DOCUMENT RESUME ED 232 733 JC 830 374 AUTHOR Harper, William A., Ed.; And Others TITLE Junior College Directory, 1971. PeriodCovering October 1969-August 1970 and Fall Enrollmentfor 1970. INSTITUTION American Association of JuniorColleges, Washington, *D.C.; ERIC Clearinghousefor Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, Calif. PUB DATE 71 NOTE 225p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs(132) Statistical Data (110) Information Analyses ERIC Information Analysis Proc.ucts (071) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Accreditation (Institutions); Administrators; *College Faculty; College Presidents;Community Colleges; *Educational Trends;*Enrollment; Fees; Full Time Faculty; *Full Time Students;National Surveys; Part Time Faculty; *Part TimeStudents; Private Colleges; Professional Associations;Public Education; Single Sex Colleges; TechnicalInstitutes; Tuition; *Two Year Colleges; TwoYear Colleae Students IDENTIFIERS *American Association of Junior Colleges ABSTRACT Based on a survey conducted by the American Assoc ation of Junior Colleges (AAJC), thisdirectory provides infor tation on 1,091 community, junior,and technical colleges and two-year branch campuses in the UnitedStates, its territories, and selected other countries, includingdata on 1969-70 enrollments, personnel, and student costs. Following materialon the scope of the rlirectory, and analysis of two-yearcollege growth is presented. Next, the directory lists the collegesalphabetically by state, including the following informationfor each: location; chief administrative head; year classes began;type of control or affiliation; AAJC membership; state recognitionor accrediting agency; programs (i.e., transfer and/or occupational);co-educational or single-sex status; October 1969 enrollment offull- and part-time freshman, sophomore, and unclassified students;October 1969, summer 1970, and October 1970 total enrollments;bill- and part-time faculty and administrators in 1970-71; and tuitionper academic year for in-district, out-of-district, andout-of-state students. Statewide enrollment summaries are then providedfor all institutions and for public and independent schools, followedby tables showing distribution by size of enrollment intwo-year colleges. Information on changes in institutions since the previousyear, AAJC, junior college organizations, and state administratorsof two-year college educatioa is presented in the final sections.(AYC) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made * * from the original document. * **************t******************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EOUCATIONAL RESCURCES INFORMATION W. Harper CENTER (ERIC) I This document hss been reproducedas receved from the person or orgamrahon it Minor changes have bean made to Improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of vrew or op mons stated in this docu- INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." ment do not necessarily represent official NI E positon or poky 4/1. 0'11 c1.10 dWt Stf- leg PIT 1971 JuniorCollegeDirectory, Period Covering October 1969August1970 and fall enrolimentfor 1970 Published by theAmerican Association of Junior Collegesand the ERIC Clear- inghouse for JuniorColleges with assistance from theResearch Division, ional EducationAssociation. Nat- American Associationof Junior Colleges One Dupont Circle,N. W. Wash'ngton, D. C.20036 Editorial, Researchand ProductionStaff: William A. Harper, Aikin C'onnor,Jack C Gernhart, Sylvia Howe, Mary Clayton, AliceAlexander, and Susan Nibble ERIC Clearinghou.t for Junior Colleges/American Associationof Junior Colleges '1It Table ofContents Introduction by WilliamG. Shannon 5 Analysis by Aikin Connor 6 Key to Abbreviations 10 Definition o f Terms 11 Association Officers and Council on Researchand Service, and Staff 12 Table I Directory of Junior Colleges 14 Table II Summary by StatesAll Junior Colleges 88 Table III Summary by StatesPublic Junior Colleges 89 Table IV Summary by States Independent Junior Colleges 90 Table V Distribution of Size ofEnrollment in Junior Colleges . 91 Changes in InstitutionsSince the 1970 Directory 92 Junior Colleges Scheduled to Open in1971 95 Junior CollegeOrganizations 96 State-Level Administrators . 100 Alphabetical Listing ofJunior Colleges . 