The Fairview Park Plaza Extension Center is located at 1500 W. King Street in the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center and provides classroom space for both credit and non-credit classes. Businesses have the opportunity to rent space for training workshops.
Phone: (217) 462-0480 | Fax: (217) 462-0481
Richland Community College contracts with the Illinois Department of Corrections to provide occupational, job preparedness, and additional post-secondary courses to offenders housed at several correctional center sites. Thirty-five full-time College faculty and staff provide educational services at Decatur Correctional Center, Lincoln Correctional Center, Logan Correctional Center, Jacksonville Correctional Center, Pittsfield Work Camp, and Pontiac Correctional Center. Adjunct faculty also provide general studies courses on a limited basis.
Richland Community College is located on the northeast edge of Decatur, just off of Brush College Road. The nearest interstate access is I-72. Visitors should take exit 144 (IL 48). Turn south off the exit ramp onto Rt. 48 and then left at Brush College Road. Follow Brush College Road to Rea's Bridge Road. Turn left at Rea's Bridge and left again at the southeast entrance to the campus (College Park). To access the gallery, follow the drive to lot C (on left).
The David Erlanson Art Gallery is located in the center of the Richland Community College campus and is used to display artwork of students, faculty, and professional artists. Each month a new artist is featured and the public is invited to a reception honoring the artist.
We're here for you. Our job is to make sure your college experience is everything it should be -- exciting, stimulating, and successful.
We're here for the community. RCC's mission is to make quality education affordable and accessible to everyone in the Richland district. That's why RCC offers a variety of educational programs at low costs to students.
We guarantee an equal education opportunity without regard to gender, marital status, color, race, religion, national origin, or disability.
Richland Community College has adopted policies that comply with FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), which sets out requirements designed to protect the privacy of students' records. For further information, please refer to Richland Community College’s catalog.
Partners in Education is a non-profit organization which seeks to facilitate business and education partnerships through programs and alliances which provide opportunities for diverse students to interact with the world of work. PIE serves grades K-12 and provides numerous education to careers programs and activities for these students.
Contact information:
Partners in Education
One College Park, Room E182
Decatur, IL 62521
Phone: (217) 875-7211, ext. 575
Richland Community College subscribes to the principles and laws of the State of Illinois and the Federal Government pertaining to civil rights and equal opportunity, including applicable Executive Orders.
Richland Community College, founded in 1971, is a comprehensive community college offering baccalaureate, technical, continuing education, and community service programs. The College has an "Open Door" policy which allows anyone within the district that could benefit from a higher education to be admitted to the College. The purpose of a comprehensive community college is to serve all who then can serve to build a better society.
