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Chandler-Gilbert Community College

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  • Birth of Community Colleges

    Birth of Community Colleges
    During the early 1900s, community colleges begin as outgrowth of high schools and appendages of universities.

  • CA authorized grades 13 & 14

    CA authorized grades 13 & 14
    Helping the spread of community colleges in the West, California authorized high schools to begin grades 13 & 14.

  • Phoenix College

    Phoenix College
    Phoenix Union High School District launches junior college

  • More than 300 CC founded in USA

    More than 300 CC founded in USA

  • 450 Junior colleges established throught USA

    450 Junior colleges established throught USA

  • GI Bill passes resulting in increases CC enrollment

    GI Bill passes resulting in increases CC enrollment

  • Columbia University Teachers College creates guidline for establishing CC

    Columbia University Teachers College creates guidline for establishing CC

  • MCCCD created

    MCCCD created

  • Vocation Education Act passes increasing funding to vocational programs and thereby altering CC missions to include vocational training

    Vocation Education Act passes increasing funding to vocational programs and thereby altering CC missions to include vocational training

  • Mesa Community College Established

    Mesa Community College Established

  • Chandler Gilbert Education Center opened as MCC satellite

    Chandler Gilbert Education Center opened as MCC satellite

  • CGCC aviation program created

    CGCC aviation program created

  • CGCC Service Learning Internationally Recognized

    CGCC Service Learning Internationally Recognized

  • More than 1,100 commuity colleges around the USA

    More than 1,100 commuity colleges around the USA