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Copper Mountain College (CMC), located six miles east of Joshua Tree, is renowned as the college built by the people, its first phase having been paid for almost entirely with local private money and subsequent phases with substantial private help. Now governed by its own locally elected board of trustees, CMC's road to independence was accelerated by legislative action in recognition of the college's uniquely strong local support. The college currently serves approximately 6,000 enrolled students annually with a full-time faculty of 30 and an adjunct faculty of 100.

The college was initially founded in 1966 when the residents of the Morongo Unified School District, comprised of the communities of Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Landers, Joshua Tree, and Twentynine Palms, elected to join the Desert Community College District. Classes were first offered in the High Desert in the Fall of 1967 at the Twentynine Palms High School to approximately 60 students.

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