{"id":26836,"date":"2020-07-16T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T20:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2020\/07\/16\/fall20\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:51:30","slug":"fall20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/07\/16\/fall20\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Now Registering for Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23056\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/07\/Alex-Bochman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23056\" class=\"wp-image-23056 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/07\/Alex-Bochman-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Young man stands holding laptop computer.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ninety percent of NECC courses will be delivered online in the fall of 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College is offering close to 300 credit courses this fall semester, which begins September 9, 2020, and\u00a090 percent of those courses will be delivered online.<\/p>\n<p>Students can take their gen ed classes which easily transfer to other colleges and universities; get started on a certificate or associate degree in a choice of over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/\">60\u00a0degree and certificate\u00a0programs<\/a>; or begin preparing for a new career in fields like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/health\/\">health care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/computer-information-science\/\">computers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/education\/\">education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Heineman, the college\u2019s vice president of academic and student affairs, says the college is spending the summer transitioning to online learning. \u201cWhile dealing with\u00a0the\u00a0pandemic has been a challenge for us, the bright side is that we are developing a first-rate online program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This summer the college has invested a half million dollars to prepare faculty who have previously taught face-to-face for online teaching and $100,000 for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/07\/23\/necc-invests-in-new-support-service-for-online-learners\/\">new peer ambassador program<\/a> that will help students succeed in online courses. Northern Essex is also putting resources toward a laptop requirement for students that will insure that all students have the technology needed.<\/p>\n<p>Only classes that require a face-to-face experience, such as health and science labs, will be taught traditionally this fall.<\/p>\n<p>To explore courses offered this fall, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/courses\/search\/\">course selection tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where you can learn more about the college\u2019s over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/\">60 academic programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where you can find out about the college\u2019s many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/apply\/information-sessions-tours\/\">virtual admissions events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on enrolling this fall, contact Enrollment Services, 978 556-3700 or admissions@necc.mass.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers more than 60 associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0\u00a0Each year, more than 5,000 students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and another 2,600 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0\u00a0For more information, visit the website at\u00a0\u00a0www.necc.mass.edu or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninety percent of the 300 courses offered at NECC this fall will be delivered online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":26838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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