Fort Peck Community College

{{Short description|Tribal land-grant community college in Poplar, Montana, U.S.}}

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|city = Poplar, Montana

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Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Poplar, Montana. The college is located on the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Reservation in the northeast corner of Montana, which encompasses over two million acres. The college also has a satellite campus in Wolf Point.

History

FPCC was chartered by the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in 1978. The decision to found FPCC was based on the reservation's need to provide opportunities for post-secondary education and community service in their home communities. In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges.{{cite web |url=https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/1994%20LGU%20Anniversary%20Pub%20WEB_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929162919/http://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/1994%20LGU%20Anniversary%20Pub%20WEB_0.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |title=NIFA 1994s The First 20 Years of the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions Standing on Tradition, Embracing the Future |publisher=National Institute of Food and Agriculture |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=December 20, 2020}} FPCC was granted accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities in December 1991.

Academics

FPCC offers 25 associate degree and vocational programs for local residents and businesses. FPCC is a two-year degree-granting community college that offers programs to meet the career goals of its students and the training needs of the reservation:

Associate of Arts,
Associate of Science, and
Associate of Applied Science degrees, and
one-year vocational training certificates.

FPCC also offers associate degrees and certificates in over 30 fields of study.[http://www.aihec.org/colleges/TCUprofiles.cfm American Indian Higher Education Consortium] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614070512/http://www.aihec.org/colleges/TCUprofiles.cfm |date=June 14, 2012 }}