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Joliet Public Library. / 41.5271; -88.0823. The Joliet Public Library ( JPL) is the public library system serving the city of Joliet, Illinois. The Joliet Public Library was founded on March 7, 1876, with 750 donated books and Charlotte Akin was the first librarian. [1] Today the majority of the 300,000 item collection resides in downtown ...
College of Lake County. / 42.35444°N 88.01306°W / 42.35444; -88.01306. The College of Lake County, commonly referred to as CLC, is a public community college in Lake County, Illinois. CLC's primary campus is located in Grayslake and two other campuses exist in nearby Waukegan and Vernon Hills. It is located in the greater Chicago ...
Joliet Junior College ( JJC) is a public community college in Joliet, Illinois. Founded in 1901, it was the first public community college founded in the United States. [3] In Spring 2014, the college enrolled 16,375 students. [4] Every year, 48,000 students enroll in the college's academic programs and in non-credit programs.
Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Associated Colleges of the Midwest ( ACM) is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges, primarily in the Midwestern United States. The 14 colleges are located in five states: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The ACM was established in 1958 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Also in August 1965 governor Otto Kerner, Jr. appointed nine members of the first Illinois Junior College Board. In 1973, the term "junior college" was changed to "community college" by statute, but one college (Joliet Junior College) in the system has retained the term "junior" in its name.
History. The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) began operating on July 1, 2005. CARLI was formed through the consolidation of existing consortia: Illinois Cooperative Collection Management Program (ICCMP), Illinois Digital Academic Library (IDAL), and Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO).
crl .edu. The Center for Research Libraries (also known by its acronym, CRL) is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries, based on a buy-in concept for membership of the consortia. The consortium acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching and makes them ...
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium featuring two states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Educational Activity, and the Bureau of Indian Education, that work to create and deploy a standard set of K–12 assessments in Mathematics and English, based on the Common Core State Standards.