Community Colleges and Chandler Gilbert

By mattrundio

  • First Community College

    Joliet Community College in Illinois two additional years of courses to a high school curriculum to become the nations first community college.
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    Job Training Becomes More Common

    Community colleges began to provide job training programs due to unemployement in the Great Depression
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    Soring numbers

    The number of community colleges and numbers attending them soare as the baby boomers reach college age.

  • 1 Million in enrolement

    Enrolement reaches 1 million students in 1965

  • 2.2 million

    2.2 million in enrolement by 1970

  • 60% men

    60 percent of all community college students were men

  • First steps for CGCC

    The State Board of Directors for Community Colleges approved the concept of expansion into Southeast Valley

  • 4.3 million

    4.3 million in enrolement (national)

  • 55% women - overtaking men

    The enrollment of women is 55 percent, overtaking men

  • Chandler-Gilbert Education Center

    Chandler-Gilbert Education Center opens as an extension of Mesa Community College

  • Pecos Campus opens

    Pecos Campus opens

  • CGCC becomes an independently accredited college