Southwest Mississippi Community College
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Southwest Mississippi Community College is a two-year community college
located in Summit
, Mississippi, with accreditation
from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The high school began to incorporate college work into the curriculum in 1929 and by 1932 the school had become a junior college.
54 years later in 1988, the name of the school was officially changed to Southwest Mississippi Community College.
Community college
A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...
located in Summit
Summit, Mississippi
Summit is a town in Pike County, Mississippi, USA. The population was 1,428 at the 2000 census. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area....
, Mississippi, with accreditation
Educational accreditation
Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...
from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
History
The college was officially started in 1908 as an agricultural high school. The Pike County Agricultural High School opened on September 3, 1918, after receiving approval from the Pike County School Board the previous April.The high school began to incorporate college work into the curriculum in 1929 and by 1932 the school had become a junior college.
54 years later in 1988, the name of the school was officially changed to Southwest Mississippi Community College.