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Show Glorified High Schools? i ; Junior College Boom The Board of Regents not only must handle the i art controversies of the University but also must look i into the cfiairs of a smaller institution located in southern Utah, Carbon Jr. College. The idea behind this institution is growing in popularity throughout the U.S. Today junior colleges are popping up in abandoned factories, run-down resorts, and old air force bases. Because the nation's four year colleges are bulging bulg-ing with students, more and more high school seniors, sen-iors, who do not seem to be university material, axe clamoring at the door of two year institutions. Somehow these junior colleges have become the stronghold of glamour in the East where they are referred to as finishing schools. Bennett College in Millbrook, N.Y. trains well-to-do girls to be secretaries, secre-taries, while Bradford College in Massachusetts offers a higher percentage of courses in painting, music, dance, and drama than most four year institutions. However, to those institutions which have accomplished ac-complished some academic purpose, has been added the community college. In many cases these organizations organiza-tions are nothing but glorified high schools. They are put together frequently on local initiative and are sometimes operated by a board of education. They are institutions which reflect the needs and interests of local students and local industries. In this respect they have merit The community college lacks education in-j in-j hi bitterns. Michigar. Delta College has come further j in sorm ase;:s of progr&nrned learning than has Michigan Stie or Michigan. The greater, contribution which this kind of college col-lege can make to education is in fulfilling the needs .f lower income students giving them an education it a price they can afford to pay. Regardless of mediocre medi-ocre courses and the lack of ivy on the chemistry building walls, the community college has the potential poten-tial of filling an educational gap in higher learning. |