Community Colleges

By rfaas

  • Morrill Act (Land Grand Act)

    Birth of junior colleges or community colleges

  • second Morrill Act

    prevented schools from denying access to minorities

  • First Junior College Founded

  • Three public junior colleges

  • 14 Public junior colleges and 32 private junior colleges

  • AAJC was founded

  • First community college in AZ- Phoenix Junior College now PC

    First community college in AZ- Phoenix Junior College now PC

  • Term "Community College" becomes popularized

    A book of the same name was written and promoted the term "community college"

  • Enrollment surge

    community colleges grew more rapidly than any other division of higher education.
  • Glendale CC

    Glendale CC

    First Community College in the West Valley
  • Mesa CC

    Mesa CC

  • Gateway CC

    Gateway CC

  • Scottsdale CC

    Scottsdale CC

  • Carnegie Commission on Higher Education

    advocated to establish community colleges with commuting distance of every adult
  • Period: to

    Community colleges were predominately vocational programs

    late 1970s-1980s
  • Rio Salado CC

    Rio Salado CC

  • South Mountain CC

    South Mountain CC

  • PV CC

    PV CC

  • CGCC

    CGCC

  • Estrella Mountain CC

    Estrella Mountain CC

  • National achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count initiative

    the goal was to help more cc student succeed

  • GCC received bond election to provide funds for expansion and renovations