Portable buildings dot Mesa Community College. Like stretch marks, they represent rapid growth from an earlier era.

All Maricopa County Community College District properties will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2012, the organization announced this week.

Maricopa County Community College District’s division of business services received an award for outstanding business officer from a national organization.

The Maricopa Community College District governing board approved a tax levy increase Tuesday for the first time in three years.

Fifty years ago, one of the largest community college districts in the country got its start.

Two candidates are vying for a spot on the Maricopa Community Colleges governing board in a contested race to represent District 2, which includes Mesa and Scottsdale.

Two years ago, Mesa Community College pitcher Paul Schmidt enrolled in a class at his coach’s request that ran foul of the line between higher education and sports. Class work consisted of fielding drills and pre-game stretches.

The Maricopa Community Colleges governing board will vote on a $5 per credit hour, in-state tuition increase during its next meeting, March 22. The increase would bring tuition to $76 per credit hour.

The Maricopa Community Colleges governing board will vote on a $5 per credit hour, in-state tuition increase during its next meeting, March 22. The increase would bring tuition to $76 per credit hour.

For the fourth time in five years, Maricopa Community College District has earned AAA ratings from the three major bond rating agencies.

The governing board for Maricopa County Community College District voted 3-2 on Tuesday night to reject a proposed 2 percent increase to its tax levy.

Pinal county voters appeared headed to approving a$98.98 million in bonds for the Pinal County Community College District.

Rufus Glasper, chancellor of Maricopa Community Colleges, has been named one of 20 education leaders appointed to a commission to study the regulation of distance education.

Maricopa County Community College District announced it will open a corporate college to focus on customized technical training for local employers.

Leaders of Maricopa County’s health system are evaluating the merits of closing down the aging Maricopa Medical Center and building a new hospital near a proposed medical school in downtown Phoenix.

February 9, 2005

Published June 10-11, 2007 in the Tribune newspapers

Fifty years ago, one of the largest community college districts in the country got its start.

State lawmakers are again seriously debating whether to bring back a state agency to oversee Arizona’s community college districts that was dissolved five years ago as a bureaucratic waste of tax dollars.

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County supervisors have voted to keep the current property tax rate, but less money will be coming into county coffers due to declining property values.

A unanimous Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has endorsed a $2.2 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, some $82.4 million lower than the county currently spends. The budget approved today is likely to produce a modest property tax decrease for Valley homeowners but also a merit-based salary increase for county employees, who have gone without permanent increases for five years.

Maricopa County Community College District is being sued by an East Valley Christian minister for hindering and deterring his right to free speech, the lawsuit states.