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Creating a new Educational Master Plan requires campus wide reflection, months of research writing, and faith in the process.

Merced College operates in a state that is 40.3% Hispanic, and a county that is 63.2% Hispanic, while working to serve a student body that is 59.3% Hispanic.

UC Merced and Merced College will jointly build a 488-bed student housing project for community college and transfer students.

Merced College enrollments are on the rise.

Merced, California and Kyoto, Japan are nearly 5,500 miles apart, but their research universities’ shared goals to improve society is bringing them together. A new agreement between institutions of higher education in both cities will foster collaboration among researchers and an exchange of students.

They entered the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla years ago, emotionally wrung out by tragedy, criminal convictions and prison time.

When the Rising Scholars program began at Merced College in the spring semester of 2016, the mission was to remove as many obstacles as possible to assist currently and formerly incarcerated people to access and earn a college education.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education has recognized Merced College with a 2023 CASE Circle of Excellence Award for outstanding achievements in educational advancement.