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Joliet Junior College (JJC) is a public community college in Joliet, Illinois. Founded in 1901, it was the first public community college founded in the United States. [3] In Spring 2014, the college enrolled 16,375 students. [4] Every year, 48,000 students enroll in the college's academic programs and in non-credit programs.
There are 99 Division III teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) that play in 24 different regions. Which makes it the smallest division in the NJCAA by school count. These schools do not provide athletically related financial assistance.
On July 15, 1965, the Junior College Act became effective; and on August 1 the school boards of districts operating junior colleges with separate educational and building rates became the boards of the newly constituted Class II districts. Also in August 1965 governor Otto Kerner, Jr. appointed nine members of the first Illinois Junior College ...
There’s one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years.
The federal government does not distribute aid directly to the student or the student's family; it goes through the college. Colleges use the student's federal student aid eligibility and combine it with state financial aid (if any) and their own aid to create a financial aid package for the student.
A handful of junior college representatives met to organize an association that would promote and supervise a national program of junior college sports and activities consistent with the educational objectives of junior colleges. A constitution was presented and adopted at the charter meeting in Fresno on May 14, 1938.
Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois, established in 1901 by William Rainey Harper and J. Stanley Brown. [25] [26] Junior colleges grew in number from 20 in 1909 to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each. Meanwhile, another 137 were privately operated, with about 60 students each.
Johnston Community College; Joliet Junior College; Jones County Junior College; Joseph Fanning Drake State Community and Technical College; Judson University; Juilliard School; Julian Sargeant Reynolds Community College; Juniata College