Bucks County Community College

275 Swamp Road
Newtown PA 18940

Phone: 215-968-8000

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Description:
The Mission of Bucks County Community College is to provide to the County’s diverse population of learners accessible, affordable, convenient, and comprehensive educational, training, and cultural opportunities that will equip them to be competent and effective in their work and as citizens of the world.

Bucks County Community College will be a center for innovative educational opportunities with a national reputation for learning earned by the success of our students and the integrity and skill of our faculty and staff.

Core Values

respect for the individual.
continuous learning, which fosters success in and out of the classroom.
excellence in teaching and the work we do.
innovation and open-mindedness.
diversity and an understanding of world cultures.
collaboration with co-workers, individuals, business, the community and other learning institutions.
responsible stewardship of resources.
excellence in service to our students, the community and each other.

The goals of Bucks County Community College are to:

prepare students to transfer to four-year institutions.
prepare students to enter the workforce.
enhance students’ performance in the workplace.
provide support and services to help students reach academic success.
develop the social and ethical responsibility of our students.
enrich the cultural, recreational and intellectual life of the community.
continue to improve our teaching, learning, service and technical proficiencies.

Bucks County Community College was founded in 1964 in response to a need for a public two-year collegiate institution to serve graduates of the County's high schools and other citizens of Bucks County who would benefit from an experience in higher education.

The initial proposal for a Community College was developed and presented to the public in 1963 by the then Office of Bucks County Superintendent of Schools. Subsequently, the Bucks County School Directors Association, urged the Bucks County Board of Commissioners in 1964 to become the sponsor for the proposed school under the provisions of Act 848 (the Community College Act).

The Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to sponsor the college in a legal resolution adopted June 22, 1964. The Pennsylvania State Board of Education approved the proposal in September and a 15-member Bucks County Community College Board of Trusties was appointed October 5,1964, by the County Commissioners.