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Show school graduates and some d the finest students at the versity of Utah began their higher education at a junior college. Junior colleges may no longer rightfully be called j "glorified high schools," ex- I . cept where these colleges , elude the top two yean high school, as in several California Cal-ifornia communities. rr- IT IS TRUE that a junior college fulfills the needs i lower income students, V-t ; them an educaton at aj they can afford to pay, 5; the financial efficiency, p j icipation opportunities, fnew ly atmosphere, and other vantages of a junior J are being enjoyed by - income" students as well. : -Your term "medicare" c; ? not be applied to junior r lege courses any more than it can be applied to fr.; ;-at ;-at other institutions. A school may be J, of varying quality, and , o fthe finest (an I the worst, or "medicar . L found in Utah junior , leges. I DONT believe that Carjf College, the 'fj ern Utah," f.S ' your placement of tneii , , fn southern Vf ie College and the Southern Utah. (Snow i the "College of is located in Ephray- actually farther so to Carbon College m P""' bon County.) becorr.--! Junior colleges are an import ana part of our "Jtf ' system. Let's be sure rectly understand and i tTeir role and purpose- Michael M- N'ortW1 s A Jr. College Rebuttal Dear Editor: As a graduate of the University Uni-versity of Utah, I was disturbed disturb-ed by your editorial last Thursday Thurs-day entitled, "Junior College Boom." SINCE I JOINED the faculty of Dixie College in 'St. George, I have become aware of several of the junior college characteristics character-istics which you mentioned. In your editorial analysis, however, how-ever, I believe you made several sev-eral false generalizations and seriously distorted the image of today's modern junior college col-lege in the following respects: 1. Not all junior colleges are "popping up in abondaned factories, run-down resorts, and old air force bases." New modern buildings on some of the most beautiful campuses you can find now house many junior colleges across the nation. nat-ion. High school seniors who are not "university material" are not only "clamoring at the door of two-year institutions," but may also be found applying apply-ing for admission at larger universities. Meanwhile, some of the most brilliant high |
