TOWN OF BUCKEYE

The Town of Buckeye is a small town in southwestern Maricopa County on the edge
of the Phoenix Metropolitan area with a population approaching 7,000. The Maricopa
Community Colleges currently serve the Town of Buckeye through two teaching sites
located within town boundaries. Buckeye residents also enjoy the educational and
community services provided through other colleges within the ten-college Maricopa
County Community College District, including distance education services.

Many students access their educational services through the Internet, especially those
students incarcerated at one of the community colleges’ teaching sites, the Lewis
Prison. Students from Buckeye families are provided educational services at the
Buckeye Union High School teaching site which serves current high school students
as well as providing evening and weekend coursework and training, with students
often being working adults. In addition,many of the Maricopa Community Colleges
maintain partnerships with corporations, industries and non-profits organizations
located in or near the Town of Buckeye.

The Maricopa Community Colleges served more than 277,000 students in 2000-2001
and maintained corporate partnerships with more than 1,000 businesses in the Valley.
Of all high school graduates in Maricopa County, 45% attend one of the community
colleges within one year of graduation.

A Community of Colleges …A World of Opportunity

Dr. Rufus Glasper
Chancellor
480.731.8100

Matt Ortega
Director of Government Relations
480.731.8154