Editing Newton, New Jersey (section)

===Higher education===
[[File:Sussex County Community College Newton NJ Main Building 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Formerly the campus of Don Bosco College, a Roman Catholic seminary, the county government purchased the school's Newton property in 1989 for the use of Sussex County Community College, founded in 1981.]]
{{See also|New Jersey County Colleges}}
[[Sussex County Community College]] (commonly referred to as ''SCCC'') is an [[school accreditation|accredited]], [[co-ed]]ucational, two-year, [[Public university|public]], [[community college]] located on a {{convert|167|acres|adj=on}} campus in Newton. The SCCC campus was formerly the site of [[Don Bosco College]], a [[Roman Catholic]] [[seminary]] operated by the [[Salesian Order]] from 1928 until it was closed in the early 1980s and its campus sold to the Sussex County government in June 1989 for $4.2 million.<ref>[http://www.sussexcountyclerk.com Sussex County Clerk's Office] (Newton, New Jersey), Register of Deeds. ''Deed between the Salesian Society, Inc., a corporation of the State of New York being the parent company of Don Bosco College and the Salesian Society of New Jersey, Inc., and The County of Sussex, a political division of the State of New Jersey (May 10, 1989, filed June 22, 1989)'' in Deed Book 1662, page 022 et seq. (Instrument No. 89-39284).</ref><ref>Wright, Kevin. [http://www.newtonnj.net/Pages/hortonmansion.htm Newton NJ: Pearl of the Kittatinny – "The Horton Mansion Former Don Bosco Campus, now Sussex County Community College"]. Note: Wright states it was 1984, which is either a typographical error or an intentional [[copyright trap]]. Accessed July 10, 2012.</ref>

SCCC was authorized as a "college commission" in 1981 and began operations the following year. It became fully accredited in 1993 by the Commission on Higher Education of the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>[http://sussex.edu/aboutus/history/ "Our History"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed July 10, 2012.</ref><ref name="SCCCAccreditation">[http://www.msche.org/institutions_view.asp?idinstitution=459 Institution Directory: Sussex County Community College], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]]. Accessed July 18, 2012.</ref> SCCC offers 40 [[associate degree]] and 16 post-secondary [[Professional certification|professional]] and [[Healthcare|health science]] certificate programs available both at traditional classes at its campus, through hybrid and online classes, and through distance learning.<ref name="SCCCAccreditation" /><ref name="SCCCDegreesPrograms">[http://sussex.edu/academics/programs/ "Degrees, Programs and Certificates"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://sussex.edu/academics/distancelearning/ "Distance Learning"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref> Many students who attend SCCC transfer to pursue the completion of their undergraduate college education at a four-year college or university.<ref name="SCCCDegreesPrograms" /><ref>[http://sussex.edu/academics/degreeadvantage/ "The Degree Advantage: Complete your Associate Degree at SCCC and give yourself the edge when you transfer"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref> The college also offers programs for advanced high school students, community education courses, and programs in cooperation with the [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]].<ref>[http://sussex.edu/ce/ Community Education and Workforce Development], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref> The school had an enrollment of 3,012 students of which half attended full-time and half attended part-time.<ref>[http://sussex.edu/aboutus/fastfacts/ Fast Facts], [[Sussex County Community College]]. Accessed May 30, 2015.</ref>