Highland Park Community College

Highland Park Community College was a Community college located in Highland Park, Michigan. The Community college was founded in 1918. [ [http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/MichiganCC.htm Michigan Colleges that have Closed, Merged, Changed Names ] ] Highland Park Community College was an urban campus and the focus of many efforts to benefit urban populations. [ [http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED257502&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED257502 Highland Park Community College's Ford Foundation Urban Transfer Project ] ] Among other programs the college had a nursing program. [ [http://www.med.umich.edu/haahc/Oralbios/todd.htm Oretta Mae Todd, Ph.D ] ]

WHPR-FM was originally run by Highland Park Community College.

The school was closed in 1996. [ [http://www.ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_directory&Itemid=192&Action=ShowBasic&instid=1329 Higher Learning Commission ] ] There were several attempts to save the college, but its failure to receive full support from millages had essentially doomed it. The legislature took up bills related to the college and there were attempts to portray its closing as an attempt by Republicans to undermine education access for African-Americans. The old records of Highland Park Community College are held by the Highland Park Public Schools.

The old site of the college has now been turned into a shopping center.

Among the alumni of Highland Park Community College is Michigan State Senator Martha G. Scott. [ [http://www.senate.michigan.gov/scott/about.php Senator Martha Scott ] ]

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