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  Joliet Community College (Illinois) becomes the first community college in the country*. Link text *Note: As most sites specify only the year an event occurred, the day and month have been included as defaults for all but the last timeline entry.
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  Phoenix College is established as the first junior college in Phoenix. Link text
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  Community Colleges provide job training programs in an effort to address unemployment during the Great Depression.
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  MCCCD is formed.
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  Glendale Community College becomes the second community college in MCCCD, and the first in the West Valley. Link text
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  In 1988, a commission recommends that community colleges begin partnering with businesses to provide workforce training.
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  GCC becomes home to programs sponsored by Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors
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