This book describes the rise and development of the junior/community college in New Jersey, from the day Newark Junior College opened in l918 until 1970. Five parts comprise this book, each dealing with its subject matter from an historical perspective. Part One discusses the origins, critical years, and maturation of the junior/community college movement in New Jersey. Part Two describes the development of several types of public two-year colleges, including municipal colleges, the federally funded Emergency Junior Colleges, the veteran's junior colleges, and county community colleges. Part Three covers private two-year colleges, including colleges for the preparation of the religious, church-oriented colleges, and independent colleges. Part Four examines New Jersey statutes and regulations affecting two-year colleges and Part Five considers collective action affecting the community college--through state councils and advisory committees, and institutional and faculty organizations. Appended are lists of past and present New Jersey community colleges, a bibliography, an index of personalities, and a chronology of milestones in New Jersey's two-year college movement. (JDS)