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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]
Joliet Junior College, established in 1901, was the first public junior college in the nation. It was the brain child of William Rainey Harper , president of the University of Chicago , and J. Stanley Brown, the superintendent of Joliet Township High School .
This newer part of the museum also connects to the historic Joliet Chamber of Commerce Clubhouse next door (now known as the Renaissance Center of the City Center campus of Joliet Junior College) and to the JJC Renaissance Center's main dining room, which is staffed by the college's hospitality and culinary school students and open to the public.
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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.