a continuing program of counseling and guidance designed to assist students in achieving their individual educational goals; workforce development programs designed to meet local and statewide needs; adult literacy and other basic skills programs for adults.
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