Portland Community College

Portland Community College (or PCC) is Oregon's largest community college, located in Portland, United States. It serves over one million residents in the five-county area of Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. PCC enrolls over 83,000 (55% female, 45% male) students annually in this 1,500 square miles (3,900 km) area in northwest Oregon. The college was founded in 1961 as an adult education program for the local public school system, operating out of the former Failing Elementary School. Voters approved the establishment of an independent district for the college in 1968. Amo DeBernardis (ca 1914-2010), former assistant superintendent of Portland Public Schools, was the founding president of the school,...