The Cambridge College Board of Trustees announced plans to consolidate their two campuses in Cambridge into a new, integrated facility in 2017.
Boston – One of the area’s most diverse and less traditional student bodies is celebrating a significant change in the higher education landscape of Massachusetts.
Cambridge College, founded in 1971, to provide quality and cost-effective higher education for a diverse population of adult learners, announced plans to consolidate their two campuses in Cambridge into a new, integrated facility in 2017 across the river in Boston.
Located at the historic Hood Park in Boston, MA, the new 85,000 square foot location offers the opportunity to create a unified campus in a state of the art facility in a location that is easily accessible from communities throughout the Greater Boston and surrounding areas.
A single campus model will more effectively meet the needs of our current and prospective students. The Hood Park campus will offer a number of benefits for our college,” said Deborah Jackson, President of Cambridge College.
Some of the benefits of locating the new campus in this emerging neighborhood include opportunities to utilize the design to accommodate flexible classrooms, advanced technology and expanded ease of access to and from surrounding communities with ample parking.
The City of Boston has some of the nation’s greatest academic institutions, and we take pride in the educated workforce we have as a result,” said Mayor Walsh. “We are excited that Cambridge College has chosen Charlestown for their new Boston campus and we look forward to many years of collaboration ahead.”
Cambridge College enrolls over 5,000 students, nearly one quarter of which are Latino, for whom these educational opportunities may have been limited or denied.
Recognized as a pioneer in providing quality affordable higher education to adult learners, Cambridge College offers flexible undergraduate and graduate degree programs across six locations nationwide in Cambridge, Springfield and Lawrence, MA, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Inland Empire, CA. It’s highly diverse student population consist of 68% females and 32% men with 63% of this population pursuing a degree part time on evenings and weekends.
El Mundo Boston will keep its readers informed of the move and any pertinent information for its student body.
