The NOCCCD includes two colleges and one campus that features both college and continuing education classes. The School of Continuing Education has four major sites within the District.

Cypress
Fullerton
School of Continuing Education

(If you use the following links, you will exit the District web site)

The State of California Chancellor's office (www.cccco.edu) has a wealth of information about the California community college system, of which the North Orange County Community College District is a part.

Community College League of California
www.ccleague.org
The Community College League of California is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose voluntary membership consists of the 72 local community college districts in California. The League serves the districts in six areas: education programs, research and policy analysis, fiscal services programs, governmental relations, communications, and governance of athletics.

California Community College Economic Development Network
www.cccewd.net
What is ED>Net? It's the acronym for Economic Development Network, the coordinated programs and projects in the California Community Colleges that are funded through competitive grants for economic development activities. The Network was designed 10 years ago, to take best advantage of the resources and connections within the community college system in California. By linking projects together, ED>Net can increase every project's access to the rich and deep expertise and intellectual resources that exist in the colleges across the state. And, linking allows best practices that are developed in one arm of the projects to be replicated without delay or additional cost in other projects.

California Assessment Initiative
www.ca-assessment-inst.org
What is the California Assessment Initiative? Leadership in California higher education has recognized that public concern calls for colleges to provide evidence that their graduates have the skills to be successful. What is required is an assessment plan and more precise measurements of institutional accomplishments. Colleges have attempted to respond to the call for greater focus on outcomes assessment, but many colleges have found that the shift to a culture of evidence requires training for faculty and staff. In response to the need for training of faculty and staff across the state, a consortium of organizations and community colleges active in the California assessment movement created the California Assessment Initiative (CAI).

California Postsecondary Education Commission -- Community College  Information
www.cpec.ca.gov/CollegeGuide/CCCSystemInformation.asp
The 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education recognized that critical to the success of the State's tripartite system of public higher education was a central body responsible for coordination and planning for higher education. The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) has had this role since 1974.

The Commission serves California "to assure the effective utilization of public postsecondary education resources, thereby eliminating waste and unnecessary duplication, and to promote diversity, innovation, and responsiveness to student and societal needs through planning and coordination."

Comprehensive statewide planning for postsecondary education in the State is perhaps the most significant of the Commission's multiple responsibilities.