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NECC’s History at a Glance

NECC Then: 1961	NECC Now: 2011
In 1961, Northern Essex Community College opened its doors at the former Greenleaf Elementary School in Bradford. Its first class consisted of 181 students including 142 young men and 39 young women, most of whom were 18 and 19 years old. Classes were taught by the college’s five full-time faculty plus eight part-time faculty. Students had six programs to choose from: Liberal Arts Transfer, General Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Accounting, Secretarial, and Electronic Technology.	The college has a 106-acre campus in Haverhill, three sites in Lawrence (with the fourth—an allied health & technology center in the works), and extensions in Andover and Methuen. Over 7400 credit students—average age of 28 and 67 percent female—study days, evenings, weekends, and online. An additional 6,700 take noncredit workforce development and community education courses. There are 106 full-time faculty members and 427 adjunct faculty.

NECC Then: 1961

NECC Now: 2011

In 1961, Northern Essex Community College opened its doors at the former Greenleaf Elementary School in Bradford.
Its first class consisted of 181 students including 142 young men and 39 young women, most of whom were 18 and 19 years old.
Classes were taught by the college’s five full-time faculty plus eight part-time faculty.
Students had six programs to choose from: Liberal Arts Transfer, General Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Accounting, Secretarial, and Electronic Technology.

The college has a 106-acre campus in Haverhill, three sites in Lawrence (with the fourth—an allied health & technology center in the works), and extensions in Andover and Methuen.
Over 7400 credit students—average age of 28 and 67 percent female—study days, evenings, weekends, and online. An additional 6,700 take noncredit workforce development and community education courses.
There are 106 full-time faculty members and 427 adjunct faculty.