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5.   JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OPEN IN 1968

      The Jefferson Community College is expected to open in January, 1968, with an
initial enrollment of about 500 students, The college, a part of the University's
Community College System, will be administered by a joint executive council consisting
of four UK officers and four from the University of Louisville, At the outset, the
college will be housed in the old Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Building
at First and Broadway.

      According to a timetable announced November 25 by President Oswald and U. of L.
President Philip G, Davidson, renovation of the west wing and central portion of the
existing seminary building will be completed during the fall of 1967, This will provide
accommodations for the initial class of somewhat under 500 in January, 1968, By the
fall of 1968, renovation of the seminary's east wing will be completed, allowing the
admission in September of a new freshman class somewhat larger than the first, This
would increase the college's total enrollment by September, 1968, to slightly over
1,000. By the fall of 1969, the college's first new facility will be ready for use,
providing for enrollment accommodations of about 1,500, The college is being planned
to accommodate an eventual enrollment of 6,000.

      Presidents Oswald and Davidson said the college's academic program will be
similar to that of other UK community colleges, An academic program for students
who plan to transfer to four-year institutions is the immediate objective for the
class which will enter in January, 1968, Terminal programs, scheduled to begin in
September, 1968, would lead to associate degrees in nursing and in areas related to
business, such as secretarial science and accounting,

      Plans for development of the seminary site were formulated at a recent meeting
of the Joint Executive Council, which earlier this year began a study of plans to
locate a community college in Louisville, The City of Louisville has spent $1114
million acquiring 7,92 acres of property, which includes the seminary building and
parts of three city blocks, The cost was underwritten basically by a $1 million share
of a $29.8 million city bond issue approved by Louisville voters in November, 1965,

      The Joint Executive Council currently is engaged in an intensive search for a
director of the new college, The announcement by Drs, Oswald and Davidson said it is
hoped that a director will be appointed by early spring of 1967 and a temporary office
opened in Louisville at that time, "It is necessary that a director be on the scene
by that date to recruit faculty and perform required liaison duties until facilities
are available at the seminary site," the statement noted.

      The four UK members of the Joint Council are President Oswald; Dr, Lewis W,
Cochran, University provost; Dr, Ellis F. Hartford, dean of the Community College
System, and Robert F. Kerley, vice president for business affairs,  Representing
U. of L, are President Davidson; Woodrow M, Strickler, executive vice president; Dr.
William C, Huffman, dean of University College, and Dr, Richard L. Barber, dean of arts
and sciences.