The Riverside Community College District, or RCCD, is the community college district serving

Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire an ...

, United States, and neighboring cities. It is part of the

California Community Colleges System The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California.California Education CodSection 70900(added to the Education Code by Chapter 973 of the California Statutes of 1988Assembly Bill No. 1725 sectio ...

. The California Community College system is a part of the state's three-tier public

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system, which also includes the

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system and

California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...

system. RCCD consists of following: Three two-year,

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-awarding campuses: *

Riverside City College Riverside City College (RCC) is a public community college in Riverside, California. The college is part of the Riverside Community College District, as well as the larger California Community Colleges System. History RCC first opened in 1916 at ...

Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley College (MVC) is a public college, public community college in Moreno Valley, California. The college is part of the Riverside Community College District and the larger California Community Colleges System. History Founded in 1 ...

Norco College Norco College is a public community college in Norco, California. Norco College is part of the Riverside Community College District (RCCD), which is part of the larger California Community Colleges System. History Pr ...

Three specialized training campuses: * Ben Clark Training Center (Law Enforcement / Fire Safety) * Riverside County Culinary Academy * Riverside School for the Arts Two annex / learning centers: * Rubidoux Annex * Innovation Learning Center One museum: *

Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties The Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties is a museum, archive and educational center in Riverside, California, operated by the Riverside Community College District, with a focus on social issues, civil rights, and Inland Empire history. ...

References

External links

Riverside Community College District

The Logistics Management Program

Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center
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