 clatsop community college (ccc) is a comprehensive, 2-year community college with facilities in astoria and seaside, oregon. the collegeâs service area includes clatsop county, portions of columbia and tillamook counties and pacific and wahkiakum counties in washington state. ==accreditation== clatsop community collegeâs accreditation by the northwest commission on colleges and universities (nwccu) was reaffirmed in 2011. the nwccu is one of six regional organizations recognized by the u.s. department of education to accredit postsecondary institutions within the united states. the commission is incorporated as a legally established, private 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation for the expressed purpose of accrediting higher education institutions in the seven-state northwest region, which includes alaska, idaho, montana, nevada, oregon, utah, and washington. ==history== ccc was established under the direction of the astoria board of education in 1958 and constitutes oregonâs first community college. the original curriculum included two years of classes that could be transferred and two year sequences in electronics, business, automotive and building construction. in 1962, clatsop county residents voted to form a county-wide education district and separate the college from the school district. renovation of the former astoria high school began in june 1962 and this facility became the home of ccc. in october 2008, the college broke ground on the jerome campus redevelopment project. this project, now complete, resulted in the renovation of
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