Brookdale Community College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year public college in Lincroft, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It has secondary campuses in Asbury Park, Keansburg, Long Branch, Sandy Hook, Wall Township and Freehold Township. Generally, accreditation is the process by which a facility becomes officially certified as providing services of a reasonably good quality, so that the public can trust in the quality of its services. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... The term public school has two contrary meanings: In England, one of a small number of prestigious historic schools open to the public which normally charge fees and are financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as private charitable trusts; here the word public is used much as in... A college ( Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... Lincroft is a census-designated place located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Monmouth County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ... The crumbling roof of a Howard Johnsons on the boardwalk in Asbury Park Asbury Park is a city located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Keansburg is a borough located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Long Branch is a city located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Image of Sandy Hook taken by NASA. Sandy Hook is a narrow coastal spit of land, approximately 12 mi (19 km) in length and 0. ... Wall Township is a township located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Freehold Township is a township located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ...

On the Lincroft campus is High Technology High School (HTHS), a public magnet school founded in 1991. The high school is a cooperative effort between Brookdale and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. It is a pre-engineering academy and a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology. A Public High School is a high school that admits students from 9th through 12th grades for free from a fee in taxes. ... In the U.S. system of education, a magnet school is a public school that draws talented students, in academics or the arts, from the surrounding region (typically a school district or a county). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST) is an alliance of specialized high schools in the United States whose focus is advanced preparatory studies in mathematics, science and technology. ...

External links

• Brookdale Community College (http://www.brookdale.cc.nj.us/)
• High Technology High School (http://www.hths.mcvsd.org/)