Macomb Community College
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| Type | Community college |
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| Established | 1954 |
| Location | Warren, Michigan, Clinton Township, Michigan, USA |
| Website | www.macomb.edu |
Macomb Community College is a multi-campus learning community in Macomb County, Michigan, which shares borders with Detroit and Canada. The College ranks in the top two percent nationally for the number of associate degrees awarded and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The College offerings include university transfer, early college, professional certification, workforce development, continuing education and enrichment, and through its nationally acclaimed University Center, which opened in 1991, bachelor's degree completion and graduate level programs. Growing steadily from the first 84 students that showed up for class on Sept. 16, 1954 at Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan, Macomb now serves approximately 48,000 annually.
Macomb holds commencement exercises for its most recent graduates each May and December, selecting a Most Distinguished Graduate from those students with the highest grade point averages to deliver the commencement address.
Because of its location in Macomb County, often cited as a political bellwether, and its reputation for workforce training and retraining, Macomb has been a popular stop for both presidents launching new educational initiatives and presidential candidates on the campaign trail. It has hosted every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan at least once, including President-elect Donald Trump twice in 2016.
South Macomb Community College, as it was first called, was founded by educators from the Van Dyke School District who believed the lack of access to higher education was greatly impeding the success of the county and its residents. The first classes were held after hours in the district's Lincoln High School, with a transfer curriculum developed in collaboration with educators from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University.
Enrollment at Macomb reached 3,000 by 1962 and with the College rapidly outgrowing the space allotted to it by the school district, its founders developed a plan and a proposal to expand its size and its scope. The go-ahead was given in 1962 when Macomb County voters approved an operating millage to support the Community College District of Macomb, autonomous of the Van Dyke School District. The 20-year operating millage has been reauthorized twice by voters.
After passage of the first millage, an ambitious construction program ensued for the newly named Macomb County Community College. South Campus in Warren opened in 1965, and Center Campus in Clinton Township opened in 1968. East Campus, which houses a training center for police, fire and emergency services personnel, opened in 1996 and M-TEC, dedicated to workforce development, opened in 2002. The College also purchased (and later sold) property in Ray Township for a North Campus that never materialized and previously operated a campus and a satellite in Fraser and Washington Township, respectively. The College shortened its name to Macomb Community College in 1981.
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