Iowa Public Junior Colleges, Department of Public Instruction, 1948

(1948) Iowa Public Junior Colleges, Department of Public Instruction, 1948. Education, Department of

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Abstract

The first public junior college in Iowa was organized as a department of the public schools of Mason City, and began operations in September 1918. It was established without legal sanction, as there was no law on the statute books of Iowa at that time authorizing the organization of junior colleges as a part of the public school system. Two years later Burlington Junior College was organized. From there on, the movement spread rapidly until by 1930, thirty towns in Iowa had organized junior colleges as a part of their public school system. The junior college movement in Iowa reached its crest in 1927, during which year nine were added to the list. This publication give more information about the start of junior colleges in Iowa.