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The non-profit Corry Higher Education Council
was incorporated May 31, 1991
as an initiative of the Corry Industrial Roundtable to improve access to
training
and education for Corry-area adults. It was just the second Community Education
Council in Pennsylvania, after the Warren/Forest Higher Education Council in
1984.
By the time Gov. Tom Ridge signed the
“Community Education Council Act” on December 21, 1998, there were five
education councils in Pennsylvania.
Today there are nine Community Education
Councils sanctioned and funded in part by the PA Department of Education! The concept initiated and supported by communities
like Corry, Warren and St. Marys has
become a critical component of the state’s educational delivery system.
What does the Corry Higher Education
Council do?
Our Mission Statement says this: “Corry
Higher Education Council is the
facilitator and provider of educational and personal enrichment services and
resources for the Corry Region.”
That means we identify the area’s
education and training needs, and seek to fill
them. Rather than “reinvent the wheel,” we typically partner with
educational
providers such as colleges, universities, technical schools and training organizations with an expertise in those areas.
Our job is to make it easy for those
educational providers to serve Corry.
We provide marketing, office and administrative support, classrooms, computer
labs – everything students and providers need for an excellent educational
experience right here in Corry!
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