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The Community Colleges of Spokane is a community college district based in Spokane, Washington USA. It comprises Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College and the Institute for Extended Learning. Its current Chancellor is Dr. Gary Livingston, and is designed to catter to the need of Eastern Washington. The schools have a combined enrollment of roughly 12,000 students mostly from the Inland Northwest.

Spokane Community College. The oldest of the community colleges located in Northeast Spokane, it is adjacent to Gonzaga University (which is just two mile west of the SCC campus). The Colleges curriculum consists of Liberal Arts as well as a large bases of Job Training and Technical skills work.

Spokane Falls Community College. Originally opened as Spokane Community College Fort George Wright Campus. Commonly called "The Falls," SFCC lies in west Spokane not far from the Spokane River and Airway Heights. The campus considered the better looking of the CCS colleges, features the 4,000 seat Spokane Falls Stadium, Sasquatch Baseball Field and a highly renowned Library. The curriculum at SFCC is mostly consisting of Liberal Arts transfer courses. The campus is also in a close working relationship with the Mukagawa Institute, a higher education facility adjacent to the campus for students from Japan studying in the U.S.

Institute for Extended Learning. The IEL is group of Branch Satellite campuses around Spokane and Eastern Washington with over 37 facilities available. Most of the curriculum consists of Basic Education, Job Training and College transfer courses.

Both SCC and SFCC combine their sports programs together and compete as The Community Colleges of Spokane Sasquatch (also referred to as the Bigfoot). They compete in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region.

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