Education
Georgia Highlands College Plans Expansion in Marietta By Nicholas J. Godfrey
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eorgia Highlands College (GHC) has been in Marietta for more than 15 years, sharing a location with Southern Polytechnic State University (a school that is now part of Kennesaw State University). This summer, GHC looks to expand its operations by giving students more options at a new location at 1090 Northchase Parkway. This will be the college’s first big expansion in the area since opening its campus
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in Marietta in 2005. Currently, GHC serves students from more than 30 counties in northwest Georgia with sites in Marietta, Rome, Cartersville, and Dallas. The college also provides a robust online option, as well, called GHC Online. Georgia Highlands College has been educating students for more than 50 years as a member of the University System of Georgia. When David B. McCorkle was appointed as the first college president
in 1970, the institution had just 19 faculty members who taught 545 students on a single, 233-acre campus in Rome on U.S. Highway 27. Over the decades, GHC expanded throughout northwest Georgia with its access mission in mind, climbing to the second highest enrollment among state colleges and the second highest economic impact. The school’s current economic impact is more than $170 million and was
