Origins of the California System: How the Junior College Movement Came to California.

Wattenbarger, James L.; Witt, Allen A.

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ERIC Number: EJ507102

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Origins of the California System: How the Junior College Movement Came to California.

Wattenbarger, James L.; Witt, Allen A.

Community College Review, v22 n4 p17-25 Spr 1995

Describes the debate over how and when the community college movement spread from the Midwest to California. Presents evidence that the University of Chicago's William Rainey Harper was working in 1900 to convince three California colleges to drop their upper division and become junior colleges. Considers the role of David Starr Jordan in the early California movement. (13 citations) (MAB)

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Theories, Influences, School Restructuring, State Colleges, State Legislation, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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