"America's first public community college began in 1901 as an experimental postgraduate high school program. It was the "brain child" of J. Stanley Brown, Superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and William Rainey Harper, President of the University of Chicago. The college's initial enrollment was six students. Today, JJC serves more than 30,000 students in credit classes and noncredit courses.*" https://jjc.edu/about-jjc/history

Cathleen Dobbs