Scott Community College
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Community college
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in Bettendorf
Bettendorf, Iowa
Bettendorf is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Bettendorf is the fifteenth largest city in the U.S. state of Iowa and the fourth largest city in the "Quad Cities". As of the 2010 United States Census the population grew to 33,217. Bettendorf is one of the Quad Cities, along with...
, Scott County
Scott County, Iowa
-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 165,224 in the county, with a population density of . There were 71,835 housing units, of which 66,765 were occupied.-2000 census:...
and is part of the Eastern Iowa Community College District
Eastern Iowa Community College District
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which also includes Clinton Community College
Clinton Community College, Iowa
Clinton Community College is a two-year community college in Clinton, Iowa. The college was founded in 1946 in classrooms at the local high school. Its first class of less than 100 students was primarily composed of veterans returning from World War II....
and Muscatine Community College
Muscatine Community College
Muscatine Community College is a two-year college located in Muscatine, Iowa. Founded in 1929, MCC is the oldest college in the Eastern Iowa Community College District that also includes Clinton Community College and Scott Community College....
.
Scott Community College (or SCC, as it is known by students and faculty) became an entity in July 1966, the same year legislation in the Iowa General Assembly created the state's 15 community college districts, one of those being the Eastern Iowa Community College District. Offices were in downtown Bettendorf.
SCC traces its ancestry to the former Davenport Area Technical School, a technical and vocational school administered by the Davenport School District; and Palmer Junior College, which offered two-year liberal arts programs.
SCC's first term was Fall 1966, with tuition $150 per semester, or $10 per class for part-time students. More courses of study were added to the old Davenport Area Trade School's list of offerings, including auto body and repair, secretarial and clerical, and drafting.
The current campus on Belmont Road in Riverdale opened in 1969. (The college has a Bettendorf mailing address but is, technically, located in the small town of Riverdale.) The campus was erected on land once owned by Alcoa
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. At first, the campus housed technology programs, but soon expanded to offer trades and liberal arts programs. The SCC campus was expanded in 1987 and again in the mid-1990s.
The college now includes a number of locations in addition to its main campus. The Blong Technology Center and just developing Midwest Center for Safety and Rescue Training are located near Interstate 80 in Davenport. The Kahl Educational Center and Career Assistance Center are both located in downtown Davenport. In addition the college offers a wide variety of online courses in cooperation with the Iowa Community College Online Consortium.
In 1967, SCC's enrollment was just over 300 students. By 1989, the number ballooned to nearly 3,300. SCC's Fall 2007 enrollment was 4,560.
The college offers intercollegiate sports in men's and women's soccer and golf. The teams are known as the Eagles.