Phoenix College

By donnawac
  • First Public Community College Opens

    First Public Community College Opens

    Joliet Junior College opens, Joliet Illinois. Experimental postgraduate high school program. Initial enrollment 6 students
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    Shift in Purpose

    Shift in community college purpose from providing a springboard to a 4 year education to development of the workforce.
  • Phoenix College Opens

    Phoenix College Opens

    Arizona's first community college opens,

  • Community College numbers grow rapidly

    440 junior colleges enrolling 70,000 students
  • PC Breaks Ground

    PC Breaks Ground

    Phoenix college breaks ground for new facility including many buildings that still exist on the site.
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    World War II and the GI bill--Cold War Era

    The development of the GI bill instigated the switch to a more adult and community based educational population

  • Maricopa County Junior Colleges formed

    Maricopa County Junior Colleges District formed. Mesa and Glendale Community colleges join with PC

  • Enrollment increases to avoid draft

    Many students enroll in community colleges to avoid the Vietnam era draft

  • Enrollment increases to 50% of college freshman

    In the 1920s only 2% of college freshmen enrolled in a community college, in the late 1980s that number increases to 50%
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    1990s and 2000s

    Community colleges become places where people can go if they cannot otherwise attend college and a place to get skill based training

  • Largest Graduating Class from Phoenix College

    Phoenix college confers over 1800 degrees and certificates to students.