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The Morrill Act of 1862
Often referred to as the Land Grant Act, the Morril Act of 1862 expanded access to public higher education, teaching both courses and students previously excluded from higher education. -
Passage of the Morrill Act of 1890
This act withheld funds from any state that refused admission to the land grant colleges based on race and expanded public higher education to include many blacks who previously were unable to attend college. -
Joliet Junior College Founded
Joliet Junior College, recognized as the oldest public junior college in the nation s was founded in Joliet, Illinois. -
California legislator authrozes High Schools to offfer Post Gradute
1907 -1917 Lesgilation passes providing state and county support for junior college students, and provided for independent junior college districts that had their own boards, budgets and procedures -
American Association of Community Colleges Founded
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) was founded . The AACC is a nonprofit, advocacy organization, which today represents nearly 1,200 two-year, associate degree-granting, public and private, community, junior, and technical institutions with more than 11 million students. -
Phoenix Junior College Established
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Passage of the GI Bill of Rights
Congress passed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act. known as the GI Bill, this act provided financial assistance for veterans of World War II who wished to pursue higher education. -
Jesse Bogue became the Executive Secretary of the American Association of Junior Colleges
As post-war spokesman for the American Association of Junior Colleges, Bogue did much to popularize the term "community college" in his 1950 book titled "The Community College." -
1947 President Truman's Commission on Higher Education
In 1947 President Truman's Commission on Higher Education suggested "the name 'community college' to be applied to the institutions designed to serve local community educational needs. Read more: Community Colleges - The History of Community Colleges, The junior college and the research university., The Community College Mission - StateUniversity.com http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1873/Community-Colleges.html#ixzz1msQXnEkX -
Kellogg Junior College Leadership Programs
Kellogg Foundation announced a series of grants to be used to establish university centers for training two-year college leaders. In all, 12 universities established junior college leadership programs. Hundreds of Deans and Presidents of our countries Junior and Communtiy Colleges were graduates of these programs. -
Maricopa Skill Center Opened
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Maricopa Technical College Opens
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Scottsdale Community College Opens
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Scottsdale Community College Moves to New Campus
In the fall of 1970 Scottsdale Community College signs 99 year lease with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservation and moves to its current location with 948 students
