History of Community Colleges and Phoenix College

By tlake25

  • America's First Junior College

    America's First Junior College
    Joliet Community College opened in Illinois in 1901

  • Arizona's First Community College

    Arizona's First Community College
    Phoenix Junior College was established as Arizona's first community college.

  • Job Training offered

    As a way to lessen unemployment, junior colleges started offering programs for people to learn various job trades

  • Phoenix College becomes part of Maricopa Community College

    Phoenix Junior College was part of the Phoenix Union High School District from 1920 - 1962. It then joined the Maricopa Community Colleges which began as the Maricopa County Junior College District.

  • Baby Boomers, Deferring the Draft

    Enrollment doubles from 1 million in 1965 to 2.2 million by 1970 due to baby boomers graduating high school and those who are trying to not get drafted to Vietnam

  • Maricopa Community

    The name changed again from Maricopa Junior to Maricopa Community as the need grew for more branches, and is still continuing today.

  • Vocational Training Partnership

    Employers and community college partner up by recommendation of the Nationwide Commission on the Future of Community Colleges and offering training programs which can be offered at the facility or employer location.