历史
Central 社区 College is one of six community college areas in Nebraska. This structure was the result of 1971 state legislation that formed the six areas and required that all counties in the state become part of one of the community college areas.
Funding for the college is provided by property tax levied within CCC's 25-county service area, 国家援助, tuition and fees, grants and other sources.
的 college is governed by an 11-member Board of Governors that is elected by the voters in the 25-county service area. 的 area is comprised of five districts, each represented by two board members. 的 eleventh board member is an at-large position.
的 Hastings Campus, located on the site of a former naval ammunition depot, opened in 1966 as Nebraska’s first multi-county vocational-technical college.
的 Columbus Campus, originally known at Platte Junior College, opened in 1969 as Nebraska’s first county-supported community college.
的 Central Administration was located in Grand Island in 1974.
的 Grand Island Campus was established in 1976.
的 Kearney Center began in 1958 as a practical nursing education program sponsored by Kearney Public Schools and later became part of Central 社区 College.
的 Lexington Center was established in 1977 to extend educational services to a four-county area.
的 Holdrege Center opened in 1995 to enhance educational services provided by CCC in the southwest quadrant of its service area.
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration in 2006, CCC published Central 社区 College: A 历史, 1984-2005, edited by college retirees John Dobrovolny of Hastings and Dave Fulton of Columbus. It continues the work done by Oriel Kinley in Central 社区 College: the First Two Decades, published in 1984. 的 next decade was covered in Central 社区 College, College 历史: 2006-2017 as a part of CCC celebrating 50 years of service in central Nebraska.