postsecondary education
type: Concept
narrower: community colleges

community colleges
definition: Community colleges are an American phenomenon that has grown from a modest enrollment of less than 100 students in 1901 at Joliet Junior College, in Illinois, to over 10.4 million students enrolled in credit and noncredit programs and courses at over 1,200 colleges in the United States. Earlier community colleges were called “junior colleges,” and their primary purpose was to provide freshman and sophomore courses leading to university studies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Community Colleges]
broader: processes and institutions
broader: postsecondary education
broader: instrumental communities
type: Concept

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: community colleges

processes and institutions
type: Concept
narrower: community colleges

instrumental communities
type: Concept
narrower: community colleges