Original sentence: It has campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence.It is also host to the Northern Essex Community College Police Academy, and the Essex County Sheriff's Academy.More than 6,600 students are enrolled in 70 credit associate degree and certificate programs and another 3,400 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.Northern Essex Community College (NECC) is a public community college in Essex County, Massachusetts.Northern Essex was the first Massachusetts community college to offer Competency Based Education.The college is part of the Massachusetts Higher Education system
Edited sentence: For the fourth consecutive year, the NECC Knights baseball team played in the NJCAA Division III world series, finishing the season second in the nation.It has campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts.It offers post-secondary education through the associate degree level, including career programs in areas such as nursing and allied health, computers, criminal justice, paralegal studies, and deaf studies and dozens of transfer programs for students who start their education at Northern Essex and transfer for their junior and senior years, eventually earning a bachelor's degree or higher.More than 6,600 students are enrolled in some 70 credit associate degree and certificate programs and another 3,400 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.More than two dozen NECC faculty and administrators are members of the Northern Essex Speakers Bureau.NECC is host to the Northern Essex Community College Police Academy, and the Essex County Sheriff's Academy.Northern Essex Community College (also known as NECC or NECCO) is a state-assisted, two-year community college located in Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts.Northern Essex is one of 15 community colleges in the Massachusetts Higher Education system.Northern Essex is the first Massachusetts community college to offer Competency Based Education.The college also offers developmental courses in writing, math, and English as a Second Language, designed to prepare students for college-level work, and noncredit programs for career advancement or personal enrichment.They speak on topics as diverse as chocolate, CSI, and Cuba