Editing Marin County, California (section)

==Education==
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[[Marin County Free Library]] is the county library system. It is headquartered in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]].<ref>"[http://www.marinlibrary.org/about/contact/ Contact Us]." ''[[Marin County Free Library]]''. Retrieved on May 4, 2009.</ref> In addition, the [[Belvedere-Tiburon Library]] is in [[Tiburon, California|Tiburon]].

[[College of Marin]], established in 1926, includes two campuses. The Kentfield Campus is in [[Kentfield]]; the Indian Valley Campus is in [[Novato, California|Novato]]. The college offers more than 40 degree programs leading to an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree and over 20 Certificates of Achievement with various specialties. The college serves approximately 9,000 students each term. Approximately 5,700 students enroll in COM's credit program. About 1,300 students enroll in English as a Second Language classes. Approximately 1,900 enroll in community education classes. The college employs about 300 permanent staff and faculty and many part-time employees.

Marin is also home to [[Dominican University of California]], in San Rafael. Founded as a women's college in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, it became the first Catholic institution in California to offer bachelor's degrees to women. The college became fully coeducational in 1971, and in 2000 became an independent liberal-arts university, changing from its original name of Dominican College of San Rafael.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dominican.edu/about/facts/history-traditions|title=History of the University — Dominican University of California|website=Dominican.edu|language=en|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> There are about 1,400 undergraduate and 500 graduate students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/dominican-california-1196|title=US News Best Colleges|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524225756/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/dominican-california-1196|archive-date=May 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>