Quincy College
President Richard DeCristofaro | | |
Students | 3,500 | |
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Location | , , United States 42°15′11″N 71°00′11″W / 42.253005°N 71.003177°W | |
Campus | Suburban | |
Mascot | Granite | |
Website | quincycollege |
Quincy College (QC) is a
History
During the mid-1950s, demand for higher education on the South Shore, and Quincy in particular, led to the creation of the Citizen's Committee appointed to study the feasibility of establishing a community college. This committee recommended that a community college should exist and as early as 1956, the first college-level courses were offered.
The school's first classes were offered at the Coddington Elementary School in 1956 as College Courses, Inc.,
In May 1958, College Courses, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization, was formed to help further higher education on the South Shore. In the fall of that same year, the first freshman class began at what would later be known as Quincy College.
Less than five years later, Quincy College was empowered to award the Associate in Arts and the Associate in Science degrees. Quincy College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[5]
Quincy College is one of the last municipally owned colleges in the USA.[6] In 1991, the school founded the Plymouth campus located thirty minutes south of Quincy in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts.
In January 2022, Quincy College began offering bachelor of science degrees in Business Management, Psychology, and Computer Science. Quincy College is the only traditional two-year Massachusetts college to offer a four-year degree.[7]
Nursing program shut down and resignation of President Peter Tsaffaras
On May 9, 2018, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing withdrew its approval of the college's
Less than one year after withdrawing its approval, the Board of Registration in Nursing voted to allow reopening of a refreshed and updated nursing program on the Quincy and Plymouth Campuses thanks to the rehabilitative efforts efforts of President Michael Bellotti and Provost Gerry Koocher. [1]
Presidents
1. | Kenneth P. White | 1961–1971 |
2. | Edward F. Pierce | 1972–1982 |
3. | O. Clayton Johnson | 1983–1993 |
4. | G. Jeremiah Ryan | 1996–1999 |
5. | Sean L. Barry | 2000–2005 |
6. | Martha Sue Harris | 2005–2010 |
7. | Peter Tsaffaras | 2011–2018 |
8. | Michael G. Bellotti | 2018-2019 |
9. | Daniel M. Asquino | 2019-2020 |
10. | Richard DeCristofaro | 2020-Present |
Campus
The main campus is in Quincy Center located at 1250 Hancock St, President's Place, Quincy Massachusetts. Saville Hall which is also part of Quincy College is located 24 Saville Ave. Quincy Massachusetts. There is also another satellite campus in Plymouth, located at 36 Cordage Park Circle, Plymouth Massachusetts.
Organization
Quincy College operates under the auspices of the City of Quincy. The college is unusual in this respect, as it is the only one of Massachusetts' 16 community colleges to be run by a
Academics
The college confers 37
Notable alumni
- Bruce Ayers, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1998.[19]
- William G. Gross, Boston Police Commissioner. [20]
References
- ^ "Quincy College".
- ^ "Quincy College: Nearly a Half Century of Ups and Downs," by Christopher Walker. The Patriot Ledger, June 25, 2005, p. 10.
- ^ a b "OUR OPINION: The golden years of Quincy College", The Patriot Ledger, May 19, 2008 Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eastern Nazarene College: History Department Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE, New England Commission of Higher Education, retrieved May 26, 2021
- ^ Ronan, Patrick, "City-owned Quincy College seeks greater autonomy", The Patriot Ledger, Nov 13, 2013
- ^ "Business Management". 22 November 2021.
- ^ Terreri Ramos, Jill (2018-05-16). "Quincy College president resigns after state shuts down nursing programs". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ Official website: Building locations Archived August 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ QC Quincy campus information Archived June 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ QC Plymouth campus information Archived June 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Menino targeting community colleges – The Boston Globe
- ^ a b Donald B. Gratz, "The road not taken: The evolution of a municipal junior college" (January 1, 1998). Boston College Dissertations and Theses. Paper AAI9828009.
- ^ Quincy College Fact Sheet Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quincy College Memberships Archived February 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quincy College Accreditation Archived February 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quincy College: About Archived July 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Center for Education Statistics: Quincy College
- ^ "MA Legislature".
- ^ "Photos: Quincy College 60th anniversary". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2020-07-16.