  shoreline community college is a community college in shoreline, washington, united states, north of seattle. it is located in a residential area east of shoreview park. the college contains 83 acres (340,000 mÂ²) and continuously serves 12,000 full and part-time students. shoreline community college has been operating for nearly 50 years, offering a wide variety of degree and certificate programs. faculty and professional staff help students choose between two transfer degrees and more than 50 professionalâtechnical and workforce training,purchasing & supply chain programs some short-term, others taking up to two years to complete. career training, worker retraining, workfirst, running start, ceo and study abroad programs are a few of the other educational opportunities offered by scc. == history == thumb|some elements of scc's architecture and landscaping are reminiscent of japanese traditions. note the high roof element and the rocks representing a stream as in a traditional japanese garden. shoreline community college was the brain-child of dr. ray w. howard, superintendent of the shoreline school district. he felt that washington state's increasing host of high school graduates did not have adequate opportunities for higher education, and in 1959 he brought forward the idea of a community college in shoreline. after several years of research and development, shoreline community college began operations on january 2, 1964. dr. howard resigned his position as superintendent to serve in the temporary position o
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