Type Community College President James W. Hottois Website www.paloverde.edu Number of students 2,261 | Established 1947 Nickname Pirates Phone +1 760-921-5500 Graduation rate 19.1% (2014) | |
Campus rural, 200 acres (81 ha) main campus Address 1 College Dr, Blythe, CA 92225, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 1,288 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 7,364 USD (2015) Similar Copper Mountain College, Barstow Community College, College of the Desert, Porterville College, Lassen College Profiles | ||
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Palo Verde College, formerly called Palo Verde Junior College, is a community college in Blythe, California.
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Main Campus
Palo Verde College is located along the Colorado River in the fertile Palo Verde Valley, 165 miles (266 km) west of Phoenix, 110 miles (180 km) east of Palm Springs, and 100 miles (160 km) north of Yuma. Its service area includes approximately 20,556 people, 12,456 of whom reside in Blythe.
Needles Center
The Palo Verde College District began serving Needles and surrounding area in 1998 when an agreement was reached to transfer responsibility with the San Bernardino CCD which had been providing limited classes to the area since 1968. Beginning in the Fall 1998, Palo Verde College began offering classes in the evening at Needles High School campus. Almost immediately, a search began for a permanent site for the College, which would allow a full array of classes to be offered, both in the daytime as well as the evening.
Spring Street Campus
Palo Verde Community College also offers to its local residents in Blythe a separate campus that is intended to link the community to the college.
Scandals
Palo Verde College has been the focus of several scandals including one involving a fraudulent enrollment scheme in conjunction with Riverside Community College.
Riverside Community College officials William O'Rafferty, associate vice president of academic affairs, Steven Bailey, dean of public safety, and Robert Curtin, associate dean of public safety were convicted on felony charges of fraud, embezzlement, grand theft and misappropriation of public funds with regard to public safety classes.
The scheme allowed students to take multiple classes at the same time and often gave credit for classes taken at different campuses without attendance. All three Riverside Community College officials were former Riverside County sheriff's deputies. The three dealt exclusively with Al Stremble, Assistant Superintendent of Palo Verde College and a San Bernardino County Reserve Sheriff's Deputy. Palo Verde College was required to repay $713,000 it obtained illegally as part of the scheme.