Profile: Alamo Community Colleges

The Alamo Community Colleges serve the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Students are taught by highly qualified faculty with masters and doctorate degrees dedicated to creating a learning centered environment. Student services include counseling, computer labs, tutoring, financial services, services for the disabled, developmental instruction, veteran's services, and job placement.

The five colleges - San Antonio, St. Philip's, Palo Alto, Northeast Lakeview, and Northwest Vista - offer associate degrees, certificates and licensures in occupational programs that prepare students for jobs, as well as arts and science courses that transfer to four-year colleges and universities and lead to AA and AS degrees.

The Alamo Community Colleges nine-member board of trustees are elected locally to six-year terms by Bexar County voters. The Chancellor, the district's chief executive officer, guides and implements the programs and policies of the Alamo Community Colleges.

Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, St. Philip's College and San Antonio College are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur Georgia 30033-4097, (404) 679-4501.