National Labor College
Private coeducational labor college in Silver Spring, Maryland, US (1969–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Labor College was a college for union members and their families, union leaders and union staff in Silver Spring, Maryland. Established as a training center by the AFL–CIO in 1969 to strengthen union member education and organizing skills, NLC became a degree-granting college in 1997 and in March 2004 gained accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[2][3] Until the college closed on April 26, 2014,[4] it was the only college of its kind in the United States.
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Type | Private coeducational labor college |
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Active | 1969–2014 |
President | Paula Peinovich |
Academic staff | 6 full-time [1] |
Undergraduates | 1,364 [2] |
Location | , , US |
Affiliations | AFL–CIO |
Website | nlc.edu |
In July 2014 the Amalgamated Transit Union purchased the National Labor College campus. The ATU plans to expand its long-standing union education and activism program to the newly acquired campus.