103 INTRODUCTION The American Association of JuniorColleges is pleased preselt its annualdirectory of once again to effort to include two-year communityand junior colleges, all institutions that technical institutesand branches of have state recognition are organized ona two-year basis, tions listed, the- universities. The numberof institu- and/or regionalaccreditation. and offer reader will note,has risen appreciably, associate degree two-year ments. The growth as have enroll- programs. picture, in short,continues to be a reflection of trends a healthy one. Thisis begun more thana decade ago, indicating, In addition to increased acceptance we feel, enrollment data, theDirectory contains of the role ofthe two-year on tuition, programs, information education and, indeed, coliege in higher accreditation, control,types of institutions, American society. tion members, andnumbers of personnel associa- Summary tables employed in thecolleges This same en enrollment bystate and types of expansion has madeit somewhat included. institutions are also analyze andreport the information more difficult to gather, on enrollments and the two-yearinstitutions, and to other facts about meet production More detailedinformation on individual staff attemptsto refine the procedures deadlines. Eachyear the two-year coileges involved in the found in the eighthedition of American may be the process.During coming project, to improve Junior Colleges whichis now months, we planto bring together being produced by theAmerican Council from the fieldand the experts on Education, to bereleased in government to investigate On The Associationin general follows the refinements thatmight be made. still other possible criteria established for American Junior Collegesin determining the the, annual Dfrectory. institutions to be includedin We recognize also Institutions includedare those accredited that some of thecollegt s surveyed, rectIgnized by the country's or than we know,chafe at the perhaps more six regional accreditingagencies and state-level extra burden caused by agencies authorizedto approve junior colleges. information, completing the processing of the The Directory doesnot the questionnairesand returning them include proprietarycolleges. The Directoryquestionnaire is only to AAJC. one of many that findtheir way to the institutions eachyear. We would like The Association to stress, however,that the Junior acknowledges theexpert assistance provided College Directoryhas come to be Research Division of by the known as one of themost authoritative the National Education of liAngs oftwo-year colleges in Association in processingand America. It providesa source of computerizing informationcollected. information thatgovernment agencies, tions use in developing many foundations, andcorpora- programs that may in the We areespecially benefit long run be ofgreat grateful to thepersonnel of the to two-yearcolleges. Increasing institutions for their reporting use is being made ofthe cooperation in this project. publication by educatorsin other countries. This publicationis not an AAJC contains names of membership directory.The report a number of institutionsthat are non-members. make the listingas comprehensive To as possible, the editorshave made an William G. Shannon Acting Executive Director 5 An Analysis By Aikin Connor The consistent growth of two-year collegemver the last decade is re- 1970. This is an increase of 261,333 students, or a growthof 11.7 per cent confirmed by the enrollment figures reported in the 1971 Junior College in too enrollment. (Note. tin se figures are derived fromthose colleges Dfrectory. ln analyzing data gathered for the Directory it is important to note reported in the 1971 Directory. Since some of these colleges were not that: (1) a few twoyear colleges may not be listed each year for one or reported last year, these statistics will be somewhat at variance with mere of seDeral rbasons, including, unfortunately,inadvertence; (2) ac- statistics using :olleges in the 1970 Directory.) curacy of reported data, although carefully chet ked,depends ultimately upon each individual college reporting. Considering the extentof the data collection, however, the Directory can be regarded as an exceptionally GROWTH IN NUMBER AND ENROLLMENT accurate statistical report of theyear-to-jtear changes in United States OF JUNIOR COLLEGES community and junior colleges. 1960-1970 The 1971 Directory lists a. total of 1,091 American institutions, an Per Cent of Increase increase of 53 over the previous year. Twenty-nine new institutions began of Enrollment Over classes in 1970; 45 colleges listed in the 1971 Directory did not appear in Enrollment Preceding Year the 1970 Directory. A few colleges closed; several changed tc fourlear Year Number of Colleges programs exciusively. Some rolleges which are branch campuseselected 3.07 this year to combine their reports with others in their district; several 1960 678 660,216 748,619 13.39 campuses of multi-campus districts are reported for the first time. 1961 678 1962 704 818,869 9.38 927,534 13.27 The 29 new institutions whose classes