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Encyclopedia > Los Angeles Harbor College

Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) is one of two community colleges serving the South Bay region of Los Angeles. LAHC serves mainly students from Harbor City, Carson, San Pedro, Gardena, Lomita, Wilmington and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a technical college, county college, junior college or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and Associates degrees. ... The South Bay and surrounding regions in Southern California The South Bay is a region in the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Harbor City is a community within Los Angeles, California. ... Location of Carson in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1968-02-20 [2] Government  - Mayor Jim Dear [1] Area  - City  18. ... San Pedro is a community within Los Angeles, California, annexed in 1909 and a major seaport of the area. ... Seal of Gardena Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... General Phineas Banning Wilmington, California is a neighborhood of Los Angeles, with industry as its primary economical activity. ... Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. ...


LAHC accommodates over 8,000 students per semester, and is located between Wilmington and Harbor City, the heart of the Los Angeles harbor region. General Information Founded December 9, 1907 Coordinates  - Latitude  - Longitude 33º4239 N 118º1459 W Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 7500 acres 4200 acres 3300 acres Available Berths 270 Vessel Arrivals 2,813 (FY 2004) Annual container volume 7. ...

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Demographics

As of 2004, 73% of LAHC's population were part-time students, with 27% describing themselves as full-time. The school population is 37% male and 63% female.


Programs

LAHC offers, like most community colleges in the state of California, programs for students to eventually transfer to a four-year university as well as occupational training programs in business and office administration, electronics technology, computer technology, and nursing. The college also offers a program for international students. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... International students are students, usually in early adulthood, who study in foreign schools. ...


Notable Alumni

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See also

Administered by The Chancellor’s Office located in Sacramento, the California Community Colleges system consists of 109 community colleges and 72 community college districts in California. ...

External links

  • Los Angeles Harbor College official website
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Los Angeles Community College District (official website)

East Los Angeles College – Los Angeles City College – Los Angeles Harbor College – Los Angeles Mission College – Los Angeles Pierce College – Los Angeles Trade-Technical College – Los Angeles Valley College – Los Angeles Southwest College – West Los Angeles College The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles County, California. ... East Los Angeles College is a community college, of the Los Angeles Community College District, located in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. ... The LACC location in 1922, when it was the campus of UCLA. Los Angeles City College, known as LACC or simply as City, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. ... Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a Community College,of the Los Angeles Community College District, that serves mainly the San Fernando Valley. ... The farm at Los Angeles Pierce College Los Angeles Pierce College, also known as Pierce College or Pierce, is a two-year community college that serves over 18,500 students in Woodland Hills, a community within the San Fernando Valley district of the City of Los Angeles. ... Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public community college located in the south of Downtown Los Angeles and the north of University of Southern California. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Los Angeles Southwest College is a community college located in the South Los Angeles section of Los Angeles, California, USA. LASC was established in 1967, two years after the Watts riots, in response to one of the complaints of both officials and citizens--that not enough was being done to... West Los Angeles College or West L.A. College is a public community college located in Culver City, California. ...


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