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Coastline Community College is a California Community College
accredited by the Western Associate of Schools and College and is
one of three colleges in the Coast Community College District. Since
its founding in 1947, the Coast District has enjoyed a reputation as
one of the leading community college districts in the United States.
Governed by a locally elected board of trustees, the Coast District
plays an important role in the community by responding to the needs
of a changing and increasingly diverse population. Coastline’s
sister colleges are Orange Coast College and Golden West College.
Coastline was conceived to be a “college without a campus,” to
provide non-traditional and innovative resources, facilities and
services to meet the needs of “non-traditional” students desiring
access to higher education. Still fulfilling its original mission,
Coastline offers a comprehensive program of transfer, vocational,
and general interest courses at times, in places, and in formats
designed to serve the special needs of students with substantial
employment and family responsibilities.
Coastline is a nationally recognized leader in Distance Learning.
Coastline has been at the forefront of Distance Learning
instructional design and delivery since its inception in 1976. The
college has extensive facilities to support the design and delivery
of technology-mediated instruction, including an Instructional
Resources Center, a cable origination center, and a recently opened
technology-enhanced learning center that includes lecture halls and
classrooms from which videoconferencing and cablecasts can
originate. Coast Learning Systems is the national marketing and
distribution division of the college, an award-winning producer of
instructional media, and recipient of fourteen Emmy Awards.
Coastline also operates a large, fully-staffed department to support
the delivery of distance learning courses.
Coastline’s extensive history in serving the military community
includes the following:
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In the
early 1980’s, Coastline provided contract education instruction to
active duty military personnel at Dover and Morton Airforce Bases.
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Since
1990, Coastline has been providing distance learning courses to
deployed Sailors for the Navy Program Afloat College Education
Program.
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In the
Spring of 1998, Coastline, in agreement with the United States Navy,
represented by the Commanding Officer of Naval Station, San Diego,
California, offered distance learning educational services to active
duty personnel, their family members, eligible retired military,
Department of Navy and Department of Defense. By virtue of this MOU,
Coastline established two specialized A.A. Degrees with Emphasis in
Nuclear Power and in Electronics especially designed for Navy
enlisted rates.
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In the
Fall 1999, Coastline, in agreement with the United States Marine
Corps, implemented an innovative program whereby courses in
paralegal studies are delivered to servicemembers around the world
utilizing live, videoconferencing systems.
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In
Spring 2001, Coastline was selected as one of 16 institutions to
participate in the Navy College Rating Partner educational program.
Selections was based on an institution’s ability to provide classes
utilizing various methods of distance learning deliveries, to
provide specialized support services to the Sailors, and to offer
degrees that make the most of recommended credit for Navy training
and experience according to the sailor's enlisted Rate. As a partner
institution, Coastline provides 12 areas of concentration serving 35
Navy ratings.
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In
August 2001, Coastline signed an MOU with the Army National Guard
Institute (ARNGI) and the US Coast Guard (USCG) to provide
educational support to members of the Army National Guard community
and the Coast Guard community seeking undergraduate degrees.
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On
January 29, 2002, Coastline was awarded 15 additional rate related
degrees through the Navy College Rating Partnership.
In
anticipation of expansion, Coastline has developed a Military
Outreach Service that combines Contract Education, Student Services
and Distance Learning Departments providing the means to accommodate
the needs of the military community, regardless of the military
branch.
Coastline’s Military Outreach Distance Learning Program currently
serves more than 7,000 military servicemembers each year. During the
2002/03 fiscal year Coastline completed nearly 600 SOC agreements
and awarded 175 associate in arts degrees to military-students.
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