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Illinois Central College, often called ICC, is a large Illinois community college with its largest campus in East Peoria, Illinois, off U.S. Route 24 near U.S. Route 150/Illinois State Route 116 (North Main Street), and the McClugage Bridge. Its district, Illinois Community College District 514, is a area covering most of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties and parts of Bureau, Logan, Marshall, Livingston, McLean, Stark, and Mason counties. , ICC had an annual enrollment of 13,049 students. 91.5% of students were in-district residents.〔 == Academic facilities == ICC offers 69 transferable Associate in Arts and Sciences programs, 84 Associate in Applied Science programs, and 104 occupational Certificate programs. More than 3,300 classes are offered each semester, and the average class size is 14.〔 Its educational accreditation is from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools,〔 which accredits most of the colleges and universities in the western United States. ICC has three campuses: * Downtown campus, consisting of the Perley and Thomas buildings on Adams Street in Peoria (the college is planning on gradually transferring many of the academic programs offered here to the North Campus, and perhaps closing it) * ICC North campus, at 5407 North University, also in Peoria * ICC - Pekin The East Peoria Campus is home to the Performing Arts Center, the David R. Leitch Career and Counseling Center, the Lee Morgan School of Industrial Technology, the Caterpillar Dealer Service Technology Program, and the General Motors Automotive Service Educational program. Illinois Central College's web curriculum is recognized by as a WOW Professional Academy.〔(WOW Web Professional Academy Directory )〕 Illinois Central College has libraries at three locations: the Thomas K. Thomas Building in downtown Peoria; in Cedar Hall at the North Campus; and in the Edwards Library and Administration Building in East Peoria Illinois (located near the health center, Cafe Breve, and the commons). The library faculty at the East Peoria campus run an associate degree program for future library technical assistants. This program has an agreement with the University of Maine at Augusta that makes it possible to quickly complete both the two-year degree and an online baccalaureate degree for those wishing to get a senior posting or go on to graduate school. ICC has agreements with the OSF and Methodist Colleges of Nursing and with Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing where students can earn an associate and then a bachelor's in nursing; it also has an LPN-RN program, an LPN program, a medical technician program, and a CNA program. ICC recently started a culinary school at the North Campus. In remarks during a Tuesday, April 8, 2014 news conference in the student lounge, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and ICC President Dr. John Erwin announced $2.6 million in state funding to build a Sustainability Center, which will house the college's truck driver training, architecture program, HVAC program, and programs relating to sustainable development and green technology. The Governor also used the conference to announce an increase in the state's MAP funds (monetary awards program, or financial aid).〔http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140408/NEWS/140409087〕〔https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152360039493664.1073741843.110096363663&type=1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Illinois Central College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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