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ERIC Number: EJ503549
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
The St. Louis Conference: The Junior College Movement Reborn.
Pederson, Robert
Community College Journal, v65 n5 p26-30 Apr-May 1995
Discusses the importance of the first annual meeting of the American Association of Junior Colleges (AAJC) in 1920 to the junior college movement. Indicates that, besides marking the beginning of the AAJC, the conference was a noted break from the narrowly academic view of the junior college prevalent in higher education. (MAB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Development, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Influences, Innovation, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American Association of Junior Colleges