Tarrant County College

'''Tarrant County College''' '''(TCC)''' or '''Tarrant County College District (TCCD)''' is a [[community college]] serving the [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] area in [[Tarrant County, Texas]] and providing degree programs toward an Associate of Arts, an Associate of Applied Science or Associate of Arts in Teaching. As of [[2008]] the institution was ranked as the sixth largest in Texas among community colleges and universities with student enrollment for credit hours of 39,596. Five campuses and a centralized office make up the TCC District. Originally called Tarrant County Junior College (TCJC), the school began on July 31, 1965 after voters approved a bond election for the formation of a junior college district. In [[1967]] the first campus, the South Campus, opened in south Fort Worth and soon after in [[1968]], the Northeast Campus was built in [[Hurst, Texas|Hurst]]. A third campus, Northwest, was added in [[1976]] in northwest Fort Worth and in [[1996]] the Southeast Campus was built in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]]. The fifth, Trinity River Campus, opened in downtown Fort Worth fall of [[2009]]. In [[1999]] the College District decided to drop the "Junior" from the college name. As defined by the [[Texas Legislature]], the official service area of TCCD includes all of Tarrant County. ==Distance Learning== In [[2003]], the [[distance learning]] department of Tarrant County College pioneered their own [[E-Learning]] [[open source]] Web application, [http://logicampus.sf.net/ LogiCampus]. In September of 2011, TCC Distance Learning began using the Blackboard 9.1 LMS. == National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium == {{Main|National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium}} This is a NAFTC's Training Center. ==External links== *[http://www.tccd.edu Tarrant County College Home Page] *[http://library.tccd.edu/ Tarrant County College District Libraries] *[http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/subject/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/Tarrant_County_College/ Photos of Tarrant County College] hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History] *[http://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=TCC&t=institution View historic photos from Tarrant County College NE Heritage Room] hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History] *[http://logicampus.sf.net LogiCampus Sourceforge Homepage] *[http://www.tccd.edu/Distance_Learning.html TCC's Center for Distance Learning site] {{coord missing|Texas}}