Leeward Community College

Infobox University
name = Leeward Community College


motto = "To Help People Learn"
established = 1968
type = Public
chancellor = Manuel Cabral
city = Pearl City
state = Hawaiokinai
country =
undergrad = 6,200
faculty = 196 full-time faculty
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website = http://www.lcc.hawaii.edu

Leeward Community College is a public, co-educational commuter community college in Pearl City, Hawaiokinai on the island of Ookinaahu. The forty-nine acre main campus also houses the temporary campus of the University of Hawaiokinai-West Ookinaahu. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaiokinai system anchored by the University of Hawaiokinai at Mnoa in Honolulu and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. As a community college, Leeward's open admissions policy only requires that a student be 18 years or older or earned a U. S. high school diploma or a GED, General Education Development, certificate.

The campus boasts the sculptures "Among the Ruins" by Satoru Abe (born 1926) and "The Cat" by Eli Marozzi (1913-1999). In addition to its main campus in Pearl City, Leeward Community College also runs the Waiokinaanae Education Center in Waiokinaanae.

Academics

Leeward Community College offers 30 degree and certificate programs ranging from career training to liberal arts. Free tutoring, at the LCC's Learning Resource Center, and job placement assistance are focused on helping students reach their educational goals. The student faculty ratio is 20 to 1.

Of Leeward students, 64% are majoring in Liberal Arts, pursuing a two-year Associate Degree or preparing to transfer to a four year institution. 29% are Career and Technical Education students, pursuing degrees or certificates in preparation for immediate employment. Harvard citation | Leeward Community College Catalog | 2007| p=6In addition to a comprehensive liberal arts offering, Leeward offers programs in accounting, business, automotive technology, e-commerce, education, management, culinary arts, digital media, human services, information and computer science and television production. Harvard citation | Leeward Community College Catalog | 2007| p=17

Recent developments

In December 2007, Governor Linda Lingle released to Leeward Community College $144,000 for the design and $1,335,000 for the construction of temporary facilities for a nursing program. Construction is scheduled to be completed in September 2008.

Resources

* [http://www.hawaii.edu/ University of Hawaiokinai System]
* [http://www.lcc.hawaii.edu/ Leeward Community College]