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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 036 070 EF 002 572 TITLE MEETING THE NEEDS FOR EXPANSION OF THEHAGERSTOWN JUNIOR COLLEGE. TEAChING IN WASHINGTONCOUNTY 1960-19611, INSTITUTION WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, HAGERSTOWN,MD. PUB DATE 61 NOTE 56P., EDRS PRICE EDRS PRICE MF-$0.25 HC-$2.90 DESCRIPTORS *CAMPUS PLANNING, *COLLEGE ROLE, COMMUNITYCOLLEGES, CONSTRUCTION NEEDS, *CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM PLANNING, ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, *FACILITY EXPANSION, *JUNIOR COLLEGES, PLANNING ABSTRACT THIS REPORT PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THECURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF HAGERSTOWN JUNICR COLLEGEIN WASHINGTON CCUNTY, MARYLAND, AND ITS PCTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE.CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE DIVERSITY OF OFFERINGS THAT ACOMMUNITY COLLEGE SHOULD PROVIDE, AS WELL AS TO THE PHYSICAL FACILITIESTHAT SUCH A PROGRAM ENTAILS. A PLAN IS PROPOSED TO ENSURE THEADEQUATE PROVISION OF THE EXPANDED SERVICES AND FACILITIES NEEDED. (FS) Meeting the Needs for Expansion of the .0111 1 111 111.1 . -. I, k r:,'1;1;4,1 , , ,J ' -:: , .7111,:23:44:0',IRIeLtat IR 1 Oki 11100111§. 2 NES tititchgalitLJ drib -ra 1!, if MO INNIIMIlii10101111111111111:101111-; acissiups la Kt NS ND pi --iiiiimr___ i,11;11111.1 l- HAGERSTOWN JUNIOR COLLEGE WORKING TOGETHER lif EIS If TABIll Teaching in Washington County 1960 -1961 f U.S. DEpARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE g OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECES BOARD OF EDUCATION LLB SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND \11) The President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers recommends that, in order to adapt our system of higher education to the greater demands which will be made upon it, the development of community or junior colleges should be encouraged and assisted. These institutions have the virtue of making two years of college training more readily available to students living at home. From the point of v_zw of training manpower, the most significant long-term potential of the community college, however, will probably be their two-year terminal courses which are rapidly growing in popularity. One of the major weaknesses of our technological manpower structure has been the scarcity of properly trained technicians.... The community colleges now promise to provide a formal and popularly acceptable channel for fittingyoung men and women specifically for technician jobs. Community colleges are a healthy and useful addition to our educational system which will, theCommittee hopes, contribute effectively to the solution of the manpower problem in each of the forty-nine states. Final Report to the President President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers December, 1958 TEACHING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY N. C..) The Hagerstown Junior College is an important partof the educational '43 program of Washington County. In order toacquaint school personnel and for its i`t the public with the work the college is doing and the potential future contribution, the 1960-61 edition of Teaching in WashingtonCounty CD is devoted to a survey report of Engelhardt, Engelhardt, Leggett and Cor- C nell, Educational Consultants, concerning "Meeting the Needs forExpan- Lli sion of the Hagerstown Junior College." 4thi01 )27. William M. Brish Superintendent For fourteen years the Hagerstown Junior College has been a partof the ever-growing program of education in Washington County. During this period our enrollment has increased from less than a hundred to more than four hundred students. About one-third of the college-bound gradu- ates of our county have attended this community institution. With the provision of a separate building in 1956, we have been able to offer a day-time program in addition to the afternoon and evening sched- ule which had been available previously. This facility can adequatelyac- commodate no more than 200 students during the day. A study of our recent enrollments indicates that the majority of students who have just completed high school prefer to attend classes at this time. This fact, along with a steady increase in the college-age population and a general upsurge of interest in more and different kinds of\ higher educa- tion, has necessitated a study of the needs of our junior college for ex- pansion. In the report that has been made, consideration is given to the diversity of offerings that a community college should provide, as well as to the physical facilities that such a program will entail. For the welfare of our community and its progress, we must make certain that our own promising young people not only have every available means to further education, but that they are encouraged to take advantage of such opportunities. Together we must formulate a realistic plan to enable the Hagerstown Junior College to adequately provide the expanded serv- ices that our young