Eastview vs Cypress

ACC is unbelievably huge. With more than 40,000 students spread across seven campuses, the ACC system is still growing. Remarkably, with Dallas and San Antonio each nearly doubling Austin's population, and with Houston nearly tripling it, ACC is on track to eventually have the largest community college system in Texas.

Something this gigantic has to be important. Eyes across the nation will study ACC to see how it thrives, and eventually copy it. Let it be on record that ACC community knew our own strengths and weaknesses. Let us name our best campus before they do.

ACC is made up of seven campuses. Some are better than others, and one of them is better than the rest. Let's guess at the future of the entire community college structure by finding our best campus. We'll start by comparing two campuses side-by-side, starting in alphabetical order, and choosing winners as we go. Parameters will be set and will not be deviated from. This is all in good fun, but completely serious nonetheless.

First up, Cypress Creek Campus will battle it out with Eastview Campus to see who advances to the next round.

EASTVIEW (WINNER)

✓Programs Offered:
With a commanding 94 total programs, EVC clearly wins the category.

✓Classroom Size:
Campus manager Juanita Mendez said that most of the general
classes are small with a capacity of 20, but there are several that go
up to 60, and probably another eight that go up to 40.

Parking Capacity:
Though the lot is big with 907 parking spaces, it's still overshadowed
by CYP's lot.

Planned Growth:
There is nothing immediate or on the books in terms of
planned growth, Executive Director of Facilities and
Construction William Mullane said.
"We do have a little bit of ground space available. There is a
portable building there; we could expand it to a multilevel,"
Mullane said.
Mendez knew of some desired changes to the campus.
"I know that they want to expand the culinary arts," Mendez
said.
"They want to add another biology or chemistry lab, and
maybe additional parking."

Why EVC:
Opportunities galore.
Mendez explained that right now EVC has all of the health
science programs and the only childcare program with a
daycare.
 

• Which is the better campus? Clearly, both campuses edge each other out in different areas. CYP has more parking spaces, and EVC has more programs. Overall, it seems that EVC has more to offer students than CYP. Still, being able to find a parking spot goes a long way. If parking is your thing, then go with CYP.
  

EVC advances to the next round.
 

CYPRESS

Programs Offered:
Brandishing only 56 programs, CYP is a little light on classes.

Classroom Size:
Campus Manager Linda Haywood said that the small classrooms seat
24 to 28, and the larger classrooms seat 36 to 40.

✓Parking Capacity:

With a massive 1,161 parking spaces CYP has the second largest ACC parking lot.

Planned Growth:
Mullane said that there is a not a whole lot of room available to
work with, but there is a little room.
"I can tell you that there is a section in the parking lot that was
designed to accommodate a parking garage. If we can build one
there, we can use some of the parking lot to build something
else," Mullane said.
There are no real plans right now, Mullane said.

Why CYP:
It's gorgeous to look at.
Haywood pointed out that it is a newer looking campus due to
an expansion a couple years ago. This expansion also filled it to
the brim with the latest technology.