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Edison Community College
Edison Community College is a small community college located in Piqua, Ohio which lies 30 miles north of Dayton, Ohio. The college sits on the outskirts of the city just off of Interstate 75. Edison Community college also has another campus located in Greenville, Ohio known as the Darke County Campus.

Quick Facts


History
Edison Community College was chartered in 1973 under provisions of the Ohio Revised Code as the first general and technical college in Ohio. The college thus emerged without special local taxation as a two-year, public, co-educational, state-supported institution of higher learning. Under its charter it is authorized to offer studies in the arts and sciences, technical education and continuing education. By virtue of legislative action, the College's name was changed in 1977 from Edison State General and Technical College to Edison State Community College. More recently the College is known as Edison Community College.

From modest beginnings in 1973 in a rented facility, the College has grown in stages to its current campus, located on 131 acres in Piqua, Ohio. Its enrollment and offerings have grown steadily during its brief history, from 309 students enrolled in 30 courses in 1973 to more than 3,000 students enrolled today in about 30 technical fields, a broad range of baccalaureate transfer programs, developmental course work, and continuing education offerings.

Academics
Edison Community College offers five different degrees, two of which are designed for transferring to a four-year college or university, and three which prepare graduates for immediate employment. Providing modern campus facilities and leading-edge computer and Internet technology, Edison Community College cannot be surpassed for its learning environment.

Edison Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA-Regional). For the full list of Accreditation look at the list here.Edison Community College Accreditation

Edison Communtity College offers many degree programs and certificates. A few of the degree programs are listed below to see full list of degrees and certificates offered visit Edison Community College Academic Programs


 * Degree Programs offered
 * Associate of Arts
 * Associate of Science
 * Business Management A.A.B.
 * Computer Information Technology A.A.B.
 * Criminal Justice A.A.S.
 * Early Childhood Education A.A.S.
 * Economics A.S.
 * Education A.S. and A.A.
 * Electronics Engineering Technology A.A.S.
 * English A.A.
 * History A.A.
 * Industrial Management A.A.S.
 * Nursing, Registered A.A.S.
 * Physical Therapist Assistant A.A.S.
 * Psychology A.A.
 * Social Services A.A.S.
 * Telecommunications A.A.

Core Values
The core values are a set of principles that guide Edison Community College in creating its educational programs and environment. They will be reflected in every aspect of the College. Students' educational experiences will incorporate the core values at all levels, so that a student who completes a degree program at Edison Community College will not only have been introduced to each value, but will have had them reinforced and refined at every opportunity.


 * Communication: Communication, a skill basic to all college students, involves listening, speaking and writing for the purpose of understanding and of being understood. A lifetime process, communication also involves the ability to use appropriate and reasonable language and dialects, acknowledging that audiences are diverse.


 * Ethics: The ethics core value is defined in terms of decision making. A distinction is made between values and ethics. Values are either "good" or "bad." Ethics either exist or don't exist. They are decisions and behaviors that are based on values. Thus, the faculty will endeavor to present material across the curriculum in a manner that will cause student's to consider the decision-making process in terms of ethics.


 * Critical Thinking: Critical thinking is the ability to apply internalized standards of thought: clarity, relevance, analysis, organization, recognition, evaluation, accuracy, depth, and breadth. Critical thinking requires detachment, the ability to examine critically one's own ideas and thoughts, as well as examining the ideas and thoughts of others. Possessing the fundamentals of critical thinking enables an individual to reason across a variety of disciplines and domains and to critique one's own thinking from many perspectives. The development and use of critical thinking is a lifelong activity which enables us to continually improve our thought and the consequent products of our thought in our lives and society.


 * Human Diversity: Diversity describes the coexistence of many cultures in society. By making the broadest range of human differences acceptable to the largest number of people, multiculturalism, as a function of cultural diversity, seeks to overcome racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination. Historically marginalized groups within society include but are not limited to, Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Appalachian Americans, physically/mentally challenged, women, and people with alternative life-styles.


 * Inquiry/Respect for Learning: Inquiry is the information gathering process though which the learner formulates essential questions, locates appropriate resources, and evaluates the applicability of the data for a particular situation. Students at Edison will learn how to apply these learning processes in each field of study.


 * Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork: Interpersonal skills promote personal effectiveness when interacting with others, whether the interaction is one-on-one, in a small group, in an organization, or with an audience. To be skilled interpersonally, a person must first assess any situation to determine the expectations of others involved, and then adapt to those expectations.

Links
http://www.edisonohio.edu/

http://www.piquaoh.org/