people and adults will need during the years ahead. aii--eAJLC. J-Qtrbilaito Atlee C. Kepler Dean Indeed, I firmly believe more extensive education than that obtainable in high schools must be brought to every community and every locality in such a way that every young person, regardless of his means or his lack of means, can go to school for a minimum of two additional years. Now today, each of these small, almost neighborhood colleges is striving to fit itself better to serve its students, its community, and its country. Each of them shares, as does every typical American home and every church, in the Amer- ican inspiration, the American purpose, and American goals. Dwight D. Eisenhower Cornerstone laying of library building Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio October 15, 1953 Table of Contents Page THE FUTURE OF HAGERSTOWNJUNIOR COLLEGE 1 Increase in Numbers 2 Need for More Training 2 Developing Culture 2 The Start of a Community College 3 Changing Needsin Education beyond High School 4 Unique Function of the CommunityCollege 5 The Functions of the HagerstownJunior College 7 PROGRAM 9 Objectives of the Program 9 Meeting the Objectives 11 Association with the High School 11 Importance of the Library 11 Development of the Curriculum 12 Development of the ETV Training Program 15 Program of Teacher Training in Educational Television 16 Program of Adult Education 16 Development of the College as a Cultural Center 17 COLLEGE ENROLLMENTPOTENTIAL 18 Growth of the College 18 Factors Determining Future Enrollments 18 Where the Students Live 19 Number of High School Graduates in WashingtonCounty 22 Estimated Number ofHigh School Graduatesunder Increased Holding Power 23 Abilities of the High School Graduates 23 Share of High School Graduates AttendingJunior College 24 Ages of Junior CollegeStudents 25 Out-of-County Students 26 Summary of FutureEnrollments- 26 NEEDED FACILITIES 28 Needed Capacity 29 Facilities Needed fora 600-Student College Initial Construction 31 Second Priority 34 34 The educational consultant firm of Engelhardt, Engelhardt, Leggett and Cornell, New York City, N. Y., was selected by the Washington County Board of Education and the Hagerstown Junior College Advisory Council to make a comprehensive survey of the expansion needs of the Hagers- town Junior College.The survey was made under the personal direction of Nicholas L. Engelhardt, Jr. The com- plete report of the findings and recommendations of the consultants is reproduced on the following pages. THE FUTURE OF HAGERSTOWN JUNIORCOLLEGE The young people in WashingtonCounty are not attaining the full measureof edu- cation of which they arepotentially capable. Fewer than halfof those who would benefit, by education beyond high schoolattend college or other advanced institu- tions. This distressing situation iscaused by insufficient services and bythe lack of financial ability of many highschool graduates to afford a collegeeducation away from home. TheHagerstown Junior College in spiteof its limited facilities, does care for almost 40 percent ofthose who do go on to college,thus helping greatly to overcome the financialhurdle through its proximity to the homesof the students and its low tuition. This study is an attempt to.evaluatethe needs of the county in educationbeyond high school and to present suggestionsfor improving the situation over the years ahead, with particular reference to theneeded facilities for the juniorcollege. The shortcomings of the present programfor higher education in Washington County are accentuated by twomajor social factors: 1. The tremendous growth in the numbersof young people over the past 20 years. 2. The increase in the need for collegeeducation caused by the rapid develop- ment of science and technologyplus the changing patterns of world-widehuman relations in this air atomic -space era. 1 Increase in Numbers The most frequent ages among students in junior college are 18 and 19 years. Many of today's students were born in 1940, when the total number of births in Washington County stood at 1,271. By 1947, hoWever, 1,939 births were recorded, and in 1958 there were 1,957 births. This represents an increase of 54 percent in the number of young people who, by 1966, will present themselves as potential candidates for education beyond high school. The following table shows numbers of births to residents of the county between 1940 and 1958. Table 1 Number of Children Born to Residents Washington County, Maryland 1940 - 1958 Year Number Born ' Year Number Born 1940 1,271 1950 1,697 1941 1,409 1951 1,714 1942 1,562 1952 1,794 1943 1,562 1953 1,771 1944 1,504 1954 1,869 1945 1,467 1955 1,967 1946 1,730 1956 1,929 1947 1,939 1957 1,935 1948 1,791 1958 1,957 1949 '..760 Need for More Training. Farther on in this report the analysis will point to the many reasons for the increas- ing need for college education to meet the demands of employment and good citizenship in tile modem world. Regions and communities with high levels of educational opportunity for their people can attract many industries requiring technical skill and professional competence.